Ready for Work (Kit). Saskatchewan Labour, Labour Standards Branch (SAL), 1999. No order number is required. ($FREE).
(SK) Produced by Saskatchewan Labour, this comprehensive binder of excellent resources provides background information on virtually all areas of safety. The central concept in the package is that young people need more than a job to be ready for work. They need to know their rights and responsibilities. They also need to know about health, safety and fairness in the workplace. The entire Ready for Work program consists of up to 25 hours of interactive, in-class materials. Some of the sections include occupational health and safety, hazardous materials, recognizing hazards, labour standards for young workers, and rights and responsibilities.
Saskatchewan Labour’s websites at www.readyforwork.sk.ca and www.labour.gov.sk.ca provide more information about other support material that goes with the package, including videos and a CD-ROM.
The entire Ready for Work binder is available through a Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation workshop. Individual components can be requested through Saskatchewan Labour.
Suggested Use: Safety; Work Study
Other Use: All PAA Curricula
Ready for Work Series (Print-Non-Fiction). Please refer to the titles: Guide for New Workers and Guide for New Workers: Counsellor/Classroom Edition.
Safety Care Series (Video). Please refer to the title: Understanding Hazards and Risks.
A Shelter Sketchbook: Timeless Building Solutions (Print-Non-Fiction). Taylor, John S. Chelsea Green Publishing (NIM), 1997. 157 p. ISBN 1-890132-02-0 ($25.95 pbk.).
Using hundreds of pen-and-ink sketches and captions, this book describes building solutions from around the world and from different periods of history. Three perspectives have shaped the development of architects throughout history: environmental factors (e.g., climate, predators, geography), human needs (e.g., spaces required for sleeping and cooking) and available resources (e.g., materials, skilled workers). This book provides timeless solutions to anyone involved in designing and building today. Included are a table of contents, a bibliography and an index.
Suggested Use: Drawings; Presentation
Other Use: Design Studies; Housing
Step Into the World of Workplace Learning: A Collection of Authentic Workplace Materials (Print-Non-Fiction). Lewe, Glenda and MacLeod, Carol D. Nelson Thomson Learning (NEL), 2001. 303 p. ISBN 0-17-608571-8 ($39.95 binder).
(CAN) As the title indicates, this package is aimed at providing the classroom teacher with actual materials used in the workplace. Samples of newsletters, contracts, tables and graphs that are used in the workplace are provided so students will be able to acquire and enhance workplace competencies. In addition to workplace competencies, students can also acquire knowledge of the occupations that use the documents, the essential skills that are needed in that job and a better idea of the norms of the world of work. The collection is not designed to be used directly by learners, but rather to help teachers develop learning activities. The occupations highlighted are real-world jobs that do not require university training.
This information is also accessible through a website at http://www15.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/
awm/default.asp.
Suggested Use: Career Development; Work Study; Teacher Reference
Other Use: All PAA Curricula
Surveying. 4th ed. (Print-Non-Fiction). McCormac, Jack. John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. (WIL), 1999. 415 p. ISBN 0-471-36657-9 ($91.50 pbk.).
Although containing information that is often beyond what is required at the high school level, this resource can prove useful to the teacher wanting some detailed information for the module. All areas of surveying are covered, from its history to global positioning systems. Photographs, drawings, charts and tables help to clarify points being discussed. An index and a glossary are included.
There is a supplementary CD accompanying the text.
Suggested Use: Mapping and Surveying