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Essential Skills as a Predictor of Safety Performance
(October 21, 2004) - In March 2004, The Canadian
Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC) and the Canadian
Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI) concluded
a pilot project to determine whether there might be a correlation between
the skill levels that Petroleum Professional Drivers have in Reading Text,
Document Use and Numeracy and the likelihood of having safety incidents.
Incidents often have environmental consequences and they always have economic
consequences - powerful motivation for the industry to find a solution.
The three skills included in the study are among nine that Human
Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) refers to as Essential
Skills and
are seen as predictors of success on-the-job.
Click here to view the
report (PDF)
For more information:
Conrad Murphy
Director of TOWES
Phone: (403) 410-3195
Email: cmurphy@bowvalleycollege.ca
Page Updated: Tuesday, June 03, 2008