Benefits of the National Career Readiness Certificate

Earning an NCRC can be your ticket to the job you've always wanted. And it's free and easy to access. The Certificate verifies your work readiness skill level to potential employers and demonstrates your commitment to success. If you want to improve your skills, Wisconsin also offers skills gap training through the KeyTrain® system -- aimed at helping improve WorkKeys and NCRC scores, enabling career growth and continued on-the-job success.

All of this adds up to a competitive advantage, better job opportunities and a brighter employment future.

Skills Enhancement Program

Classroom Training

For additional information please sign up for one of the WIA Orientation session workshops held regularly at the Job Center or call and ask to talk to a WIA Case Manager at 920-448-6739, 448-7205, 448-7210 or 448-7214.

Additional information on the WIA program can be found at the DOL website at:

Trade Adjustment Assistance

The Trade Act of 1974 provides special assistance for workers who lose their jobs or whose hours of work and wages are reduced as a result of increased imports from, or shifts in production to, foreign countries. The goal of The Trade Act Programs is to help trade-affected workers return to suitable employment as quickly as possible. Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) includes a variety of benefits and services to help trade-affected workers prepare for and obtain suitable employment as quickly as possible. It pays for expenses of job training, education, seeking work and relocating to accept new work. Workers may also receive extra weekly unemployment payments known as Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA) after regular state unemployment insurance benefits have been paid.

For more information visit the DOL website at: http://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/

Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship is a training strategy that combines supervised, structured on-the-job training with related instruction and is sponsored by employers, employer associations or labor/management groups that have the ability to hire and train in a working environment. The employment opportunity is the most basic requirement for an apprenticeship. Without a job there is no "on-the-job" training", and such training represents about 90% of the program.

The Department of Workforce Development has the primary responsibility for monitoring apprenticeship programs in Wisconsin. Through a cooperative agreement between the federal government and the state, the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training of the U.S. Department of Labor has two field staff in Wisconsin who work with state staff to ensure the smooth functioning of the system.

A fundamental part of the Wisconsin Apprenticeship System is the Agreement (contract) between the employer and the apprentice that must be approved by the Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards (BAS). Such approval establishes the State's responsibility to oversee the contract to ascertain that all of the provisions are lived up to by the parties involved.

In order for such a program to work effectively for the many types of skilled trades and crafts, the system incorporates the cooperation of management organizations, labor organizations, the Wisconsin Technical College System and many other groups and agencies.

The involvement of the skilled journeyman in the training of apprentices is vital. They also play an important role helping employers administer sound programs and by serving on apprenticeship committees advising both the Bureau and Wisconsin Technical College System.

For more information on the advantages of using an Apprenticeship Training Program contact the Green Bay Field Representative at: 920-492-5618
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