 Ready To Work
Alabama's Ready to Work program provides a career
pathway for adults with limited education and employment experience at 63 sites
by 19 colleges. Ready to Work's workplace environment provides trainees the
entry level skills required for employment with most businesses and industries
in Alabama. The training curriculum is set to standards cited by business and
industry employers throughout the state, and the skills cited in the U. S. Department of Labor's Secretary's
Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) Reports. The Ready-to-Work (RTW) Program
is operated by the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education, Governor's
Office of Workforce Development in cooperation with the Alabama Industrial
Development Training (AIDT). Participant requirements for
successful completion include:
- A 95% attendance and punctuality rate, which must be certified by the
college; (The calculation of a participant's attendance and punctuality
rate may take into account an individually-negotiated full-time or
part-time attendance schedule.
Participant absences or tardies that are excused by the instructor
should not be counted so as to lower the participant's attendance and
punctuality rate).
- Instructor
certification of "Satisfactory" achievement of work ethic, organizational
skills, attitude and motivation based on observation and/or testing;
- Instructor
certification of "Satisfactory" achievement of problem solving skills,
workplace behaviors, computer skills, job acquisition skills and manufacturing
skills;
- Attainment
of a minimum WorkKeys Assessment Level 3 on Applied Mathematics, Reading
for Information, and Locating Information;
- A score of
at least 70% on the written Alabama Certified Worker Examination.
Failure to achieve any of the requirements will result in the immediate release of the participant from the RTW Program Successful completers earn an "Alabama Certified
Worker" (ACW) Certificate and a
State of Alabama "Career Readiness
Credential" (CRC). For more information please contact: Sherry Deloach, AIDT Ready To Work Project Coordinator sdeloach@aidt.edu.
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Career Opportunities
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Butler County-Chapman
Coastal Forest Products, LLC
Production Operators and Industrial Maintenance
St. Clair County-Steele
Thomas and Betts
Welders and Fitters
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On The Job
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Watch On The Job Sundays at 12:30 p.m. on Alabama Public Television, and on WSFA 12.2 on Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m.
You can find it on these cable systems: Charter channel 136 (Montgomery, Prattville, and Selma) Knology channel 121 (Montgomery and Prattville) Brighthouse channel 213 (Elmore county and Greenville) Brighthouse channel 228 (Eufaula) Brighthouse channel 217 (Slocomb, Hartford, Geneva, Samson, and Eunola) Time Warner channel 171 (Enterprise) Coming to you in February 2010, from On The Job...
Join On The Job as they spotlight a workforce and industry educational
initiative called " Dream It, Do It."
Developed by the National Association of Manufacturers of Washington D.C., "Dream It, Do It" is a
manufacturing career awareness campaign targeted towards 16-26 year olds.
On The Job, was on hand at the Sci Quest Center in Huntsville, as the
Alabama chapter of "Dream It, Do It" was in full force.
 Ronnie Boles, Executive Director of the Alabama chapter of "Dream It, Do It" speaks to students, parents, and
Industry leaders about the goals of "Dream It, Do It," at the Sci Quest Center in Huntsville.
Watch as On The Job, learns what it takes to become an Aerospace Engineer at the Aerospace Engineering Program at the University of Alabama. With the demand for jobs in aerospace and manufacturing in Alabama increasing, the University of Alabama is doing its part in making sure Alabamians are fully equipped to become leaders in this growing field.
University of Alabama areospace engineering students, explain to On The Job host, Bobby Jon Drinkard(kneeling), how to collect
wind velocity data.
Explore the job opportunities in Landscape Design as On The Job, takes you to Lakewood Landscape Group in Dothan. Brothers (and owners) Kyle and Grant Faulk, take us through their company and show us some of the things they do on a daily basis.  On The Job, host Bobby Jon Drinkard(left), digs out a trench in a backyard for water draining purposes,
with a Lakewood Landscape Group employee.
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 Alabama's number-one business incentive provides recruitment, assessment, and training for employers creating jobs in Alabama. As Alabama's economy evolves, AIDT services continuously adapt to meet the needs of aerospace, automotive, chemical processing and bio-technology manufacturers, as well as the wide range of traditional industrial groups such as food processing, distribution/warehousing, technical services, and others.
A close working relationship with each client results in development of consistently effective processes for recruitment, selection and training of skilled and motivated employees. AIDT also provides leadership development, industrial maintenance assessment, safety assistance, process improvement assessment, AIDT EX+RA
and other services.
AIDT's mission for new and expanding employers creating jobs in Alabama is to recruit and train personnel to provide quality workforce development and to expand citizens' opportunities through the jobs that are created. AIDT has provided thousands of skilled, motivated employees to Alabama industries since 1971. It became the first state workforce training entity in the world to earn international ISO 9001:2000 certification for its quality management system and recently earned certification to the ISO 9001:2008 standard. AIDT has been consistently ranked one of the top state workforce training agencies in the United States.
AIDT mirrors a diverse and inclusive working environment in which we operate and interact with our employees and our customers.
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Leadership Training:
Needed during tough economies.
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AIDT's Leadership Development training programs cover a variety of practical, real-world strategies you can use right away.
Come learn how to balance your various leadership roles and responsibilities in a fun and interactive program. You will leave more energized, motivated and confident.
AIDT services are provided at no charge.
Training is available in: Montgomery
AIDT Training Center
15 Technology Court:
2010 Dates
February 2-3
May 4-5
August 24-25
November 16-17
For more information, click here or
call 334-280-4453.
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AIDT Services
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AIDT EX+RA This service assists businesses that do not traditionally qualify for AIDT services and provides development of employee recruitment, trainer services, creation of training manuals, multimedia instructor guides and company training videos.
Leadership Development
This service provides training for team leaders and supervisors to develop quality leaders, improve retention and create employee loyalty and dedication.
Maintenance Assessment
This service is designed to help employers determine who to hire, promote and train for maintenance service through written and performance assessments.
Process Improvement Assessment
This service provides an independent third-party review of business processes related to lean manufacturing.
Safety Assessment
This service provides information and resources needed to meet U.S. OSHA requirements.
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