Workplace Essential Skills
Saturdays 5:00 AM to 6:00 AM

Workplace Essential Skills is a series of 25 half-hour pre-GED level video programs produced as part of the PBS Literacy Link project funded by the U.S. Department of Education.The purpose of the series is to show how adults use basic skills to find jobs and how they use those skills in realistic workplace settings. The first eight programs are designed to

1. enhance the learner’s chances of finding a job and of developing short- and long-term career goals, with an emphasis on reading, writing, math, communication and problem-solving skills, and to
   
2. enhance the learner’s chances of making a good impression, making the most of the introductory/training period on the job and growing into and with the job.

The remaining 16 instructional programs are designed to help learners develop basic skills in reading, writing, math, problem-solving, and communication. The skills content in each program is introduced and demonstrated via scenarios drawn from 4 workplace contexts: construction, manufacturing, health care and retail/service. An orientation program for students rounds out the series.