Basic Skills for Work

Basic skills are defined as “the ability to read, write and speak in the respective language and to use mathematics at a level necessary to function at work and in society in general”. At least one of every four adults in Europe fails to reach minimum literacy levels for coping with everyday life and work in a complex, advanced society.

Combined Basic Skills and Communication Training for Low-Skilled Workers in Five Different European Work Sectors

There are specific training needs for certain work sectors, as demand for unskilled and low-skilled workers declines. The increasing complexity of work processes requires higher literacy, numeracy and communication skills also at the lowest work levels, especially to meet quality and safety aspects.

This project is funded within the European vocational education programme LEONARDO DA VINCI Project Number A/04/B/F/PP-158.132