PBS 45 & 49 | Workplace Essential Skills

Workplace Essential Skills uses TV/videos, print, and the Internet to help you brush up on your reading, writing, math, and job skills. There are 24 half-hour programs (plus Orientation), four workbooks, and 24 FREE online lessons. They work together to make learning easier.

Use Workplace Essential Skills to help find a new job, train for a better job, or be more successful on the job you already have. The lessons are written at a pre-GED level. They will help build your critical thinking and problem solving skills. Developing these skills will also help you prepare for the GED tests.

Learn more about Workplace Essential Skills at http://www.pbs.org/literacy

PBS 45 & 49’s Broadcast Schedule

Mondays at 2:30 p.m.

Mondays-Fridays at 5 a.m.

Mondays at 2:30 p.m.
Program No. & Title	Air Date
1. Planning To Work — Emphasizes career planning and the role of work in people's lives.	03/10/08
2. Matching Skills and Jobs — Tools to help you assess your own skills and then find a job that fits.	03/17/08
3. Applying for Jobs — Understanding and using application forms and processes.	03/24/08
4. Résumés, Tests, and Choices — Writing effective résumés and preparing for employment tests.	03/31/08
5. Interviewing — How to prepare for the job interview.	04/07/08
6. Ready for Work — Understanding and demonstrating work-readiness skills.	04/14/08
7. Workplace Safety — Developing safety-conscious attitudes and skills.	04/21/08
8. Learning at Work — Orientation and training phase strategies.	04/28/08
9. The Language of Work — Effective workplace speaking/listening strategies and skills.	05/05/08
10. Communicating with Co-Workers and Supervisors — Strategies for conflict resolution.	05/12/08
11. Working Together — Stresses the key personal skills and strategies needed for collaborating with colleagues and working in teams.	05/19/08
12. Communicating with Customers — How to develop excellent customer-service skills.	05/26/08
13. A Process for Writing — The importance of the writing process in the workplace.	06/02/08
14. Supplying Information: Directions, Forms, and Charts — Advice and practice exercises for developing accuracy and completeness.	06/09/08
15. Writing Memos and Letters — The importance of knowing the audience and purpose for your memos and letters and the appropriate formats to use in various circumstances.	06/16/08
16. Reading for a Purpose — Purposes and strategies for workplace reading.	06/23/08
17. Finding What You Need: Forms and Charts — The role and importance of accuracy; locating specifics.	06/30/08
18. Following Directions — The role and importance of following directions on the job.	07/07/08
19. Reading Reports and Manuals — Usage, organization, and comprehension skills for reports and manuals.	07/14/08
20. Number Sense — A variety of workplace uses for mathematics; developing number sense.	07/21/08
21. Solving Problems — Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and mathematical reasoning skills are vital to employment.	07/28/08
22. Fractions, Decimals, and Percents — Workplace uses of ratio, rate, and proportion.	08/04/08
23. Measurements and Formulas — Different units of measurement and how and when to apply them.	08/11/08
24. Trends and Predictions: Graphs and Data — The role and importance of evaluation and the effective presentation of data.	08/18/08
25. Orientation — An introduction to the series and its accompanying workbooks.	08/25/08

Mondays-Fridays at 5 a.m.

July 2008
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	7/1 24. Trends and Predictions: Graphs and Data — The role and importance of evaluation and the effective presentation of data.	7/2 25. Orientation — An introduction to the series and its accompanying workbooks.	7/3 1. Planning To Work — Emphasizes career planning and the role of work in people's lives.	7/4 2. Matching Skills and Jobs — Tools to help you assess your own skills and then find a job that fits.
7/7 3. Applying for Jobs — Understanding and using application forms and processes.	7/8 4. Résumés, Tests, and Choices — Writing effective résumés and preparing for employment tests.	7/9 5. Interviewing — How to prepare for the job interview.	7/10 6. Ready for Work — Understanding and demonstrating work-readiness skills.	7/11 7. Workplace Safety — Developing safety-conscious attitudes and skills.
7/14 8. Learning at Work — Orientation and training phase strategies.	7/15 9. The Language of Work — Effective workplace speaking/listening strategies and skills.	7/16 10. Communicating with Co-Workers and Supervisors — Strategies for conflict resolution.	7/17 11. Working Together — Stresses the key personal skills and strategies needed for collaborating with colleagues and working in teams.	7/18 12. Communicating with Customers — How to develop excellent customer-service skills.
7/21 13. A Process for Writing — The importance of the writing process in the workplace.	7/22 14. Supplying Information: Directions, Forms, and Charts — Advice and practice exercises for developing accuracy and completeness.	7/23 15. Writing Memos and Letters — The importance of knowing the audience and purpose for your memos and letters and the appropriate formats to use in various circumstances.	7/24 16. Reading for a Purpose — Purposes and strategies for workplace reading.	7/25 17. Finding What You Need: Forms and Charts — The role and importance of accuracy; locating specifics.
7/28 18. Following Directions — The role and importance of following directions on the job.	7/29 19. Reading Reports and Manuals — Usage, organization, and comprehension skills for reports and manuals.	7/30 20. Number Sense — A variety of workplace uses for mathematics; developing number sense.	7/31 21. Solving Problems — Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and mathematical reasoning skills are vital to employment.

August 2008
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
				8/1 22. Fractions, Decimals, and Percents — Workplace uses of ratio, rate, and proportion.
8/4 23. Measurements and Formulas — Different units of measurement and how and when to apply them.	8/5 24. Trends and Predictions: Graphs and Data — The role and importance of evaluation and the effective presentation of data.	8/6 25. Orientation — An introduction to the series and its accompanying workbooks.	8/7 1. Planning To Work — Emphasizes career planning and the role of work in people's lives.	8/8 2. Matching Skills and Jobs — Tools to help you assess your own skills and then find a job that fits.
8/11 3. Applying for Jobs — Understanding and using application forms and processes.	8/12 4. Résumés, Tests, and Choices — Writing effective résumés and preparing for employment tests.	8/13 5. Interviewing — How to prepare for the job interview.	8/14 6. Ready for Work — Understanding and demonstrating work-readiness skills.	8/15 7. Workplace Safety — Developing safety-conscious attitudes and skills.
8/18 8. Learning at Work — Orientation and training phase strategies.	8/19 9. The Language of Work — Effective workplace speaking/listening strategies and skills.	8/20 10. Communicating with Co-Workers and Supervisors — Strategies for conflict resolution.	8/21 11. Working Together — Stresses the key personal skills and strategies needed for collaborating with colleagues and working in teams.	8/22 12. Communicating with Customers — How to develop excellent customer-service skills.
8/25 13. A Process for Writing — The importance of the writing process in the workplace.	8/26 14. Supplying Information: Directions, Forms, and Charts — Advice and practice exercises for developing accuracy and completeness.	8/27 15. Writing Memos and Letters — The importance of knowing the audience and purpose for your memos and letters and the appropriate formats to use in various circumstances.	8/28 16. Reading for a Purpose — Purposes and strategies for workplace reading.	8/29 17. Finding What You Need: Forms and Charts — The role and importance of accuracy; locating specifics.