Assessments & Resources

A starting point for skills development!

Skills for Success assessments measure foundational skills needed to succeed in work, learning and life. Assessment results to:

• Recognize learner's skills;
• Identify skills to build;
• Provide an indicator of readiness for training, education and work.

Douglas College is a distributor of two assessment tools:

Skills for Success Assessment (S4SA) Essential Skills Group: 

S4SA is an online assessment providing learners with the opportunity to assess one or more focused skill areas including:

For SFSA pricing and access information please email essentialskills@douglascollege.ca

TOWES (Test of Workplace Essential Skills), Bow Valley College:

TOWES is a nationally recognized suite of assessment and training products that use authentic Canadian work and life content to assess and improve critical skills for success in working, learning and life. TOWES measures:

• General series assessments
• Sector series assessments

For TOWES pricing and access information visit here.

Let us help you!

Completion of the Introduction to Skills for Success course and Skills for Success Assessments, Interpretation and Application is highly recommended for organizations wishing to purchase assessment tools. If preferred, let Douglas College handle the assessment process for you.

Assessment Test, Debriefing, and Reports:

Douglas College has extensive experience working with test takers to proctor Skills Assessments, interpret results, write formal reports, and debrief with test-takers.

Skills for Success and Resources:

There are tools and resources, and it can be overwhelming to locate what will work best for you.  Feel free to download our Tools and Resources List which includes several websites that could be of benefit to you.