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North Carolina Career Readiness Certification
The Career Readiness Certificate
Confirms to employers that an individual has proficiency in:Reading For InformationApplied MathLocating Information
These are the skills that most jobs require.
Benefits
For The Employer
• Increase bottom line through skilled employees
• Reduce turnover, overtime and waste
• Reduce training time
• Increase productivity
• Hire confidently
Create a “Workforce Ready”
North Carolina
For The Individual• Gives the applicant an
advantage in the hiring process
• Demonstrates personal desire to excel
• Gives employer peace of mind that you are ready to jump right in!
YOU WILL FEEL ON TOP OF THE WORLD!
Community Colleges
JobLink Career Centers
Vocational Rehabilitation
EmploymentSecurity
Commission
Department ofSocial Services
Workforce Development
Boards
Local Chamber of Commerce
NCBusiness Alliance
NC CommissionOn WorkforceDevelopment
Local Businesses
AdultEducation
Focus Industrial Training
Human ResourcesDevelopment
New & ExpandingIndustry
WorkforceInitiatives
Community-BasedOrganizations
Who’s At The Table?
Career Readiness CertificateHow it Works
• Individuals register for the course at CFCC (Fee is waived for those who are unemployed or underemployed)
• Student takes a pretest in each of the three skills to see current aptitude.
• Based on pretest results, lessons are assigned to advance the students knowledge in each subject.
• Once a student is confident in a subject, they take the CRC Certificate Test
3 levels of Certification:
BronzeSilverGold
Important!
Your certificate is awarded on your lowest score. For example: if you score a Gold in
Reading, a Gold in Locating Information, and a Silver in Math, you will be awarded a Silver Certificate.
You can retake the lower score test to bring it up to the higher level.
Things you need to know
Can register twice; each session is a two month period
Course PREPARES for the test, it is not the actual test
Self-paced class Need internet access You can work from home or other
locations You work to your comfort level!
About the tests…
Tests are offered on specific dates You may take one, two, or three tests
on one day. Each test is 45 minutes long There is an administrative fee of $10
per test (cash, check, or voucher) payable on test day.
National Career Readiness Certificate
Once you earn a NC CRC, you are automatically awarded a National CRC which allows you to post your resume on a nationwide database of certificate recipients.
For more information on the NC program, go to:
www.crcnc.org
Still not impressed?
Okay, smarty, give it a go…..
Level 3 Math
The temperature dropped from 6 Celsius to -5 Celsius. How many degrees did the temperature drop?
ANSWERS: A. - 11 degrees B. - 3 degrees C. - 1 degree D. 1 degree E. 11 degrees
Level 4 Math
The copy machine in your office can produce 22,400 copies in 7 hours.
How many copies can it produce in 21 hours?
ANSWERS: A. 67,200 B. 76,000 C. 89,600 D. 94,800
Level 5 Math
Your firm employs 40 employees. If 10% of them are part-time workers, how many full time employees do you have?
ANSWERS: A. 4 B. 12 C. 32 D. 36
Locating Information Level 2
Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 40
1
2
3
4
5
6
Series 1Series 2Series 3
Which series showed consistent improvement?
Locating Information Level 3 You regularly check the
pressure gauge on a large tank. According to the gauge shown, what is the current pressure (in PSI)?
30 35 40 45 100
Locating Information Level 5 As an airplane pilot, you
need to determine the crosswind component of the wind speed to ensure safe takeoffs and landings. According to the graph shown, if the reported wind speed is 45 knots at a 20° angle, what is the crosswind component, in knots?
15 25 43 45 65
