Literacy and Essential Skills is a system developed and used by HRSDC. Literacy and Essential Skills measure and describe the various skills used in all occupations in Canada. These skills are used in nearly every job and throughout daily life in different ways and at varying levels of complexity. More information on Literacy and Essential Skills can be found here.
HRSDC has gone into the field to measure and record the skills required for many jobs across Canada. They have then created profiles that can be helpful to understand the skills required to be successful on the job. We highly recommend looking at the profiles you are interested and assessing your skills to see whether you are ready for the job or whether there are areas you need to improve on.
The following are some of the Manufacturing and General Labour related Literacy and Essential Skills profiles available for you to use in your occupational research.
Manufacturing:
- Assemblers and Inspectors, Electrical Appliance, Apparatus and Equipment Manufacturing (9484)
- Assemblers, Fabricators and Inspectors, Industrial Electrical Motors and Transformers (9485)
- Chemical Plant Machine Operators (9421)
- Electronic Assemblers, Fabricators, Inspectors and Testers (9483)
- Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Technologists and Technicians (2233)
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineers (2141)
- Inspectors and Testers, Fabric, Fur and Leather Manufacturing (9454)
- Labourers in Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities (9611, 9612, 9613, 9614, 9615, 9616, 9617, 9618, 9619)
- Metalworking Machine Operators (9514)
- Motor Vehicle Assemblers, Inspectors and Testers (9482)
- Other Products Machine Operators (9517)
- Plastic Products Assemblers, Finishers and Inspectors (9495)
- Plastics Processing Machine Operators (9422)
- Rubber Processing Machine Operators and Related Workers (9423)
- Sewing Machine Operators (9451)
- Tool and Die Makers (7232)
- Woodworking Machine Operators (9513)
General Labour:
- General Farm Workers (8431)
- Labourers in Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities (9611, 9612, 9613, 9614, 9615, 9616, 9617, 9618, 9619)
- Material Handlers (7452)
- Primary Production Labourers (8611, 8612, 8613, 8614, 8615, 8616)
- Public Works and Maintenance Labourers and Railway and Motor Transport Labourers (7622, 7621)
- Trades Helpers and Labourers (7611, 7612)
