Resources

 Pathways to Employment in the Cannabis Industry

This curriculum package was developed with a 4-5 day time frame for delivery. There are a total of 6 modules to be outlined in this document, including:

• Introduction to Cannabis
• The Cannabis Industry
• Fundamental Skills for Employment (Numeracy)
• Fundamental Skills for Employment (Literacy)
• Personal Management and Team Work Skills
• Computer Literacy Skills

 Retail Trade and Hospitality Sector Curriculum

Both the retail trade and hospitality sectors are considered entry-level positions.  According to the Durham Region Retail Trade Industry Summary 2018 Report, “(i)n Canada, (the) retail trade industry employs 2.1 million people, with 11 percent of the total employed labour force working in this sector.” For many communities, the retail trade and hospitality sectors are where the majority of our members find employment.  These sectors both focus on customer experience and service.

 Career Assessment Questionnaire

The “Career Assessment Questionnaire” allows the user to take a deep honest look at who they are as a person and an employee and assess what they’re looking for in the ideal job and organization to work for. There are four sections:

• Job/Career Satisfaction
• Career Path/Options
• Attitude/Motivation
• Family Involvement

 Building Resilient Workers: Health and Safety at Work

Building Resilient Workers: Health and Safety at Work is a workforce literacy curriculum that consists of five modules:

1. Rights and responsibilities at work
2. Hazards in the workplace
3. Workplace First Aid
4. Ergonomics
5. Workplace violence

In developing this health and safety curriculum, Decoda took content from the BCFED Health & Safety Centre’s Developing Communication and Health and Safety Skills Using English as a Second Language program and viewed it through a literacy lens. The goal in doing this was to provide program facilitators with materials that would allow them to help learners develop their literacy skills using health and safety content. This resource has reading, writing and oral communication activities embedded in the health and safety content. The curriculum includes a facilitator guide as well as a student workbook.

Learner Workbook: www.decoda.ca/resource/rsc-adults/rsc-adultsworkplace-literacy/health-and-safety-at-work-workbook/

 Chambermaid/Housekeeping Cleaner Curriculum

This curriculum is part of the “Connecting to Workplaces: Building Curricula for Validated Demonstrations” series. The curriculum is written at LBS Level 3 (old validation draft level) but can be adapted based on the needs of the learners. The resource provides a helpful step-by-step curriculum, and tips and notes for practitioners are included for each lesson, along with the answer key for the learning activities.

 Florist Assistant Curriculum

This curriculum is part of the “Connecting to Workplaces: Building Curricula for Validated Demonstrations” series. The curriculum is written at LBS Level 3 (old validation draft level) but can be adapted based on the needs of the learners. The resource provides a helpful step-by-step curriculum, and tips and notes for practitioners are included for each lesson, along with the answer key for the learning activities.

 Forestry Worker Curriculum

This curriculum is part of the “Connecting to Workplaces: Building Curricula for Validated Demonstrations” series. The curriculum is written at LBS Level 3 (old validation draft level) but can be adapted based on the needs of the learners. The resource provides a helpful step-by-step curriculum, and tips and notes for practitioners are included for each lesson, along with the answer key for the learning activities.

 Taxi Driver Curriculum

This curriculum is part of the “Connecting to Workplaces: Building Curricula for Validated Demonstrations” series. The curriculum is written at LBS Level 3 (old validation draft level) but can be adapted based on the needs of the learners. The resource provides a helpful step-by-step curriculum, and tips and notes for practitioners are included for each lesson, along with the answer key for the learning activities.

 Coordinating to Bring Low Literacy and Marginalized Clients to Employment

This Labour Market Partnership project focused on individuals who have less than a grade 12 level of functional ability and who struggle to find jobs with their skill levels in the Western Region of Ontario. In Ontario, there are many programs that have been designed to address the needs of this target group. However, Literacy Link South Central saw a need for community coordination in order to effectively use this range of community programs to achieve an effective outcome for lower-skilled Ontarians – namely, employment.

Ten different strategies were piloted as part of this project, focused on how the Regional Networks can further coordinate local services to enhance employment outcomes for lower-skilled Ontarians. The strategies are shared and analyzed in this helpful report.

 Essential Skills Profiles

The Government of Canada has created a helpful “Essential Skills Profiles” website.

The Essential Skills Profiles are listed in alphabetical order by job. The jobs listed range from Appliance Servicers and Repairers, to Kitchen Helpers, to Waste Water Operators. Under each job link are the descriptions of the nine essential skills generally performed by the average worker. Tasks are rated

from basic to advanced within that job.

The Essential Skills Profiles provides a great list of tasks a learner would need for a job and an excellent way to match current skills to potential jobs. Essential Skills Profiles can be used to help learners make a plan that shows the steps to reach their career goal. This website is also a great way to explore jobs and skills prior to starting learning.