This curriculum for a 60-hour, 12-week Food Processing Language Training Program is based on a needs assessment of the food processing industry, the CLB, and the Labourer Food Processing Facility Essential Skills Profile (NOC #9617). The Participant’s Guide includes worksheets, vocabulary lists, information, and a wide variety of authentic documents: forms, charts, lists, maps, hazard alerts, pictures, floor plans, etc. Topics covered in the course include Canadian workplace expectations, workplace documents, on the job communication, health and safety in the workplace, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), WHMIS, HACCP, standard operating procedures, hierarchy of the workplace, on the job training, and job search. The accompanying Instructor’s Guide includes 24 detailed 2½-hour lesson plans.

Resource Details

Alberta Initiatives Gallery:	Yes
Areas of Focus:	Teaching
Language Focus:	Culture/Intercultural Communication Essential Skills Listening Reading Speaking Workplace Skills Writing
Programs:	Workplace English
Format:	Documents
Produced by:	Bow Valley College
Funded by:	Alberta Learning, LTP
Author:	Lorene Anderson & Peter Zuba
Publication year:	2005
Keywords:	authentic materials, lesson plans, activities, instructor guide, workplace documents, business service texts, EWP
Availability:	No charge
Contact:	Pam Brah
Contact Email:	pbrah@bowvalleycollege.ca
Added:	Nov. 13, 2012, 1:45 p.m.
Updated:	Nov. 13, 2012, 1:45 p.m.