Essential Skills for Work
If you are in work or looking for employment then studying Essential Skills For Work could help you to make the most of your personal potential. The course has been developed for people who wish to develop and practise a range of essential work skills covering reading, writing, numbers, speaking and listening.
The course is divided into six major sectors, each one providing learning scenarios relevant to their sector - so you can choose to learn from just one sector, or all of them if you so wish. The six major sectors covered in the course are:
- Care
- Cleaning and Support
- Construction
- Haulage and Distribution
- Manufacturing
- Retail
Essential Skills For Work gives you the chance to learn and then practise a wide range of new and valuable skills - from taking part in meetings to dealing with difficult customers, from writing reports to using graphs, tables and charts.
Don't stand still at work - Essential Skills For Work will give you the confidence and the skills to really get ahead!
What will you learn?
On completion of this course you will be able to:
- Use different reading strategies to find and obtain information
- Understand technical words and instructions
- Read, understand and complete information on forms
- Read and write messages and reports clearly and carefully
- Listen, follow and give clear spoken instructions
- Measure and record weights, areas, temperatures and volumes
- Use maps, plans, mileage charts and estimate distances and times
Course level
| Beginner |
| Beginner plus |
| Intermediate |
| Advanced |
How long does it take?
Mid-length Course - our mid-length courses take 10 - 40 hours to complete. You can work through this course at your own pace.
What's involved?
Online - This is a course where you learn while connected to the Internet
Course Code: 100437BS001
