New partnership expands affordable, accredited microlearning that earns Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits and competency certificates

Worklife Learning today announced an expanded partnership with PECB to help tackle one of Canada’s most persistent business challenges: a shortage of skilled professionals across virtually every sector. New research estimates that Canada’s skills supply and demand mismatch cost the economy $2.6 billion in 2024, and that the country is short roughly 64,000 skilled workers in key engineering, technical, and higher skill service roles. Many industries face additional pressure from retirements, with an estimated 700,000 skilled trades workers expected to retire between 2019 and 2028. For example, Canada’s construction industry is expected to see 156,000 retirements by 2027, and will need to recruit about 171,850 workers by 2027 to meet demand. **is there a way to get this stat to be between now and 2028?

Worklife Learning Canada and Professional Evaluation and Certification Board are responding with a practical, organization-friendly approach: making it effortless and extremely affordable for employers to keep staff trained every year through a vast library of industry accredited microlearning. Annual access starts at $295 per learner, designed to make continuous training easy to budget and easy to scale.

“Our goal is simple: remove the friction that stops organizations from training consistently,” said Claudiu Popa, CEO at Worklife Learning. “With PECB Skills, teams can build job ready capability through short, structured learning that qualifies for CPD credits and culminates in competency certificates. It is the kind of training model that can scale across Canada, across roles, and across industries.”

What is included

Through the new offering, organizations can provide annual access to PECB Skills, a microlearning platform built around short video capsules and guided learning paths across areas like cybersecurity, information security, privacy, auditing, compliance, business continuity, and management systems.

Courses are structured so that progress is visible and credentials are earned along the way:

• Capsules: short learning units, typically 15 minutes
• Modules: groups of capsules that can earn a certificate of completion and professional development credits
• Competencies: groups of modules that can earn a competency certificate in a focused topic area

Organizations can also browse the PECB Skills Library catalog before starting, to get an idea of the variety of topics and learning paths available. Learn more here: www.worklifelearning.ca/pecb-skills

Worklife Learning is inviting organizations across Canada to explore the new offering through the UpSkill Your Team page, which provides an easy starting point for evaluating the library and assigning training across teams.

Visit www.worklifelearning.ca/pecb-skills to learn more about PECB Skills and explore how your organization can upskill your team annually with accredited microlearning that earns CPD credits and competency certificates.