Title: AG CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
1The Kansas WORKReady! Certificate Powered by
2What Employers Want?
- Consistently identify the right applicants
- that can do the job!
- Increase their new-hire success rate
- Shorten on-the-job training time
- Reduce employee turnover
- Decrease production costs
3What is WorkKeys?
- An assessment system developed by ACT
- Measures basic transferable, work-place skills
- Skills are communicated to businesses using
the Kansas WORKReady! Certificate - 42 other states have the certificates
4In the 1950s, ACT created a nationally
recognized, standardized resource for college
entrance. Now, were doing the same thing for
the workforce. - Richard L. Ferguson, CEO and
Chairman of ACT
5WorkKeys Assessments
- Three Assessments
- Applied Mathematics
- Locating Information
- Reading for Information
6 Goal with WorkKeys
- 1. To create a nationally-recognized
- SYSTEM
- for the assessment and improvement
- of work-related skills that is
- EQUALLY MEANINGFUL
- for employers,
- educators and job seekers.
- 2. To create a Certified Workforce
7Education and Training
Delivery System
EMPLOYERS
HIGH
ONE STOP CENTERS
SCHOOLS
CAREER ACADEMIES
ADULT
EDUCATION
COMMUNITY
4-YEAR COLLEGES
COLLEGES
CUSTOMIZED TRAINING
WELFARE-
TO-WORK
COMMUNITY- BASED ORGANIZATIONS
TECH
PREP
PRISONS
8WorkKeys Assessments
- Three Assessments
- Applied Mathematics (3-7)
- Locating Information (3-6)
- Reading for Information (3-7)
9WorkKeys
- What are the levels needed for jobs profiled by
WorkKeys? - WorkKeys Level
- Job Title Math (3-7) Loc Info (3-6)
Read Info (3-6) - Refrigeration Tech. 4 4
4 - Registered Nurse 4 4
5 - Accountant 6 5
5 - WorkKeys Applied Math Level 5 ACT Score 18-21
- WorkKeys Reading Score Level 5 ACT Score 19-23
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10WorkKeys
- What are the levels needed for jobs profiled by
WorkKeys? - Percentage of Jobs
- Work Skill 30 70 90
- Applied Mathematics 3 4
5 - (Range 3 7)
- Reading for Information 3 4
5 - (Range 3 7)
- Locating Information 3 4
5 - (Range 3 6)
11WorkKeys Sample QuestionsLevel 3 Locating
Information
- You regularly check the pressure gauge on a large
tank. According to the gauge shown, what is the
current pressure (in PSI)? - A. 30
- B. 35
- C. 40
- D. 45
- E. 100
12WorkKeys Sample QuestionsLevel 3 Applied Math
- In your job as a cashier, a customer gives you a
20 bill to pay for a can of coffee that costs
3.84. How much change should you give back? - A. 15.26
- B. 16.16
- C. 16.26
- D. 16.84
- E. 17.16
13WorkKeys Sample QuestionsLevel 3 Reading for
Information
- Logan City Mall has hired a new garbage
collection company. Speedy Sanitation, Inc. will
be collecting garbage from all businesses
starting next Monday. Collection days will not
change. The pick-up time will be one hour later.
Each business will be given one blue garbage can
to use. Each business may ask for 2 extra garbage
cans. You may have a total of 3 garbage cans. You
will not need yellow collection tags anymore.
Full garbage cans must weigh less than 30 pounds.
Put your garbage in bags before putting it in the
garbage cans. Put your garbage cans in the alley
behind your business's back door. - Based on the memo shown, starting next Monday,
what is the greatest number of garbage cans each
business is allowed to have? - A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. 15
14WorkKeys Sample QuestionsLevel 6 Locating
Information
15WorkKeys Sample QuestionsLevel 7 Applied
Mathematics
- The farm where you just started working has a
vertical cylindrical oil tank that is 2.5 feet
across on the inside. The depth of the oil in the
tank is 2 feet. If 1 cubic foot of space holds
7.48 gallons, about how many gallons of oil are
left in the tank? - 37
- 59
- 73
- 230
- 294
16Kansas WORKReady! Certificate
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- Work Skill WorkKeys Scores
- Applied Mathematics 3
4 5 6 - (Range 3 7)
- Reading for Information 3 4
5 6 - (Range 3 7)
- Locating Information 3
4 5 6 - (Range 3 6)
- WORKReady! Certificate Bronze Silver
Gold Platinum - Skills can be communicated to businesses using
the - Kansas WORKReady! Certificate
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19Benefits to Students
- Allows students to prove their skills to
employers - Distinguishes themselves from other job
candidates seeking the same positions - Connects students to jobs that fit their skills
and interests - Adds an additional credential to their Diploma
and Degree - Allows students to determine skill gaps
20Some Companies Using WORKReady!
- Owens Corning
- Clorox
- KU Medical Center
- KCPL
- Harley Davidson
- Dow Chemical
- Energizer
- Northrop Grumman
- Cessna
- Crossland Construction Company
- Pitt Plastics
- Great Bend Industries
- Jupiter Ks. Inc
- Johns Manville
- Nex-Tech Aerospace
- Berry Plastics
21A Few Organizations that have Endorsed WorkKeys
- Kansas Board of Regents
- Kansas P-20 Education Council
- Kansas Council Chamber Executives
- Kansas Economic Development Alliance
- Kansas Department of Commerce
- KC Metropolitan Health Council
- National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
22- Mike Beene
- State Operations Director
- Kansas Dept of Commerce, Workforce Services
- mbeene_at_kansascommerce.com
- 620.704.5091
- kansascommerce.com
- kansasworks.com