2001 S DSS - Contract Renewal between Orange County and the Center for Employment Training

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Occupational Skills Training CET's instructional program integrates activities to meet the unique needs of participants and to ensure that they are fully prepared for a productive new job. The program is Vie, utilizing state of the art educational methods, including: o Modular curricula o Competeng -based performance assessment o Self -paced learning o Job related pre - vocational basic skills remediation o Vocational English as- a:-Second Language o Vocational and personal counseling o Instruction in job seeking skills Training is open-entry and open -mot with a variable course length. It is individualized, self- paced. task - orieated, and competency- based. Training facilities and teaching methodology simulate work conditions in order to prepare trainees not only with the knowledge required for their chosen occupation, but also with the proper work attitudes and behaviors. Punctuality, initiative and cooperation are emphasized Over 60% of a participant's training is hand n, utilizing equipment similar to that which is in use by local employers. An instructor to trainee ratio of approximately one instructor for Mee to twenty students allows for individualized. personal attention. Only aft the participant has demonstrated competency in the particular unit of study does he or she move on While they are in training, students are covered by the attached Cigna accident insurance policy. Job Development & Placement CET employs full-time job developers who identify job openings and link CET trainees with emplovers. Job developers work with trainees from the beginning of training to their completion and placement on a job. When a trainee is determined to be "job ready" by the training team, he or she is referred to the job developer to begin the job search process. Throughout their training, trainees attend job search workshops where they practice filling out job applications, prepare a resume, identify job openings. and practice interviewing stalls. Job developers refer participants to training related job openings and provide ongoing support and assistance in the job search prods. Students do not leave training until they are actually placed in an unsubsidized job. At CET: Your diploma is a job! Follow -up Services Follow -up contacts are made by the job developer or an alumni support counselor immediately upon placement and thereai%r for the nest sbc months. Assistance is provided when a participant's problems are endangering job stability. Alumni are eligible for re- employment assistance if they lose their job. This assistance is at no cost to the finding agency or individual STA i ENENT OF WORK other Funding/Referral Sources During the period of this contract, CET will give priority for training to DSS WorkFust participants and the county DSS offices will make a good faith effort to refer sufficient clients to keep funded training positions filled At the same time CET will continue to recruit and enroll participants from other fanding/referral sources in order to ensure continued operation of the training center. These sources include local ]TPA programs individual referrals of Vocational Rehabilitation clients. Telamon Earmworkers, and individual tuition paying students utilizing federal financial aid. Attachments • North Carolina CET Catalog, July 1997 Edition