Welcome to the Essential Skills and Workplace Literacy Initiative. Launched in April 2003, the Initiative helps to ensure Canadians have the right skills for changing work and life demands.
You can use this site to search close to 200 occupational profiles. These profiles can help you learn more about the skills you need for the job you want, highlighting each of the nine Essential Skills.
You can search the profiles by:
The profiles can be used to help you:
- learn more about the skills you need in various occupations;
- develop workplace training programs, learning plans, or job descriptions;
- investigate career options, and;
- create educational tools to enhance skills development.
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