VCC offers new, no-cost Workplace Skills for Success training

Vancouver Community College is offering Workplace Skills for Success, a free course to help newcomers to Canada improve their skills and knowledge to succeed in their chosen career.

Employment and Social Development Canada has identified adaptability, collaboration and communication as three of the Skills for Success for the Canadian workplace. Employers in Canada are looking to hire job seekers with these skills.

This course includes three micro-credential modules developed and presented by Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan). These modules have been tested across Canada and were reviewed and validated by employers so you will get the skills sought after by today’s top companies. 

Over the course of 12 weeks learners will participate in approximately 60 hours of self-paced, independent online study – some learners may complete the micro-credentials in less time — and 10 online group sessions (2.5 hours each session).

During the online group sessions, a VCC instructor will help students practice skills learned in the online micro-credentials, share learning with other participants, and gain additional information about getting work in Canada.

The online self-paced micro-credentials (independent study) will cover these topics:

Adaptability: This micro-credential focuses on demonstrating adaptability through adapting to changes in schedule and adapting to changes in process. In the workplace, employees are expected to show adaptability by demonstrating flexibility to changes in expectations and goals, by planning to overcome setbacks, by regulating emotions, and by identifying self-improvement goals. 

Collaboration: This micro-credential focuses on demonstrating collaboration through collaborating with a team and collaborating with a coworker or a client. In the workplace, employees are expected to show collaborative skills by valuing diverse perspectives, strengthening relationships, focusing on solutions, and by achieving a common goal.

Communication: This micro-credential focuses on demonstrating communication through monitoring stock levels/reporting deficiencies in inventory status and providing support to a coworker or client. In the workplace, employees are expected to show good communication skills by sharing information/ideas with clarity and purpose, by adapting to audience, context, and mode, by focusing on collaboration, and by identifying self-improvement goals. 

Participant eligibility

Participants in this course are required to be:

• ​A newcomer to Canada. A newcomer is defined as a citizen, refugee, or permanent resident who has been living in Canada for less than five years. Permanent Residency (PR) must be approved. Those on work visas or temporary residency status, including people under the CUAET program, are not eligible.​
• At least 18 years old. ​ ​
• Legally entitled to work and study in Canada.  ​ 

Participants are recommended to have:

• A CLB of at least 6+. ​
• Minimum high school education or equivalent (any country)
• Access to a computer or laptop and reliable internet. 
• Some relevant work experience, in any industry, either international or Canadian.​ ​
• Basic digital skills. Students will need to be able to independently navigate new digital environments, such as the Learning Management System. ​ 

Cost

This program is free for newcomers to Canada. This course is part of the Skills Enhancement for Newcomers (SEN) two-year national initiative (July 2022 – March 2024) which is funded by ESDC as part of the Government of Canada’s Skills for Success Program to support newcomers to Canada to succeed at integrating into the Canadian labour market.

Interested persons are invited to attend an online information session to learn about the application procedures and deadlines.

Program Dates

Info sessions

Interested persons are invited to attend an online information session to learn about the application procedures and deadlines.

Questions?

Contact Alena Worster, program assistant
604.443.8751 
contracttraining@vcc.ca