Essential Skills Wales (ESW)

Aims

The Essential Skills Wales (ESW) Qualifications are awarded by City & Guilds and are intended for everyone, from school pupils to chief executives in large companies. The Essential Skills are the skills most commonly needed for success in a range of activities at work, in education, training and life in general.

Emphasis within these standards is upon the practical application of transferable skills to suit a variety of different purposes. Whilst the Essential Skills can be assessed and achieved as a stand-alone outcome, delivery may more commonly form part of broader learning programmes involving the achievement of other qualifications. For example, Apprenticeship Frameworks in England, Wales and Northern Ireland all include a ESW requirement.

Progression Training offer the following Essential Skills

–Communication
–Application of Number 
–Digital Literacy

Why essential skills are important

Essential Skills help to improve learners’:

• Motivation
• Progression
• Achievement
• Employability

They are essential, as they enable individuals to be:

• Computer literate
• Able to relate well with customers
• Good team workers
• Flexible in their work activities
• Decision makers and problem solvers
• Able to communication effectively

What do our learners say? 

• The application of number was excellent for refreshing maths knowledge. Definitely beneficial for anyone to learn these skills or to refresh them – David Taylor, Ceredigion. 

We cover the areas of North Wales, Mid Wales & South Wales