National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) Silver

Silver NCRC earners have validated their essential foundational workplace skills by scoring at the silver level on ACT's WorkKeys Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents assessments. Earners have demonstrated they have the foundational skills needed for 71% of the jobs identified in the Department of Labor’s O*NET database. The NCRC is an industry-recognized, portable, evidence-based credential. A detailed description of what an earner can do is available at Learn More.

Skills

Earning Criteria

Standards

ACT’s Occupational Profile website can be used to identify the WorkKeys skills needed for every O*NET occupation in the Department of Labor’s O*NET database. Silver NCRC earners have demonstrated they have the foundational skills needed for 71% of the O*NET occupations.

Endorsements

American Council on Education

This credential has been successfully evaluated by the American Council on Education for college credit. It is recommended for a total of 2 college credits. For more information about ACE Learning Evaluations, visit www.acenet.edu.

American Council on Education

American Council on Education

1 semester hour in Technical Mathematics in the vocational category

American Council on Education

American Council on Education