The benefits of skills training - Video

This video features a consultant discussing both the importance of a workplace education program, and the steps required to implement one. Those steps include building stakeholder support; setting up a planning committee; and carrying out an organizational needs assessment.

The video is one of a series prepared by ABC Life Literacy Canada, a non-profit organization that supports lifelong learning.

In this video, educational consultant Sue Folinsbee explains how an organizational needs assessment provides the framework for a workplace education initiative.

She describes the assessment as a “big picture planning tool” involving consultation with all levels of the workforce. It provides information not just about skill levels within the workforce, but also about the organizational climate and culture.

This brief video features a consultant talking about the benefits of workplace education. Those benefits include increased confidence, better morale, higher productivity, increased participation, and career advancement.

The video was prepared by ABC Life Literacy Canada, a non-profit organization that supports lifelong learning.

This is the last of a series of three short videos about skills training, prepared by ABC Life Literacy Canada and featuring Sandi Howell, an adult educator and strategic advisor to Workplace Education Manitoba.

In this brief video, Sandi Howell, an adult educator and strategic advisor to Workplace Education Manitoba, talks about the benefits for businesses of skills training.

When employees improve their skills, learning is transferred to shop floor, she points out. That results in improved morale and, most importantly, increased productivity. There is less wastage and fewer accidents, and employees are better able to work independently.

This is the first of three short videos about skills training, prepared by ABC Life Literacy Canada and featuring Sandi Howell, an adult educator and strategic advisor to Workplace Education Manitoba.

Companies must respond to the ongoing challenge of change, she notes. Many don’t have the capacity within the company to handle the change, but they also can’t afford to pay for outside expertise.