Academic Skills
Those skills which provide the basic foundation to get, keep and progress on a job and to achieve the best results

Personal Management Skills
The combination of skills, attitudes and behaviours required to get, keep and progress on a job and to achieve the best results

Teamwork Skills
Those skills needed to work with others on a job and to achieve the best results

Communicate
• Understand and speak the languages in which business is conducted
• Listen to understand and learn
• Read, comprehend and use written materials, including graphs, charts and displays
• Write effectively in the languages in which business is conducted

Think
• Think critically and act logically to evaluate situations, solve problems and make decisions
• Understand and solve problems involving mathematics and use the results
• Use technology, instruments, tools and information systems effectively
• Access and apply specialized knowledge from various fields (e.g., skilled trades, technology, physical sciences, arts and social sciences)

Learn
• Continue to learn for life

Positive Attitudes and Behaviours
• Self-esteem and confidence
• Honesty, integrity and personal ethics
• A positive attitude toward learning, growth and personal health
• Initiative, energy and persistence to get the job done

Responsibility
• The ability to set goals and priorities in work and personal life
• The ability to plan and manage time, money and other resources to achieve goals
• Accountability for actions taken

Adaptability
• A positive attitude toward change
• Recognition of and respect for people’s diversity and individual differences
• The ability to identify and suggest new ideas to get the job done—creativity

Work with Others
• Understand and contribute to the organization’s goals
• Understand and work within the culture of the group
• Plan and make decisions with others and support the outcomes
• Respect the thoughts and opinions of others in the group
• Exercise “give and take” to achieve group results
• Seek a team approach as appropriate
• Lead when appropriate, mobilizing the group for high performance