What are “Essential Skills”?
Essential Skills are the enabling skills people use to perform the tasks required by their occupation and other activities of daily life, provide a foundation to learn other skills and enhance the ability to adapt to workplace change. Essential skills include: oral communication, reading text, writing, numeracy, computer use, working with others, thinking skills, document use and continuous learning. For more information please see http://srv600.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/esrp/english/general/home_e.
