Occupation-specific Language Training (OSLT)

This course is delivered in a blended format that integrates zoom classes and online activities.

This practical and innovative course will help you:
•    understand business workplaces in Ontario.
•    interact effectively with customers, colleagues, employees, suppliers, financial officers and government officials.
•    network and connect with local business associations, employers and employment resources.
•    learn how to use your workplace communication training in a variety of business and workplace settings.

Small-group exercises based on everyday communication tasks in business will help you:
•    practice common on-the-job communication to improve your workplace language skills.
•    develop strong interviewing, networking and career-building communication skills.

Workplace Communication Skills for Entrepreneurship and Sales & Marketing is for you if:
•    you have training or experience in running your own business or in sales and marketing.
•    you have a valid language proficiency of at least level 5 in Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB).
•    you are a permanent resident, convention refugee/protected person, or temporary residents affected by the crisis in Gaza (showing “MOME2023” in status documentation until March 31, 2027).
•    you live in Ontario.

Dates: April 14 – July 26, 2025
Time commitment: 180 hours in total / 15 weeks / 12 hours per week
Days: Zoom classes on Mondays and Thursdays: 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | 6-8 hrs/week of online learning at your own pace

This 40-hour online course addresses the language and communication skills needed when searching for a job. 

This practical and innovative course will help you:
•    develop communication skills needed to introduce yourself professionally in the job search context.
•    describe requirements for working in your chosen occupation in Ontario.
•    develop a Job Action Plan for securing employment in your chosen occupation.

Accessing the Business Job Market is for you if:
•    you have training or experience in business or technology environments.
•    your English is at an intermediate level (at least level 6 in Canadian Language Benchmarks).
•    you are a permanent resident, convention refugee/protected person, or temporary residents affected by the crisis in Gaza (showing “MOME2023” in status documentation until March 31, 2027).
•    you live in Ontario.

Time commitment: 6-8 hrs/week for 6 weeks
Dates: April 14 – June 7, 2025
Days:   Zoom classes on Thursdays, 7 – 8 p.m. |Online learning: 5-7 hrs/week at your own pace.

This 40-hour online course focuses on the language and socio-cultural communication requirements of writing workplace communication in the business and technology sectors at CLB 7 to 8.

This practical course will help you:
•    develop a strategic approach to writing workplace communication.
•    understand purpose and audience in written workplace communication.
•    use logical structure in emails.
•    write effective emails to make requests, exchange information, make complaints and follow up.

Activities based on everyday written communication tasks in the workplace will help you:
•    use self-editing strategies to identify common personal errors and make changes.
•    produce single- and multiple-paragraph professional writing for an appropriate audience and purpose.

Writing Professionally is for you if:
•    you have successfully completed an OSLT course in Accounting and Finance, Entrepreneurship and Sales & Marketing, Project Management, Professional Managers, Technology or one of the following 40-hour OSLT online modules: Communicating in the Business Sector in Ontario OR Communicating in the Technology Sector in Ontario.
•    you are familiar with computers and related technology.
•    you have valid Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLBs).
•    you are a permanent resident, convention refugee/protected person or temporary resident affected by the crisis in Gaza (showing “MOME2023” in status documentation until March 31, 2027).
•    you live in Ontario.

Time commitment: 5 hrs/week for 8 weeks
Dates: June 7 – August 30, 2025
Days:   Zoom classes on Tuesdays, 7 – 8 p.m. | Online learning: 3-4 hrs/week at your own pace.
 

This practical course if for those newcomers who have training or experience in one of the following: dental hygienist, medical laboratory technologist, medical radiation technologist, nurse, personal support worker, or sleep technologist.

This practical course will help you:
•    give instructions for routine procedures.
•    provide health teaching, such as offering explanations.
•    provide comfort and reassurance.
•    manage challenging interactions, such as advocating for clients.

Managing Health Care Interactions is for you if:
•    you have a valid language proficiency of at least level 5 in Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB).
•    you are familiar with computers and related technology.
•    you are a permanent resident, convention refugee/protected person or temporary resident affected by the crisis in Gaza (showing “MOME2023” in status documentation until March 31, 2027).
•    you live in Ontario.

Time commitment: 5 hrs/week for 8 weeks
Dates: June 9 – July 30, 2025
Days:   Zoom classes on Thursdays, 7 – 8 p.m. | Online learning: 4-5 hrs/week at your own pace.