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Foundational Skills Cycle of Success

Foundational Skills Cycle of Success. The Common Language in successful workforce strategies. ● Employers ● Workforce ● Training ● Economic Development Ease of Delivery: - Employers may implement testing on-site -Workforce agencies may organize the delivery of assessment services.

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Foundational Skills Cycle of Success

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  1. Foundational Skills Cycle of Success

  2. The Common Language in successful workforce strategies . . .

  3. ● Employers ● Workforce ● Training ● Economic DevelopmentEase of Delivery:-Employers may implement testing on-site-Workforce agencies may organize the delivery of assessment services WorkKeys as a Common Language:

  4. WorkKeys as a Common Language: Benefits to Company • Comparable Job Analysis • Task List (job description) • Foundational Skill Analysis: Results & Recommendations regarding skills Level needed for Job Entry and Effective Performance • Applied Technology, Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, Listening for Information, Teamwork, Workplace Observation, Writing, & Reading for Information • Identifies Gaps in Skill Sets • Measure/Track Results (ROI) EEOC & ADA Compliant (validated)

  5. Common Language

  6. Common across many stages of successful workforce development • Sets the criteria for initial screening of job applicants • Confirms the presence of skill aptitudes based on documented job requirements • Identify applicants that will move into the hiring process • Individuals that are not moved forward will have an opportunity to enhance basic skills and re-assess in the future • Meets EEOC & ADA Compliance Job Candidate Screening

  7. Common Language Identify foundational skill requirements (job, cell, plant wide) -Identify individual employee skill levels (skills gaps) -Enhance foundational skills, if needed (blended delivery) -Measure success

  8. Common Language Obtaining Workforce Credentials • CDL • Welding Certs • Electrical Standards • Various Certifications • Successful Training • Certified Production Technician Workforce Development

  9. Common Language

  10. Implementation

  11. Job Profile • Generates a detailed task list of job duties • Determines effective assessment topics (EEOC & ADA compliance) • Identifies levels of foundation skills required for job entry and effective performance

  12. Foundation Skills • Locating Information • Teamwork • Applied Technology • Workplace Observation • Reading for Information • Applied Mathematics • Listening for Understanding • Writing • Business Writing

  13. Summary Report to Company General Comments . . . Results and Recommendations . . . Skill Analysis Information The SMEs ranked Locating Information, Reading for Information, Applied Technology and Observation as the Work Keys skills most critical to performing the job effectively. Detailed description of how the skill is used (EEOC & ADA) In evaluating the level . . . the SMEs evaluated the work situation in comparison to Work Keys Locating Information Level 5. Characteristics of the Level 5 Locating Information include: . .

  14. What Can A Person Do? The Work Keys Locating Information is an employee’s skill in using information taken from workplace graphics such as diagrams, floor plans, tables, forms, graphs, flowcharts, and instrument gauges. Locating Information: Level 5 skills are: (sample) • Summarize and/or compare information and trends in a single place/form/control • Summarize and/or compare information and trends among more than one location and determine the relationship of the information • Summarize and/or compare information and trends among more than one workplace graphic, such as a bar chart and a data table showing related information; in order to accomplish this, the examinee must sort through distracting information

  15. The Common Language in successful workforce strategies . . . Authorized ACT WorkKeys Full Service Center MSSC Authorized Training & Assessment Center (on-line delivery) On-Line Remediation Sherri Becker 740-373-6283

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