Skills for Success

Skills for Success include skills that are foundational for building other skills and knowledge and important for effective social interaction.

The 9 Skills for Success

Adaptability

Your ability to achieve or adjust goals and behaviours when change occurs.

Collaboration

Your ability to contribute and support others to achieve a common goal.

Communication

Your ability to receive, understand, consider, and share information and ideas.

Creativity &Innovation

Your ability to imagine, develop, express, encourage, and apply ideas in novel ways.

Numeracy

Your ability to find, understand, use, and report mathematical information.

Digital

Your ability to use digital technology and tools.

Problem Solving

Your ability to identify, analyze, propose solutions, and make decisions.

Reading

Your ability to find, understand, and use information presented through words, symbols, and images.

Writing

Your ability to share information using written words, symbols, and images.

These are just some of the careers in Trades and Technology that use Skills for Success:

Construction

Bricklaying (Masonry)
Carpentry
Electrical Installations
Landscape Gardening
Plumbing

Manufacturing

CNC Machining
Industrial Mechanic/Millwright
Mechatronics
Mobile Crane
Precision Machining

Transportation

Aerospace Technology
Automotive Collision
Repair
Automotive Technology

Information Technology

2D/3D Animation
3D Game Art
Electronics
Graphic Design
IT Network Systems

Architectural/ Mechanical CAD

Electronics
Graphic Design
IT Network Systems
Administration

Services

Aesthetics
Baking
Cooking

Employment

Job Search
Public Speaking
Workplace Safety

Junior Skills

Gearbots (Lego Robotics)
Gravity Vehicle
Sumo Robot

The Technical Skill

Technical Skills relate to expertise someone possesses that assist in the completion of a job or task. In general, these are abilities acquired through practice and learning.

Most skilled trades require the hands-on ability to apply math, science and/or trade-specific expertise to a particular problem or challenge.

Tradespeople not only need to be able to diagnose and understand the scope of a problem, but also apply practical, mechanical, or technical skills to its solution, using the tools of trade to
carry out tangible work.

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