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WorkKeys Skills Upgrade

CIP 320107

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Description
Why should students use WorkKeys?
Why should employers like WorkKeys?
How does the LTC WorkKeys Skills Upgrade Training program work?

Description

The WorkKeys skill upgrade training courses are designed to provide individualized skill upgrade instructional opportunities throughout the STEP Workplace Literacy Initiative process. The courses are designed to help students achieve the skill levels necessary to obtain entry-level employment in their related technical training areas.

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WorkKeys is a system for measuring the skills required in the everyday workplace.

Why should students use WorkKeys?

WorkKeys is an employability skills assessment tool from ACT, designed to help students develop better workplace skills. WorkKeys measures skills that are critical to job success, such as reading, math, and locating information. These key employability skills were identified by ACT through consultation with employers, educators, and experts on employment and training requirements.

By participating in these WorkKeys Skill Assessments, students can document employability skills, provide employers with evidence of skills attained, identify personal education training needs, document skill development over time, and/or identify jobs which match current skills.

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Why should employers like WorkKeys?

WorkKeys helps to improve America's workforce by sharpening the workplace skills of employees. Employees can be placed in jobs where they can be more successful. This system benefits individuals, businesses and educators by providing a common language for describing basic skills needed for jobs. (http://www.keytrain.com/wrkover.asp)

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How does the LTC WorkKeys Skills Upgrade Training program work?

Skill areas: The most fundamental skill areas are Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, and Reading for Information. These skill areas are referred to as the Core Skills because they are required by most jobs.

Skill Levels. Skill areas are broken down into skills levels. As the levels increase, the skills become more complex. For example, an individual whose skills are at a Level 3 in the skill area Applied Math can solve problems that require a single type of operation, such as subtraction, multiplication, or division. An individual at a Level 4 in Applied Math can solve problems that require up to two operations.

Program Steps: LTC students that utilize the WorkKeys System must first take the ACT WorkKeys Readiness Screening. The Readiness Screening is a 40 minute assessment that determines if the student(s) has Level 3 skills in the skill areas of Applied Math and Reading for Information. Only if a student passes the Readiness Screening, can he/she immediately participate in the ACT WorkKeys Assessments.

If the student does not pass the Readiness Screening, he/she should enroll in LTC WorkKeys skills upgrade training courses in sequence. Once the student has successfully completed the required skills and skill levels (based on the enrolled program), he/she can then participate in the ACT WorkKeys Assessments.

The computer-based assessments determine which levels the student actually has and will also determine the levels listed on the Louisiana Work Ready Certificate. Each of the computer-based assessments are timed with a 55 minute limit. Scores are processed within 30 minutes of completion. A request for Official WorkKeys Skill Reports and the Louisiana Work Ready Certificate is processed once the student receives qualifying scores.

KeyTrain is the complete interactive training system for the WorkKeys basic workplace skills. KeyTrain provides a comprehensive learning system for common skills required by all jobs, based on ACT's WorkKeys employment system. ( http://www.keytrain.com/keytrain/ktn_over.asp )

For more information visit: http://www.keytrain.com/

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