Project Overview
The pathway to becoming a certified journeyperson is challenging. Apprentices need a solid foundation in essential skills to cope with the demands of learning a new trade. Evidence suggests that targeted, instructor-led essential skills training makes a difference. Bow Valley College and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, through a multi-year collaboration, have demonstrated that embedding essential skills supports into apprenticeship programs can substantially improve learner outcomes.
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The Essential Skills for Apprentices project is a national initiative that aims to expand on an instructor-led model of supplemental essential skills training that has proven effective, on a small scale, at improving completion rates in first-year apprenticeship programs.
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Literacy and essential skills competencies underpin success in both the workplace and in life. These critical, foundational skills allow us to accurately and effectively access information and solve problems in a complex, ever-changing and knowledge-intensive society.
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Want to get involved? Become a project partner. We’re looking for partner institutions from across Canada to join this initiative. Colleges, polytechnics,
pre-apprenticeship training providers and employers are invited to join this project as a national partner.
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