#Low Literacy

If you offer career planning help to adults with low literacy or English language skills, these resources can help.

Use the Easy Reading Job Profiles to help clients with low literacy pursue their employment goals. You can view the profiles individually or by occupational cluster.

Discover Alberta’s workplace health and safety rules in easy-to-read English. Includes personal stories, labelled safety diagrams, hazard descriptions and a WHMIS explanation. Teaching notes available.

This work-related guide uses stories and exercises to help Albertans with low literacy skills keep their job. Easy Reading Keep Your Job covers important topics such as: what employers want, building good work skills and attitudes, workplace rights and responsibilities and making sure their job is a good fit. Readers are encouraged to contact their career advisor or tutor for help when using this book.

Support low-literacy clients as they plan their careers. This guide offers tips on using Easy Reading Job Profiles as well as reference charts and information on occupational clusters.

Easy Reading Work Laws and Your Pay Stub helps those with lower literacy skills understand employment standards in relation to a paycheque. This resource introduces the rules for items seen on a pay stub, overtime, leaves and notification requirements when leaving a job.

Twenty-three occupational profiles are available in easy-to-read English. Each profile includes personal stories, an online dictionary and information on wages, requirements and working conditions.