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WAGE Program
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WAGE PROGRAM

WAGE stands for Workforce Alliance for Growth in the Economy®, and it is a work-based education program that is unique to the Arkansas Adult Education. WAGE grew out of industry's request to adult education in the late 1980's in Jacksonville, and it remains employer-driven today.

To stay competitive in the global economy, employers need workers who can read, write, compute, solve problems, and communicate well. In our WAGE program, we are partnered with community employers to teach basic educational skills to meet the community's workforce needs. Employers offer job applicants and candidates for promotion added consideration if they have earned a WAGE certificate. Employers also use the WAGE program for existing workers to either help them gain enabling skills required for high performance work standards and/or prepare them for technical training that requires basic educational skills to succeed.

Students can earn up to three WAGE certificates:

Industrial Certificate:

  • 12.9 on TABE test
  • Computer Literacy Course
  • Pass dexterity test
  • Pass mechanical, aptitude and spatial relations tests
  • Updated resume on file
  • Employability course
  • Application on file at ESD
  • 100 on WAGE post test

Clerical Certificate:

  • 12.9 on TABE test
  • Computer Literacy Course
  • Type 45 words per minute
  • Word processing and spreadsheet knowledge
  • Updated resume on file
  • Employability course
  • Application on file at ESD
  • 100 on WAGE post test

Employability Certificate:

  • 8.9 on TABE test
  • Employability course
  • Computer Literacy Course
  • BEST test for ESL-Level 7
  • Updated resume on file
  • Application on file at ESD

Participating Industries:

Frigidaire Home Products
Engineered Products
Weyerhaeuser
Tyson Foods (Nashville and Grannis)
De Queen Regional Medical Center
Mid-South Lumber
Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas Maintenance Department
Howard and Sevier Counties Department of Human Services
Howard Memorial Hospital

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