Workplace Literacy and Essential Skills

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) defines Essential Skills as the skills needed for work, learning, and life. This page provides employers, practitioners, workers, and learners the links to useful Essential Skills resources.

Essential Skills
The HRSDC Essential Skills page holds 250 profiles that describe how essential skills are used in the workplace. You can also access the Essential Skills Toolkit which contains a series of tools and resources to help assess and/or improve Essential Skills.

Workplace Literacy Central
Workplace Literacy Central is a free resource with information, tools and advice for Canadian organizations and employers who want to raise literacy and basic skill levels in the workplace.

Training and Careers
The Service Canada site provides training, career, and worker information.