Skills for Success – Assessment and training tools

A digital literacy program that offers free resources to those looking to improve their digital skills. The resources include help for new learners or those looking to learn about new technology.

The ABC Skills Hub is an online learning portal that offers asynchronous, at-home delivery of ABC Life Literacy Canada’s many adult literacy programs.

A program to improve the number of training opportunities for adult learners, employees and workplaces on employability and life skills, health literacy and financial literacy.

Being able to deal with change is an important life skill. Willingness to learn new ways of doing things can help you be more successful at work. This workbook talks about adaptability and coping better with change.

The ability to work well as part of a team is a very important skill. This workbook will explore why collaboration is important and how to be a good team player. Learn about how you can improve your collaboration skills.

Communication is key to almost everything we do. Every time you speak, listen, read, or write — and even sometimes when you move — you’re communicating! In this workbook, you will learn how to be a better communicator with everyone you meet.

A series of standardized tests that provide information about a person’s abilities to manage workplace communications and numeracy tasks.

Computer Comfort provides a starting point for adults with disabilities who want to develop basic computer skills. It offers one-on-one computer tutoring at no cost. In person or online.

An interactive survey builder and data collection tool to develop outcomes measurements and skills assessment tools aligned with programming objectives, context, and learner populations.

Creativity helps us think about and see things in new ways. Being creative can lead to innovations that make our work and daily lives better. In this workbook, you will learn about ways to improve your creativity and innovation skills.

We may use digital skills to complete tasks or meet with coworkers. We may use digital skills to chat with our friends or post on social media. In this workbook, you will learn about tips and resources to help you succeed in the digital world.

A cloud-based tool for assessing and developing social and emotional skills. The skills assessed include:

• Creativity
• adaptability
• collaboration and
• communication

Assessment to determine your Essential Skills strengths and areas for improvement for most of the 9 skills.

Workbook with a variety of exercises to help you practice your reading, writing, numeracy and document use abilities.

The resources are for Canadians grade 10 and over. They will learn about creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship, at no cost. Participants that complete the program receive a digital badge.

A course to help trainers support Indigenous learners in education, jobs, and the workplace. Using an Indigenous perspective, it helps participants understand and use the SFS Model. It includes:

• Videos
• Interactive and downloadable course content
• A teacher’s guide
• A workbook with learning tools

Learning tools help people understand and practice the nine skills for success. Each tool gives simple explanations, questions to think about, and fun activities to practice and improve.

Connecting adult learners with literacy programs in their community based on their needs. Search for programming such as: reading, ESL, workplace skills training and high school equivalency preparation.

The guide is a free online tool for employers in manufacturing industries. It helps employers understand the training needs of diverse workers.

This online assessment measures a person's Skills for Success in entry jobs in manufacturing. Afterward, clients receive coaching to help them grow in their careers.

We use numbers and math every day, like when we count our overtime hours at work, go shopping, or make a monthly budget.This workbook talks about how and why we use numbers and how to improve numeracy skills.

Assessment tool for employers to learn more about the numeracy skills of their employees. It gives an indication of skill levels by providing level 1 and 2 assessment questions.

Assess your ability to use and understand numbers.

The P2W Cards help Work Readiness participants develop adaptability skills through exploring attitudes and behaviours that help manage change. Cost: No

P2W Skills for Success helps Work Readiness participants develop and meet the demands of entry-level jobs. This includes skill building in:

• reading
• writing
• numeracy
• digital skills

Guide designed to support employees and learners who want to practice and improve their problem-solving skills. Includes various activities and worksheets.

We encounter problems all the time. When we are able to solve problems effectively, we can be happier, more confident, and more independent. In this workbook, you will learn what problem-solving skills are and how to use them.

Reading helps us find information and communicate with others. This workbook talks about how and why we read and key strategies that can improve reading skills.

Assessment tool for employers to learn more about the reading skills of their employees. It gives an indication of skill levels by providing level 1 and 2 assessment questions.

Assess your ability to understand text written in sentences or paragraphs.

A curriculum guide supporting instructors working with learners who are preparing to enter the workforce. Supporting low-skilled learners, it provides ideas, and guidance for instruction.

A comprehensive set of random questions that can be completed on average in 15-20 minutes for each of the nine skills for success. Results are provided as a star rating link to careers in trade and technology sectors where the star rating represents complexity levels of tasks associated with the particular skills for success being assessed. Most questions will test skill levels from one to three.

A suite of materials that defines the skills and knowledge of an effective Skills for Success practitioner, this includes:

• Get Started Guide
• Competency framework
• Self-assessment tools
• Digital resource library
• Training inventory and growth plan

An interactive tool to measure your Skills for Success growth after engaging in a skill-building program or course.

A set of courses to build adaptability and collaboration skills. Each course is 15 hours and includes three units related to work:

• Getting ready for employment
• Onboarding and probationary period,
• Thriving in the job

A series of online lessons for participants to improve their skills in:

• Adaptability
• Collaboration
• Communication

To help adult learners improve skills is important for success in a digital workplace.

With these interactive workbooks, you can learn and improve important skills for work and everyday life. The workbooks cover 8 different skills to help you understand each one. You will get to practice all the skills and take tests to see what you know. At the end of each workbook, there is an answer key so you can check your answers and teachers can help evaluate your progress.

An online training platform offering 60 hours of interactive training in skills for success, project management, and health and safety knowledge.

Numeracy workbook with questions and learning material to help you practice your numeracy skills.

UP Skills for Work helps adult learners develop key employability and life skills through free workshops and downloadable workbooks.

Vocabulary workbook design to help you improve your reading and writing skills. It includes 24 lessons with a variety of exercises designed to help you learn commonly used words.

Instructional workbooks focusing on the functions and features of workplace documents. Aimed at engaging adults in understanding and using documents they will encounter in most entry-level jobs.

We use writing every day at home and at work. Good writing skills are useful in many different areas of life. This workbook talks about why writing is important in your life and how to get better at writing.

Assess your ability to get an idea across by arranging words, numbers and symbols, whether on paper or a computer screen.