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PROJECT:
Conceptualizing the Skills of Knowledge Workers -
Higher Order Employability Skills
| Client |
Human Resources Development Canada
(Ottawa, Canada)
Standards, Planning and Analysis Branch
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| Deliverable |
Skill Profiles for Higher Skill
Level Occupations: A Background Paper (FuturEd,
1997), an environmental scan and literature review regarding the
nature of skills inherent in occupations for which post-secondary
education is a requirement, but for which there is no specific
training program. In addition to a theoretical analysis, the
report includes existing skill lists for:
- higher order employability
skills from the perspective of employers, educators,
accrediting bodies and futurists; and
- knowledge work at the entry,
survival, and thriving level
- graduates from post-secondary
education
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Production
Processes |
- conceptualizing the nature of
the occupations as "knowledge workers,"
"educated generalists," and/or "higher order
employability skills"
- extensive literature review and
contact with experts
- writing and production of report
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Content
Expertise |
- employability skills at various
levels
- post-secondary education
- futurist issues in education and
employment
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| Date |
Spring 1997 |
| Contact |
Dr. Debra Mair,
Director
Standards, Planning and Analysis Branch (HRDC)
Ottawa, Canada
819-953-7480 |
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