Project Documents and Reports

Literacy Link South Central's new Soft Skills Assessment Tool for Manufacturing

Local labour market information makes it clear that manufacturing employers are struggling to find people to fill entry-level positions. Compounding the issue is that some applicants do not have the soft skills they need to be successful in the job. We believe that an assessment that can measure critical soft skills skills before someone starts a job can help. It will support employers in finding applicants that are a good fit, and help both job seekers and skills upgrading programs know what kind of training can help people targeting entry-level positions in manufacturing be successful at work.

Learn how to use our new Soft Skills Assessment Tool for Manufacturing in by viewing this 22-minute webinar:

• Webinar recording
• Slide deck

Soft Skills Assessment Tool (2021)

French: Évaluation des compétences dans le secteur manufacturier (2021)

Literacy Link South Central's soft skills assessment contains two parts. The first is the Life Effectiveness Questionnaire (LEQ) and it offers 24 statements that should be ranked on a scale of 1 (that doesn't sound like me) to 8 (that sounds like me). It’s an assessment that's used internationally as it is proven to be both reliable and valid. The second part of the assessment is a Situational Judgement Test (SJT), which offers nine real-life workplace scenarios along with possible response options. This style of assessment demonstrates good validity, and was developed in partnership with representatives from the manufacturing sector in the London Economic Region.

Soft Skills Assessment Guidebook (2021)

French: Guide d’utilisation de l’outil d’évaluation des compétences de base du LLSC (2021)

The Guidebook shares information about this project, outlines each of the statements and scenarios and which soft skills they are measuring, explains how to score the assessment and provides information on interpreting the results.

Note: For each person whose soft skills you plan to evaluate, you will need to print one copy of the Assessment Tool (above) and one copy each of both Attachment A and Attachment B from the Guidebook. Attachement A and Attachment B have been extracted from the Guidebook as a the Assessment Scoring Package (below) to make it easier to print. 

Soft Skills Assessment Scoring Package (2021)

This scoring package contains the scoring key for the Situational Judgement Test along with the overall Soft Skills Assessment scoring sheet. They can be found as Attachment A and Attachment B in the Guidebook (above).