ABET Level 4 is the absolute last step that your low skilled employees have to take towards acquiring workplace literacy skills. Some of your employees may have started their adult literacy training and adult numeracy training journey at ABET Level 1. Others might even have had to commence at pre-ABET. This is to better prepare for their learning journey. Notably, an ABET Level 4 certificate demonstrates your employees’ grit and determination to succeed. They have shown you that they want to grow and develop, and you have given them a tremendous opportunity to do. This, combined with the skills and experience of a competent training provider, always ensures a successful ABET outcome. A high pass rate is an important indicator that you are dealing with a skilled and experienced ABET provider.
Through initiatives such as placement assessments and awareness campaigns, your employees are primed to succeed. There is very little scope for failure. A placement assessment ensures that your employees start their learning journey at the correct ABET Level. In this way, they are able to cope with the course content and progress quickly and efficiently to obtain an ABET Level 4 certificate. It also ensures that they are being stimulated and are learning new skills. This is opposed to regressing. Moreover, it ensures that employees who require training intervention the most are prioritised. This is opposed to training just for the sake of it or to “tick boxes”. Meanwhile, an awareness campaign ensures that your employees understand the importance of attaining an ABET Level 4 certificate. To remain motivated, your employees need to know how English literacy and numeracy skills will improve all facets of their lives.
ABET Level 4 certificate
For more than 30 years, Triple E Training has helped many low skilled employees to attain an ABET Level 4 certificate. We continue to build on this legacy as industry’s preferred adult literacy and numeracy training provider. Triple E Training is accredited by the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training or “Umalusi”. Learn more about Umalusi Home – Umalusi. Policy on Adult Basic Education and Training (www.gov.za) also provides more reading on government’s policy regarding adult literacy training and adult numeracy training. The private sector plays a critical role in ensuring wider participation in adult literacy training and adult numeracy training. It extends the reach of government’s adult literacy training and adult numeracy training.
Over the years, industry has been at the forefront of innovation and best practice in adult literacy training and adult numeracy training. Triple E Training’s English literacy and numeracy training also complies with the requirements of the Adult Basic Education and Training Act. https://www.saqa.org.za/sites/default/files/2019-11/act52.pdf provides for the registration of private adult learning centres. This is in addition to quality assurance and promotion in adult literacy training and adult numeracy training.
ABET Level 4 workplace skills
Employees who have completed ABET Level 4 have workplace literacy skills, namely English literacy and numeracy. Workplace literacy is also referred to as functional literacy. This is considering that English literacy and numeracy are skills that individuals need to function in all aspects of life. They are not only required in the world of work. Equipped with these skills, individuals are also able to perform effectively in their group and community after working hours. Importantly, they also use their newfound English reading, writing, oral communication, active listening and calculation skills for their own and community’s development.
Employees need English literacy and numeracy skills to perform at their peak. This is an important enough reason to invest heavily in quality adult literacy training and adult numeracy training. However, enterprising companies also want their employees to grow and develop inside and outside the world of work. Bear in mind that English literacy and numeracy are foundational skills that individuals also need to continue learning to keep on improving their circumstances. This is a primary motivator for many companies to raise the English literacy and numeracy proficiency levels of their low skilled employees. When employees are given a sound opportunity to improve their skills, they are more engaged, motivated and loyal members of your team.
ABET Level 4 and language skills
ABET Level 4 imparts sound language and communication skills. Employees who have completed four levels of adult literacy training demonstrate critical awareness of English language use. They also have an ability to engage with aesthetic, affective and cultural values in texts. Your employees will also be able to access, analyse, use and present information. Moreover, they will have an ability to deploy appropriate communication skills, convention and structures for specific purposes and situations. This is in addition to being able to explore and use a variety of strategies to learn. Furthermore, your employees will be able to engage with meaning, organisation and structure of texts.
Efficient communication plays a key role in business. Equipped with these skills, employees are better able to comprehend their roles. They can, therefore, perform their duties correctly. This reduces and even mitigates downtime and errors that lead to a waste of time and resources. Moreover, employees who understand how to perform their jobs are aware of their contribution towards the success of the company. They are, thus, happier and more motivated team members. Improved communication also leads to greater employee engagement – a key metric for employee productivity. There is also a strong correlation between health and safety and literacy in the workplace. Employees who do not understand safety, health, environment and quality protocol cannot play their part in ensuring compliance. Non-compliance can cost your company and its brands dearly.
Adult numeracy training complements the skills taught during adult literacy training. English literacy and numeracy skills share a close relationship. Your employees apply both skills when solving problems. Maths is a quantitative mode of learning. It requires learners to decode questions and form appropriate answers to demonstrate their understanding of the concept or problem. This requires knowledge of subject-specific vocabulary. Learners will also need to read presented problems and comprehend the structure of questions that have been formulated.
ABET Level 4 and reasoning abilities
ABET Level 4 enhances your employees’ reasoning abilities. However, the skills taught during adult numeracy training are not only used for problem solving in the workplace. Numeracy skills also enable your employees to approach tasks methodically, pay attention to detail and think abstractly.
The extent to which employees use numeracy skills in the workplace will vary according to the type of jobs and workplaces. For example, carpenters, electricians and other skilled trade workers may require an understanding of basic geometry and algebra to calculate the cost and amount of materials that they need. Some employees may just be required to calculate accurately. Nevertheless, numeracy is an important skill that is used together with English literacy to function effectively in all aspects of life.
Employees who have completed the four levels of adult literacy training and, in particular, adult numeracy training, will be able to use maps to access and communicate information concerning routes, location and direction. They will be able to evaluate and solve data-handling and probability problems within given contexts. Moreover, your employees will be able to critically analyse how mathematics is used in socio-political and economic relations. They will also be able to collect, analyse and communicate numerical data. This is in addition to being able to describe and represent objects and environment in terms of shape, space, time and motion.
ABET Level 4 and grade 9
Employees with an ABET Level 4 certificate possess skills that are equivalent to someone who has completed grade 9. This qualification is, therefore, at a National Qualifications Framework Level 1.
Individuals who have completed all four adult literacy training and adult numeracy training levels are able to perform entry level jobs. Their English literacy and numeracy skills also enable them to work as general, factory, construction, mining, warehouse and retail staff, among others.
However, employees who have completed ABET Level 4 have English literacy and numeracy skills of a level that is sufficient to continue learning. Once they have an ABET Level 4 certificate, many employees will want to complete their matric, which is at a NQF Level 4. Meanwhile, National Certificate Vocational courses provide an alternative skills path towards attaining a NQF Level 4 qualification for your employees. Many employees also complete foundational learning competence training to refine their English literacy and numeracy skills so that they are better prepared for further learning. Learn more about Triple E Training and our quality adult literacy training and adult numeracy training solutions. www.eee.co.za.
