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WorkKeys® - Career Ready Alabama
Faulkner State Community College is a licensed WorkKeys(R) Service Provider. For more information, contact Cale Ebert, CRC Coordinator.
WorkKeys testing for the CRC
- May 12, 2:00 – 5:00 pm, Bay Minette campus
- May 13, 9:00 – 11:00 am, Gulf Shores campus
- May 14, 2:00 – 5:00 pm, Fairhope campus
Based on ACT's WorkKeys®, Career Ready Alabama is a system for measuring and verifying skills required in the everyday workplace. Alabama's workforce benefits through improving the workplace skills of students or employees. Employees are best matched with jobs where they can be most successful. An additional benefit is the common language provided to individuals, businesses and educators for describing basic skills needed for jobs.
The Career Readiness Certificate (CRC) is a credential based on ACT's WorkKeys® assessment. In cooperation with the Governor’s Office and the Office of Workforce Development, Faulkner State is helping implement the Alabama Career Readiness Certificate (CRC) program. To this end, the WKO 107 course will prepare students for the WorkKeys® assessments in the areas of Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information, and Locating Information in order to receive a CRC. Students in some certificate or degree programs will also be required to take the Applied Technology assessment.
WorkKeys® is a job skills assessment system measuring "real world" skills that employers believe are critical to job success.
It is an assessment tool that defines, measures and certifies that individuals have the skills and abilities they need to succeed in entry-level work in the 21st Century workplace.
These skills are for any occupation - skilled or professional - and at any level of education.
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Faulkner State Community College Technical Programs ACT WorkKeys® Target Levels | |||||
| Program | Applied Mathematics | Applied Technology | Locating Information | Reading for Information | CRC Level |
| Business | 5 | NA | 5 | 5 | Gold |
| Culinary Arts | 4 | NA | 4 | 4 | Silver |
| Commercial Art | 5 | NA | 4 | 5 | Silver |
| Dental Assisting | 4 | NA | 4 | 4 | Silver |
| Computer Science | 5 | NA | 5 | 5 | Gold |
| Horticulture | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Silver |
| Hospitality Mgmt. | 4 | NA | 4 | 4 | Silver |
| Landscape Operations | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Silver |
| Mgmt. & Supervision | 5 | NA | 5 | 5 | Gold |
| Office Administration | 5 | NA | 5 | 5 | Gold |
| Nursing/LPN | 5 | NA | 5 | 5 | Gold |
| Nursing/AND | 5 | NA | 5 | 6 | Gold |
| Paralegal | 4 | NA | 4 | 5 | Silver |
| Surgical Technology | 4 | NA | 4 | 4 | Silver |
For more information on WorkKeys, please visit www.act.org/workkeys.
The Career Ready Alabama program is made possible through parterships with:
- Alabama Office of Workforce Development
- Alabama College System
- Alabama Career Center System
- Business Council of Alabama
- Manufacture Alabama
- Alabama AFL-CIO
More information is available at Career Ready Alabama.