NCRC, Workkeys Overview

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  Hello. My name is Victoria.

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  I am an elements community college instructor, and my one

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  of my specialties is the work He's exam.

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  You may have heard it under one of many other

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  names. Lee National Current in the certificate CRC.

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  I've even heard it called the TA Exam.

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  However, let's dive deeper.

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  So the national crew read in the certificate is just

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  like it sounds.

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  It's a national certificate designed to help jobseekers in a

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  variety of areas in North Carolina.

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  Teacher assistance must have it as most firefighters and police

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  officers. I've had many supervisors that are up for a

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  promotion that I've had to come and take this example.

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  For the purposes of this exam, I'm going to focus

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  on the core three, which is applied mathematics, graphic literacy

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  and workplace documents.

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  However, depending upon the position and the job you're looking

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  for, you may need one of the other sections, such

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  as applied technology, business writing, workplace observation and if you

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  have any questions, please feel free to email me for

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  more details.

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  With all of the exams, each one is graded individually

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  on a score between one and seven.

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  Level one is more of your basic knowledge, while seven

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  is highly advanced.

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  Ah, lot of students get confused as they believe that

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  you can Onley achieve a Level seven with a college

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  degree, when in fact it is based on your skills

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  rather than your educational level.

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  So it is basically your ability to understand a problem

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  and approach it correctly, more so than having actual knowledge.

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  And therefore, even if you have a high school diploma,

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  you can achieve a Level seven.

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  However, most positions require at least a level three.

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  If you have a level three roughly means that you

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  are ready for 16% of the job market level.

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  4 67%.

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  Level five is 93 on Level six is 99% of

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  the jobs as you will notice by looking at the

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  levels, more complex positions require higher levels.

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  Level three starts off with drywall and star pharmacy aid

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  level fours.

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  Machinist medical assistant in the Strait of Manager Level five

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  is the school counselor, Pharmacy, Tech and Electrician's, while Level

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  six is your elevator installer and repair an accountant when

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  it comes to practicing for the NCR.

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  See, I use a program which is known as work

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  keys As shown here.

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  This is an online portal that you could work on

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  at your own speed.

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  However, I encourage everyone to start off with a pre

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  assessment so we can see where your skills are.

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  Initially, I tell students that all such yet the the

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  core one.

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  However, if a student informs to me that they would

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  like a different section, I can add that at any

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  time, yeah, you are able to toggle between the different

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  sections and work at your own pace.

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  However, if you are looking at the overarching completion rate,

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  it will Onley do that for that section.

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  So you will have to talk between the sections to

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  make sure you're completing all the material necessary.

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  Ah, key aspect of the work keys assessment is making

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  sure that you have the content.

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  I e.

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  The lessons in order to achieve a certain level.

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  If you don't feel comfortable with the level, you can

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  mark it as low confidence and review.

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  It is necessary.

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  I do also have tutoring and office hours where we

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  can meet and discuss any concerns that you have.

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  However, one of the key areas is to do the

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  work keys practice.

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  This ensures that you have mastery of the material on

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  our ableto work through sample problems.

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  Finally, before moving on to the next level, you will

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  actually complete a quiz to satisfy that level requirement.

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  As shown here, you have a placement quiz that will

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  actually start off your exam.

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  I use that determine which level you need to start

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  off initially.

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  It also is a good indicator of how you would

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  dio if you were actually to sit down with the

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  actual exam.

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  So moving on to testing you do have to pay

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  for the test.

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  Each section is roughly $12.

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  However, workplace observation and business writing are $20 each, so

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  for the course certificate, it is usually $36 for the

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  exam or $12 per section.

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  You can actually go to the Dillingham Center, which is

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  13 04 Plaza Drive or call 3365064200 are called Paula

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  Janie, who is the administrative assistant at 3365064219 to pay

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  over the phone.

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  If there is a test where you need to do

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  one at a time, you can opt to pay for

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  just that test.

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  For students that do not pass one section of the

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  assessment, you can pay to just retake that one section

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  with all of my testing.

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  I do not have set days and times that I

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  test, so it is best to actually email me directly

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  at V L Renneisen zero for one at a lamont

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  cc dot e d U to set up a day

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  at a time.

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  On test day, you will want to bring a photo

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  ID. Something like a driver's license that is sent by

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  a government official has a picture in his current.

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  You also want proof of payment that could be shown

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  on your phone or could be a piece of paper.

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  That is your receipt.

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  You also want to bring a calculator, pencil and earbuds

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  or headphones.

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  If you're during workplace observation.

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  Due to sanitation procedures, I am not able to provide

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  pens or calculators.

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  Same thing with headphones and earbuds for the workplace observation

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  test, A simple for function calculator does most things, but

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  feel free to bring which everyone you feel comfortable with.

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  I do provide the scrap paper for the exam as

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  I do have to shred it after the exam.

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  I do also provide a formally sheet that I keep

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  wrapped so I can sanitize it just the same as

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  I do for the room both before and after the

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  test. Each test is roughly an hour long, so for

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  the average certificate, it takes 3 to 4 hours to

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  complete the exam.

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  We can space it out over a couple of days,

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  or we can try and get it done in one

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  day. It just depends on how quickly you're able to

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  move through the exam.

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  When it comes to reviewing your exam scores, I am

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  able to view your scores within minutes.

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  Exceptions are for workplace observation and for business writing, as

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  those have to be manually graded after the exam.

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  I print off a copy of your score report, but

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  your official certificate will live on my work.

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  He's dot com.

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  This allows you to access it at any time and

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  will allow you to access it long after you've taken

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  the exam.

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  I hope this has given you a better understanding of

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  what the work he's assessment is about.

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  But if you have any further questions, please feel free

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  to email me at the El Re.

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  Listen. 041 at element.

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  See? See that video?

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  Thank you.

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  And have a good day.