Essential Skills
All jobs in the trucking industry involve essential skills that are important in maintaining maximum performance throughout your career.
We have identified the level of Essential Skills necessary for each occupation. This can be found in the National Occupational Standards Chart of Competencies . Click here to learn more about refreshing your skills pertaining to:
- Reading Text
- Document Use
- Math Skills
Test of Workplace Essential Skills (TOWES)
TOWES examines an individual's ability to read documents, complete work related forms and work with numbers. If the test identifies a need to upgrade Essential Skills, you can use one of the 10 upgrading modules unique to your requirements.
In partnership with Bow Valley College, Trucking HR Canada is the exclusive distributor of TOWES for the trucking industry.
Review the Upgrading Modules here!