Foundation skills resources help trainers plan practice with the reading, writing, numeracy and communication learners use in vocational settings. Start by identifying an activity the group wants to do with more confidence. It might be interpreting a roster, recording quantities or asking a colleague to clarify an instruction. Choose the relevant unit before comparing the material.
Review one instruction at a time
Try the sample with an adult learner in mind. Check the length of the instructions, the vocabulary that must be explained and whether the learner can see what to do first. A workplace example can make an activity easier to understand when the document is familiar. Explain the context when a learner is likely to be seeing that kind of document for the first time.
Use an example with a clear purpose
A numeracy activity might ask learners to work out the quantities needed for a task and tell a colleague how they arrived at them. A reading activity can ask them to find a detail and explain where they found it. Compare the questions with the way your trainer will introduce the document and help learners practise using it.
Separate practice prompts from the evidence record
Ask a trainer to point out where they would model a strategy and where they would let a learner try it. Then ask an assessor to identify what they would record during assessment. If assistance is provided, check how staff record what was provided and which work the learner completed themselves.
Match the context to the pathway
A program for learners preparing for further study may use course documents. A workplace pathway can use examples from the jobs participants are considering. Look at the selected code and listing to see what the store supplies. For a small cohort with different interests, decide whether your trainers need more than one example of the same kind of task.
Check the edits with a practice activity
Replace a sample text with a document your learners could encounter, then check whether the questions still work. Ask a trainer to read it aloud and note where learners will need a diagram, an explanation or time to practise. See whether the assessor can follow the finished record without relying on the trainer's recollection. Ask for a sample from the relevant unit so this exercise reflects the materials you are considering buying.
In a mixed group, ask the trainer to compare two example texts with the same purpose but different vocabulary. Decide which one they will use first and how learners will move to the second. Have learners locate a detail and describe how they found it, then check whether the sample instructions invite them to explain that strategy.
FSK catalogue and qualification examples
CAQA Resources lists 795 listings in this collection. The qualification examples below are among those with the most listings. Each count can cover several resource formats.
- FSK10119 Certificate I in Access to Vocational Pathways · 7 listings
- FSK10219 Certificate I in Skills for Vocational Pathways · 7 listings
- FSK20119 Certificate II in Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways · 7 listings
FSK Training Package collection
Active listings by resource type
- Assessment Kit · 59
- Class Activity Book · 56
- ERF Checklist · 55
- LLND Kit · 55
- Learner Guide · 56
- Learner Resources · 59
- Learning and Assessment Kit · 59
- PowerPoint · 56
- RPL Kit · 55
- SCORM · 56
- Self-Study Guide · 56
- Session Plan · 56
- Training and Assessment Strategy · 3
- Unit Knowledge Guide · 56
- Vocational Placement Kit · 58
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