Essential Skills and the Ontario Skills Passport http://skills.edu.gov.on.ca

1. Essential Skills and the Ontario Skills Passporthttp://skills.edu.gov.on.ca

2. Ontario Skills Passport (OSP)

4. Essential Skills … • are used in virtually all occupations and throughout daily life • are transferable from school to work, job to job and sector to sector • help people adapt to change • provide people with a foundation for learning other skills, like technical skills and job/workplace specific skills.

5. Essential SkillsHRSDC & OSP

6. Why These Skills Are Essential • Generic skillsused in virtually all occupations and throughout daily life in different forms and at different levels of complexity. • They are transferablefrom school to work, job to job and sector to sector. • They provide the foundation for learning other skills, such as technical skills and job/workplace specific skills. • Enablepeople to perform tasks required by their jobs as well as adapt to change.

7. TASKS List 4 items that are on your WORK “to do” list that you have to attend to today.

8. SKILLS What skills do you have to use in order to complete each of those tasks?

9. Essential Skills in the OSP

10. Reading Text • Refers to the comprehension of text consisting of sentences and paragraphs. • Notes • Letters • Memos • Manuals • Books • Etc.

11. Reading Text

12. Writing • Means the preparation of written materials for a variety of purposes. • Writing notes • Filling in forms • Writing an e-mail • Creating reports

13. Writing

14. Document Use • Refers to tasks that use a variety of information displays • Pictures • Icons • Tables • Graphs • Lists • Blueprints • Maps

15. Document Use

16. Computer Use • The use of any type of computerized technology. Applications of Computer Use include varying levels of interaction with: • Computer-controlled equipment • Software programs • Information technology systems

17. Computer Use

18. Oral Communication • Pertains to the use of speech to give and exchange thoughts and information • Conversations • Seeking or obtaining information • Leading a group • Providing comfort or reassurance

19. Oral Communication

20. Recognize That Essential Skill? In your groups: • Complete the Task • Decide which Essential Skill is being showcased.

21. Task 1 Essential Skill Demonstrated: Document Use (2)

22. Task 2 Answers will vary. Possible answer: Dear Erick, On behalf of Project Read, we would sincerely like to thank you for participating in the Family Literacy Day event on January 27th. Your presence and songs inspired families to join the “Read In” and other activities throughout the day. We really appreciated your talents and support. Thank you, [name signed here] Essential Skill Demonstrated: Writing (2) Additional Skills: Document Use (2)

23. Numeracy Skills • Money Math • Scheduling or Budgeting and Accounting • Measurement and Calculation • Data Analysis • Numerical Estimation

24. Money Math • Refers to the use of mathematical skills in making financial transactions • handling cash • preparing bills • making payments

25. Money Math

26. Scheduling or Budgeting and Accounting • Planning for the best use of time and money, as well as monitoring of the use of time and money.

27. Scheduling or Budgeting and Accounting

28. Measurement and Calculation • The measurement and calculation of quantities, areas, volumes, and/or distances.

29. Measurement and Calculation

30. Data Analysis • The collection and analysis of data in numerical form.

31. Data Analysis

32. Numerical Estimation • The production of estimates in numerical terms.

33. Numerical Estimation

34. Recognize That Essential Skill? In your groups: • Complete the Task • Decide which Essential Skill is being showcased.

35. Task 1 $8,243.95 savings Essential Skills Demonstrated: Measurement and Calculation (3) Additional Skills: Document Use (2)

36. One way to get this answer... 1. Identify what is required: the cost savings to the client. 2. Find the number of square feet to be tiled. 3. Locate the column “Item or Description” in the Estimate Detail Form. 4. Scan the column for the key word “tile”. 5. Decide that 650 SQ’ is the number of square feet to be tiled. 6. Identify what is required: 10% for waste allowance on materials. 7. Set up the problem to find the total required including waste allowance: (square feet x waste percentage) + square feet = square feet to be tiled including waste allowance. 8. Calculate: (650 x 10%) + 650 = 715 square feet. 9. Identify what is required: the cost for porcelain and ceramic tiles to cover 715 square feet. 10. Set up the problem to find the cost for porcelain tiles: price / sq. ft. Coverage x 715 square feet = cost for porcelain tiles to cover 715 square feet. 11. Calculate: $16.25 x 715 = $11,618.75. 12. Set up problem to find the cost for ceramic tiles: price / sq. ft. Coverage x 715 square feet = cost for ceramic tiles to cover 715 square feet. 13. Calculate: $4.72 sq. ft. x 715 = $3,374.80. 14. Identify what is required: the cost savings to the client by using ceramic tiles. 15. Set up the problem to find the cost difference: Total porcelain price for coverage – Total ceramic price for coverage = cost savings. 16. Calculate: $11,618.75 - $3,374.80 = $8,243.95. 17. Decide the savings to the customer would be $8,243.95.

37. Task 2 At least 72 golfers are required to meet the target profit. Essential Skills Demonstrated: Scheduling or Budgeting and Accounting (2)

38. One way to get this answer... 1. Identify what is required: minimum number of golfers required to meet the target profit. 2. Scan the task statement for minimum profit required. 3. Locate $2,500. 4. Scan the task statement to find the cost that golfers will pay for the event. 5. Locate $90. 6. Scan the task statement to find the profit earned per golfer for the event. 7. Locate $35. 8. Set up problem: (minimum number of golfers x $35) = $2,500. 9. Calculate: (X x $35) = $2,500. 2,500 / 35 = X. 2,500 / 35 = 71.43. 10. Decide that at least 72 golfers are required to meet the target profit of $2,500.

39. Thinking Skills • Job Task Planning and Organizing • Decision Making • Problem Solving • Finding Information

40. Job Task Planning and Organizing • The planning and organization of one’s own work.

41. Job Task Planning and Organizing

42. Decision Making • The making of any type of decision, using appropriate information.

43. Decision Making

44. Problem Solving • The identification and solving of problems.

45. Problem Solving

46. Finding Information • The use of a variety of sources, including written text, people, computerized databases, and information systems.

47. Finding Information

48. Choose That Essential Skill... Working in pairs, decide which Essential Skill is being demonstrated in each of these activities.

49. Choose That Essential Skill... Working in pairs, decide which Essential Skill is being demonstrated in each of these activities.

50. Skills • What skills do you have to use in order to complete each of those tasks? • For each task, prioritize the skills: • MOST important • Next important • Is there a 3rd critical skill?