NNBIA Common Employability Skills
Competency Framework
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About This Workplace Skills Framework
This model can take its place as the foundation for all industries to map skill requirements to credentials and to career paths. In doing so, this model allows employees to understand the skills that all industries believe prepare individuals to succeed.
Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities)
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Applied Knowledge
Critical Thinking
Mathematics
Reading
Science
Technology
Writing
People Skills
Communication
Respect
Teamwork
Personal Skills
Adaptability
Dependability & Reliability
Initiative
Integrity
Professionalism
Workplace Skills
Business Fundamentals
Customer Focus
Decision Making
Planning & Organizing
Problem Solving
Working with Tools & Technology
Related Educational Goals
This ACT Work Readiness System Framework serves the VCCS Bronze, Silver, and Gold Career Readiness Certificates available on this website under credentials & other awards / Lord Fairfax Community College (LFCC).
You can learn the competencies associated with this certificate on Knowledge to Work. Career Readiness Certificates are available from Lord Fairfax Community College Workforce Solutions.
The upper tier of the Building Blocks model also includes competencies frequently required for supervisory and managerial occupations. They represent the additional knowledge and skill areas that a supervisor or manager should possess in addition to those required in the industry or occupation. Examples of management competencies are included in the Building Blocks model.
Associate of Applied Science Degrees in Management and Career Studies Certificates in Supervision are available from Lord Fairfax Community College.
Essential employability competencies, often connected to employability skills or “soft” skills, are workplace dispositions and attitudes connected to often-performed work tasks and behaviors. Applicable across many industries, employability competencies include the ability to connect industry knowledge to one’s personal efficacy in the workplace. The ten employability competencies included in this report apply across all sectors. A core element of essential employability competencies also includes entrepreneurial skillsets focused on growth mindset and the ability to innovate in the workplace for both personal and professional pursuits.
Bronze signifies that a recipient possesses skills that support success for 16% of jobs.
This Bronze Career Readiness Certificate may be earned through any of Virginia’s Community Colleges or Virginia’s Workforce Centers and is based on WorkKeys® Assessments, part of ACT’s Work Readiness System assessment system developed by ACT, an international leader in assessments, research, and solutions in education and workforce development for over 50 years. ACT WorkKeys® is a job skills assessment system that helps employers select, hire, train, develop, and retain a high-performance workforce. The series of tests measures foundational and soft skills and offers specialized assessments to target institutional needs. Successful completion of ACT WorkKeys® assessments in Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents may lead to earning the Virginia Career Readiness Certificate or ACT’s National Career Readiness Certificate, both portable, standardized credentials.
You can learn the competencies associated with this certificate on Knowledge to Work. Career Readiness Certificates are available from Lord Fairfax Community College Workforce Solutions.
Associate degree programs provide a coherent, shared experience for students to develop the core general education competencies expected of all college-educated individuals. General education, as an integrated and cohesive whole, provides the educational foundation necessary to promote intellectual and personal development. Upon completion of the associate degree, Virginia Community College System graduates will have achieved competency in 1) civic engagement, 2) communication, 3) critical thinking, 4) professional readiness, 5) quantitative literacy, and 6) scientific literacy.
Collectively, these general education competencies distinguish Virginia Community College System graduates as individuals with a breadth of knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to pursue their careers, continue to develop as learners, and contribute to the well-being of their communities. The six competencies are defined in policy and are supported by a resource guide.
General Education Certificates are available from Lord Fairfax Community College.
Gold signifies that a recipient possesses skills that support success for 93% of jobs.
This Gold Career Readiness Certificate may be earned through any of Virginia’s Community Colleges or Virginia’s Workforce Centers and is based on WorkKeys® Assessments, part of ACT’s Work Readiness System assessment system developed by ACT, an international leader in assessments, research, and solutions in education and workforce development for over 50 years. ACT WorkKeys® is a job skills assessment system that helps employers select, hire, train, develop, and retain a high-performance workforce. The series of tests measures foundational and soft skills and offers specialized assessments to target institutional needs. Successful completion of ACT WorkKeys® assessments in Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents may lead to earning the Virginia Career Readiness Certificate or ACT’s National Career Readiness Certificate, both portable, standardized credentials.
You can learn the competencies associated with this certificate on Knowledge to Work. Career Readiness Certificates are available from Lord Fairfax Community College Workforce Solutions.
Soft skills for workplace success adopted by Virginia’s Community Colleges.
Silver signifies that a recipient possesses skills that support success for 67% of jobs.
This Silver Career Readiness Certificate may be earned through any of Virginia’s Community Colleges or Virginia’s Workforce Centers and is based on WorkKeys® Assessments, part of ACT’s Work Readiness System assessment system developed by ACT, an international leader in assessments, research, and solutions in education and workforce development for over 50 years. ACT WorkKeys® is a job skills assessment system that helps employers select, hire, train, develop, and retain a high-performance workforce. The series of tests measures foundational and soft skills and offers specialized assessments to target institutional needs. Successful completion of ACT WorkKeys® assessments in Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents may lead to earning the Virginia Career Readiness Certificate or ACT’s National Career Readiness Certificate, both portable, standardized credentials.
You can learn the competencies associated with this certificate on Knowledge to Work. Career Readiness Certificates are available from Lord Fairfax Community College Workforce Solutions.
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