Every year, the Steps to Success Program at the YWCA Thompson works with around 400 adult students.

The program provides classes that range in duration from two hours to a full day, depending on the subject.

Cat Cogle, Program Coordinator for Steps to Success, talks here about the classes referred to as “upskills.”

“With the upskills, they are actually a specific set of courses that are put out by ABC Canada. They are designed to teach skills that we use in the work place. These are transferable skills; doesn’t matter which jobs you are doing, these are skills that are good for you to have. Things like adaptability, time management, and stress management.”

Steps to Success also offers certification courses for Safe Food Handling, Cannabis Retail, and Safe Alcohol Service.

For the full list of courses offered, all free of charge to adults 18 and older, go to the Steps to Success facebook page.

Catch Thompson Today this afternoon at 12:40 and 5:10 for the full interview with Cogle.