Essential Skills Profiles are available for most occupations in Canada. Each profile lists job tasks in nine Essential Skills and rates them at 1–5 levels of competency.

Essential Skills Assessments are clearly written checklists for students to use to assess their skills. There is one for each of the nine Essential Skills.
Essential Skills Online Assessments is a series of short quizzes provide an indication of skill strengths and areas that may require improvement.

List of Tools: Tools, assessment and support information for trainers and career counsellors.

Manitoba Resources includes curriculum for pharmacists, health care aid and entrepreneurs with an Essential Skills focus.

Learner Materials: A Strategy for Writing Tests, Navigating Workplace Documents and Numeracy.

Vocabulary Building Workbook includes 24 lessons to help students increase Canadian workplace vocabulary.