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Essential Skills

What are Essential Skills?

The ability to read, write and speak in English and to use mathematics at a level necessary to function and progress at work and in society in general.

The Essential Skills level of your workforce has a direct and measurable impact on the efficiency and profitability of your organisation.

How can essential skills help my business?

Improved Essential Skills in the workplace means:

• improved profits
• improved performance
• improved accuracy
• improved quality
• improved communication
• improved compliance with regulations
• improved recruitment
• improved staff retention
• improved customer relations
• improved morale, motivation and job satisfaction

It’s a win-win situation for both employer and employee!