A route to explore · Ontario

I need work in Ottawa, but I am still building confidence in English.

Choose employment support that fits your current English

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Your starting point

Ask World Skills which needs/language assessment to use.

A pathway helps you explore. It does not decide eligibility or guarantee admission, funding, licensing or work. Each program has its own checked date.

01 / Start with your situation

Your first steps

Ask World Skills which needs/language assessment to use.
Compare Roadmap to Employment for CLB 3–5 with Communication Beyond Language for CLB 6+.
Confirm status eligibility, delivery, next session and any transport or childcare support.

02 / Compare real options

Programs and organizations to explore

Open a program to see requirements, costs, funding and the official starting point.

World Skills Employment Centre

Roadmap to Employment (RTE) →

Career exploration, job-search preparation and referrals to skills/language learning suited to the participant.

Ongoing enquiries or individual applications · No program fee

Checked October 20, 2026 How we check information

Requirements, funding and where to start →

World Skills Employment Centre

Workplace Language Training — Communication Beyond Language →

Facilitated professional communication cohorts, conversation practice and self-paced online learning.

Current intake not confirmed · No program fee

Checked October 20, 2026 How we check information

Requirements, funding and where to start →

03 / Check affordability

Possible funding

See each program’s funding section and ask its provider about your eligibility and full costs. No pathway-wide funding is guaranteed.

04 / Before you commit

Important distinctions

These are different programs with different eligibility rules.
Workplace-language preparation does not itself provide a professional qualification.