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Home Essential Skills for Trades

Essential Skills for Trades

March 13, 2024

ESTR045 Essential Skills for Trades: Preparation for Wind Turbine Maintenance

A strong essential skills foundation is crucial for students interested in pursuing a career in trades. This course imparts essential skills for Automotive Service Technician, addressing such topics as reading text, document use, and numeracy including whole numbers, fractions, percents, geometry, measurement, data analysis and algebra. Successful completion of ESTR 045 satisfies the academic admission…

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ESTR055 Trades Access Common Core (TACC)

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ESTR022 Essential Skills for Trades: Preparation for Cook

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ESTR023 Essential Skills for Trades: Preparation for Plumber

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