On-the-Job Training: Funds are available to employers to help offset the cost of training new hires. Businesses could receive a wage reimbursement of up to 50% of the new employee’s wages during the training period. In order to qualify, the following criteria must be met:

• Jobs should meet or exceed wage requirements.
• The job trained for has transferable skills and is not seasonal or temporary.
• Contracts must be completed/approved prior to the new hire’s first day of work.
• The length of the training period depends on the amount and complexity of the training needed to bring the worker to the desired skill level.

Youth Internships: On-site, hands-on training that takes place in private-for-profit organizations. The internship may be combined with classroom training or basic skill instruction tailored to the career goals of the youth.

Cooperative Education: Cooperative education is an educational program that gives students the opportunity to gain practical paid work experience in their areas of study. Participating businesses and agencies provide a supervised learning environment in which students, employers and Waukesha County Technical college cooperate in relating classroom instruction to on-the-job training. Placements are generally part-time and can be one or two semesters in length.

Work Keys: A three-stage employability skills assessment tool designed to ensure that you have the right people staffing your key positions.

• Working with your experienced employees, ACT-authorized job profilers evaluate the key skills and levels of competency required for specific jobs in your organization.
• Then, ACT’s standardized Work Keys skill assessments are administered to your job applicants and/or employees to pinpoint their current skill levels in up to eight critical areas.
• Your organization then compares the skill levels demonstrated by each test taker to the minimum skill levels required for the profiled jobs-enabling you to immediately evaluate an applicant’s qualifications and/or determine the training needs of your current employees.
• Providing a complete spectrum of job analysis, assessment, instructional support, reporting and training identification services, the Work Keys system is built around a set of skill scales that accurately measure both the skills of individuals and the competency levels required for successful job performance.