Vocational education and training - VET

The report provides information about the literacy, numeracy and PS-TRE skills for the Canadian population aged 16 to 65. It provides results for Canada as a whole, as well as for all the provinces and territories. In addition, it looks at the relationships between skills proficiency and a range of socio-demographic characteristics (e.g., age, gender, level of education) across the entire Canadian population. It also reports on first results on the literacy, numeracy and PS-TRE skills of Aboriginal populations, immigrants, and official-language minority communities.
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-555-x/89-555-x2013001-eng.pdf

Page on the first OECD Skills Outlook. The initial results of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) evaluates the skills of adults in 24 countries. It provides insights into the availability of some of the key skills and how they are used at work and at home. A major component is the direct assessment of key information-processing skills: literacy, numeracy and problem solving in the context of technology-rich environments.
http://skills.oecd.org/skillsoutlook.html

Document. OECD Skills Outlook 2013: First Results from the Survey of Adult Skills
http://skills.oecd.org/documents/OECD_Skills_Outlook_2013.pdf
Key findings. Skilled for Life?
http://skills.oecd.org/documents/SkillsOutlook_2013_KeyFindings.pdf
Results for Canada
http://skills.oecd.org/informationbycountry/canada.html

This bulletin explores two elements of PIAAC:
- Problem-Solving in Technology-Rich Environments (PS-TRE)
and
- the Survey of Skills Used at Work which utilizes a Job requirements Approach (JRA) methodology.
http://www.essentialskillsontario.ca/sites/www.essentialskillsontario.ca/files/Essential%20Skills%20Bulletin%202_2013%20PIAAC.pdf

This paper will highlight points of interest and concern. It will also suggest how the results might affect Canadian policy and practice.
http://www.literacy.ca/content/uploads/2013/10/First-Reactions-to-PIAAC-Brigid-Hayes-October-8-2013.pdf

In the context of literacy and essential skills (LES) and PIAAC results – can place-based approaches offer a more localized method to LES, as it is at the local level where skills are developed and deployed?
Place-based approaches have the potential to align LES more closely to community development. This in turn can lead to greater and more measurable social impacts and strengthen local skills and their utilization in the workforce - all which PIAAC has been designed to measure.
http://www.essentialskillsontario.ca/sites/www.essentialskillsontario.ca/files/Essential%20Skills%20Bulletin%203_2013%20Place-Based.pdf