• Passport to Apprenticeship
• www.passporttoapprenticeship.ca
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First Nations Employment
Society
The First Nations Employment Society (FNES) is a
non-profit society (Inc. 1997)
FNES manages an Aboriginal Skills Employment
Training Strategy(ASETS) agreement with Human
Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) on
behalf of 10 First Nations, as well as Aboriginals
residing within its jurisdiction
First Nations Employment
Society
FNES is committed to its
partners and clients –
working toward
common targets:
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Assessing
Training
Employment
Career
First Nations Employment
Society
The directive of FNES is to:
• Provide Employment services
to First Nations people
encompassing four labour
market service areas:
A. North Vancouver Island
B. Sunshine Coast
C. Pemberton
D. Greater Vancouver
FNES strives to increase:
• Overall Essential Skills level of
our target populations
• Access to full time, permanent
jobs
• Participation in key
employment sectors, including
trades, tourism, and service
• Enhance the development and
delivery of training programs
• Local and regional employers
and employment opportunities
access to the Aboriginal Labour
in Aboriginal communities
Market
Passport to Apprenticeship
A solid foundation – “essential skills” – is necessary to build
your technical skills required for a successful Apprenticeship
To further your apprenticeship, you must identify what will hold
you back. PASSPORT TO APPRENTICESHIP can help with this…
Passport to Apprenticeship
What is an Essential Skills Passport?
An Essential Skills Passport is part of an online program created by B.C.’s Industry
Training Authority (ITA) to help you develop the Essential Skills you need to prepare
for the technical training part of your apprenticeship
Why? - Because if you have the Essential Skills you need, you are eight times more
likely to pass your trades courses exams
How? - Essential Skills include reading, numeracy, document use etc. You need these
basic skills to build technical skills. When you complete the online assessment test,
your Essential Skills will be measured. They will be compared to the skills you need in
the first 2 years of technical training in your trade. These are the years that typically
have the highest drop-out rate. Even if you have some experience in the trade, you
probably have Essential Skills gaps. Almost everyone does. The good news is that you
can fill those gaps. The program gives you a training plan with free online learning
resources that focus only on the areas where you may need a little assistance. The
trade information in this Essential Skills Passport is based on trusted sources,
including ITA program outlines and profiles, National Occupational Analysis, Interprovincial program guides and Essential Skills profiles, where available.
Results?- After one month, clients using the online Plato learning plans showed a 20%
improvement in their essential skills.
Passport to Apprenticeship
• The PASSPORT TO APPRENTICESHIP PILOT PROJECT
• Started Feb 15, 2010 and ended Feb 14, 2012 and was
• funded by Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program
(HRSDC). FNES assessed 313 clients during this project.
• Will continue in FNES new operation plan for 2013-2014
• FNES uses the ITA online assessment tool that measures three
essential skills (Reading, Document Use and Numeracy) of
someone interested in an apprenticeship program, focusing on:
• Essential Skills required to complete and pass trades courses
• Develop 313 Learning Plans using on-line links from Assessment
and in addition to Plato learning system.
• Improving the Apprentices’ essential skills level imperative to
completing an apprenticeship
Passport to Apprenticeship
Upon completion of this assessment, you will instantly receive
an “Essential Skills Passport” that will provide you with:
• An understanding of essential skills that require upgrading to
successfully complete your apprenticeship
• A comparison of your test scores to your trade, listing your
skills and where you may need assistance
• A learning plan which gives you a choice of learning activities
and resources that you can use to build your Essential Skills in
the areas where necessary
Passport to Apprenticeship
The nine essential skills are:
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Reading Text
Document Use
Numeracy
Writing
Oral Communication
Working with Others
Continuous Learning
Thinking Skills
Computer Use
First Nations Employment
Society
Passport to Apprenticeship
First Nations Employment Society is proud to be assessing &
upgrading the workplace literacy and essential skills of over
400 Aboriginal apprentices
Passport to Apprenticeship
Incentive Plan
Bus tickets are provided to get to
and from the FNES office to
take part on the Passport to
Apprenticeship online
assessment
Upon completion of the full
assessment, each individual
will be coached on their
options to further their
apprenticeship i.e.;
 Learning Plans
 Training with allowance
 Potential Employment
 ITA work based hours
 Safety tickets
 Work boots and tools
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Website
• Provides information
about the tool
• Access point for
reports, tests and
resources created by
others
• Passwords and logins
allow for individual
learner accounts
www.ita.essentialskillsgroup.com
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Essential Skill Outlines (ESO)
• Created for 61 trades. More will be added in the
near future.
• Each is fully customized and match ITABC
program outlines
• List the reading, document use and numeracy
skills requirements for first two-years of
technical training
• Viewable online and printable
Passport to Apprenticeship –
Workplace Partners Panel
The project was represented by a
Partners Panel that included
FNES, Vanasep, ITA and
Squamish Nation.
Passport to Apprenticeship was
administered by FNES
Future: FNES will continue the
Passport to Apprenticeship
program within its’ ASET
operation plan. FNES will
continue its partnership with ITA
and its member nations within
the four labour markets.
FNES will continue to use Plato
What we learned was that clients
needed to be encouraged and
supported to improve their E.S.
for their Passport to
Apprenticeship.
Aboriginal Apprenticeships
• We need to increase:
 apprenticeship training awareness in the Aboriginal communities
 the apprenticeship process in the Aboriginal communities
 apprenticeship training in the Aboriginal communities
 aboriginal women in apprenticeship training
 the mobility of Aboriginal Trades people
Native education faces obstacles
Vancouver Sun March 20, 2013
By John Richards, Teaches Public Policy at SFU
• According to the 2006 census, 29 per cent of young adults
(ages 25-34) living in B.C. lacked a high school certificate. For
aboriginals identifying as Metis, the incomplete high school
rate was only 19 per cent; however for First Nation people
living on-reserve it was 43 per cent. By contrast, the
comparable non-aboriginal rate was eight per cent.
• FNES has identified the need to do essential skill assessments
on all it’s clients for whatever training they are applying for.
• Gives FNES a snap shoot of where client’s essential skills are at
that given time
• A FNES Training Advisor will assist clients through the whole
process.
Passport to Apprenticeship
Poster
Passport to Apprenticeship
Brochure
Future Assessment Tools
• FNES will continue using ITA assessment tool with attached
learning plans for it’s Aboriginal clients.
• FNES will discontinue using TOWES (test of workplace
essential skills) for it’s trade clients
• FNES saved about 200,000.00 switching from TOWES to ITA
assessment tool per 313 clients in addition to having the
results right away has compared to waiting for 5-10 days for
TOWES results
• Other occupations FNES will use Careers Assessment tool from
essentialskillsgroup
• FNES will use this model for up coming strategies,
partnerships and programs.
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Conclusion
• Continue assessing clients and identify their lack of
essential skills.
• Assist them in up skilling their E.S. through learning plans.
• Continue to create an awareness and promote the benefits
of going through an apprenticeship process
• Continue to assist Aboriginal clients with jobs with
potential employers to increase the Aboriginal Labour
Force.
Passport to Apprenticeship
Contacts
www.passporttoapprenticeship.ca
Leonard Laboucan
Gordon Grant
FNES
#300-395 Railway St.
Vancouver, BC
V6A 1A6
P: 604.605.8901
F: 604.605.8902
C: 778.888.4480
leonardl@fnes.ca
FNES
#300-395 Railway St.
Vancouver, BC
V6A 1A6
P: 604.605.8901
F: 604.605.8902
C: 604.862.0231
gordg@fnes.ca
Thank You!
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