Students use the OSP to learn about Essential Skills and work habits, occupation-related tasks, and careers relevant to the SHSM. SHSM teachers provide students with opportunities to use the OSP tools to practise and build their Essential Skills and work habits. Students, in their SHSM cooperative education program, will create an OSP Work Plan related to their goals, interests, and particular SHSM sector, in which their employer (that is, their placement supervisor) may assess and record the Essential Skills and work habits that the student demonstrates. It would be beneficial for students to create a skills-based résumé, in preparation for interviews and meetings with employers, that clearly indicates their attainment of Essential Skills and work habits. Students can also use the OSP Tracker to plan opportunities for skills development during high school and after graduation.
The OSP website offers resources for the use of the OSP in SHSM programs.