APPENDIX D

Essential Skills Profile

INTRODUCTION

What are essential skills?

Essential skills are found in virtually all occupations. They may be viewed as 'enabling' skills that help an individual perform required job tasks, but they are not necessarily 'the job' itself. Essential skills may also provide the foundation for learning more specific occupational skills. These skills can include reading, numeracy, problem solving, oral communication, computer skills, working with others and continuous learning.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. Reading Text

B. Use of Documents

C. Writing

D. Numeracy

E. Oral Communication

F. Thinking Skills

1. Problem Solving
2. Decision Making
3. Planning and Organizing of Own Job Tasks
4. Special Uses of Memory
5. Finding Information

G. Working with Others

H. Computer Skills

I. Continuous Learning

J. Other Information