Technical Communications for the Trades
This course will help you to prepare for the reading comprehension element of the Alberta Apprenticeship & Training Entrance Exam.
On your exam, you will encounter different types of comprehension questions. You might be presented with a paragraph, or you might be asked to analyze a diagram or chart. In this course, we’ll show you how to identify key points in a paragraph or document, and give you some practice with reading and analyzing information like you will be doing at work.
This course will provide practice some strategies for understanding, applying and making decisions about what you read. Not only will this help you when you take the Trades Entrance Exam, but also in your day-to-day work, where you will be reading instructional and technical documents, reports, emails and memos from superiors, and many other types of written information. Build your confidence in this area so that you succeed in your exam.