Job skills

This document is one in a series of seven workbooks designed to help new and potential employees in the gaming industry improve their essential skills.

The workbook is divided into two sections. The first is a review of the general skills needed to work with other people, including communicating effectively; giving and receiving feedback; working on a team; and demonstrating professionalism.

This workbook is part of a series developed during a two-year project initiated by the Canadian Gaming Centre of Excellence (CGCE), a subsidiary of Manitoba Lotteries.

The first section focuses on general Oral Communication skills, including communicating with professionalism; listening effectively; using non-verbal communication; speaking with clarity; responding effectively in difficult situations; and contributing to meetings.

This document is one in a series of seven workbooks designed to help new and potential employees in the gaming industry improve their essential skills.

This workbook is one in a series developed during a two-year project initiated by the Canadian Gaming Centre of Excellence (CGCE), a subsidiary of Manitoba Lotteries. While the focus of the project involved meeting the training needs of Aboriginal or new Canadians, the material is relevant to any potential or new employees in the gaming industry.

This is the answer key for a set of practice tests included in a course developed to train people for jobs in water/wastewater treatment facilities.

The tests covered a variety of material, including measurement conversions; linear, area and volume calculations; chemical measurements; hydraulics; and wastewater and electricity.

The 40-hour course is designed to be presented in eight five-hour classes.

This set of practice tests is one of the resources for a 40-hour course developed to train people for jobs in water/wastewater treatment facilities.

The document includes tests for material covered in five of the eight course modules: measurement conversions; linear, area and volume calculations; chemical measurements; hydraulics; and wastewater and electricity.

This workbook is part of a series developed through a two-year project initiated by the Canadian Gaming Centre of Excellence (CGCE), a subsidiary of Manitoba Lotteries. While the project focused on meeting the training needs of Aboriginal or new Canadians, the material could be relevant for any new or potential employees in the gaming industry.

This document contains the findings of a study carried out by the Canadian Plastics Sector Council (CPSC) to gather ideas from employers and employees about improving current training systems. The study included a literature review; interviews with industry stakeholders and employers; focus groups; and an employer survey.

This glossary is one of the resources for a 40-hour course designed to train people for jobs in water and wastewater treatment facilities.

It includes definitions both for mathematical terms like "area" and "fractions" and for terms related to the wastewater sector, like "grit channel" and "detention time".

This is the curriculum for a 40-hour course developed to train people to work in water and wastewater treatment facilities.

The curriculum has been designed to be presented in eight modules: a basic math refresher; fractions, decimals and percents; measurement conversions; linear, area and volume calculations; solving equations; chemical measurements; hydraulics; and wastewater and electricity.