Workplace Literacy and Essentials Skills ~ Introduction

 

The documents and templates and links contained in this section may assist employers in encouraging Workplace Literacy and Essential Skills.  Literacy and Essential Skills are the skills needed to learning, work, and life.

 

The Nine Essential Skills are:

• Reading      
• Writing      
• Numeracy     
• Thinking     
• Document Use
• Working with OthersOral Communication
• Computer Use
• Continuous Learning

 

Topics covered in this section:

 

• Templates and Samples
  • How to find the Grade Level of a Document
  • Memorandum Sample
  • Simple Tracking of WHMIS Completions
• Basic Rules of Communication, how not to offend
• Employer Tools
• Health and Wellness
• Key Points "How not to offend people"
• Stress Management in the Workplace
• Increase Workplace Literacy - What you can do as an Employer
• Work Life Balance

 

Flesch Readability Grade Level

The Flesch-Kincaid Reading level is a test designed to measure how easy or difficult a text is to read, and tells you the grade level of a document.

Test your document's readability - Word and Outlook instructions

 

Online Flesch Testing

 

Added Bytes - This online tool will give you lots of lovely readability scores, telling you how easy the text you enter is to read. Simply enter the text you wish to check into the box and your scores will be calculated.

 

Readability index calculator - Paste your sample text in the field, Select measurement method and click 'calculate score".

 

 

 

 

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Literacy and Essential Skills materials listed in this section of Links2Work have been supplied courtesy of:

 

Elgin Middlesex Oxford Workforce
Planning and Development Board