Why does a cat driver need English and math?

O.K., fair question...we get to answer this all the time. Before we were instructors, we also ran departments at ski resorts. There are many examples of how poor basic academic skills affected an employee's ability to help him or herself do a better job (filling out forms and reports, keeping performance data, calculating fuel consumption). Sometimes, bad communications skills can lead to a host of problems with other employees or supervisors and can lead to risk management issues as well for the company. Oh, and by the way, it's not just us who say so...our advisory committee (comprised of lots of department supervisors) also think these skills are way important.