Upskilling the American Workforce - Training & Development Magazine

The White House praises the Manufacturing Skills Certification System as an open door for new job and economic opportunities in the United States....The Manufacturing Institute (MI), the affiliated not-for-profit of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), is paving the way with its Manufacturing Skills Certification System, a robust training program that will give students at community colleges across the nation the opportunity to earn manufacturing credentials. .... ACT supplies the gateway credential to the Skills Certification System with its National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC). This certificate is comprised of three of ACT’s WorkKeys assessments: Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, and Reading for Information. It tests foundational behavioral and cognitive skills that are necessary for an individual to succeed in the workforce.