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Barnwell, South Carolina
Barnwell County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Oct 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Apr 2015
Maintained 1: Jan 2022
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Barnwell is actively engaged in maintaining their status as a Work Ready Community. To do so, they must earn 5 points that prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees.
Traditional goals 3 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Improved Certificates - 1 points
Barnwell County in the News
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
Emerging | High School | 849 | 369 | 358 | 109 | 13 | 5 |
College | 77 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 6 | 5 | |
Current | Private | 459 | 99 | 230 | 102 | 28 | 26 |
Public | 269 | 69 | 150 | 37 | 13 | 13 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 382 | 160 | 187 | 27 | 8 | 34 |
Unemployed | 987 | 331 | 538 | 98 | 20 | 68 | |
Recent Veteran | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 56 | 11 | 14 | + | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3053 | 1046 | 1518 | 401 | 88 | 151 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
||||||
Emerging | High School | 849 | 369 | 358 | 109 | 13 | 5 |
College | 77 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 6 | 5 | |
Current | Private | 459 | 99 | 230 | 102 | 28 | 26 |
Public | 269 | 69 | 150 | 37 | 13 | 13 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 382 | 160 | 187 | 27 | 8 | 34 |
Unemployed | 987 | 331 | 538 | 98 | 20 | 68 | |
Recent Veteran | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 56 | 11 | 14 | + | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3053 | 1046 | 1518 | 401 | 88 | 151 |
The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.
+ Value less than 4
ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Oct 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 274 | 936 |
✓
Current |
42 | 767 |
✓ Transitioning | 487 | 1473 |
Workforce category not identified | 28 | 28 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 11 | 0 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 94 | 2 | 0 | |
Silver | 2 | 0 | ||
Gold | 1 |
Employers in Barnwell County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Barnwell County EDC
- Barnwell County Chamber of Commerce
- Climax Global Energy
- NK Newlook
- SC Tissue
- National Beverage Screen Printers
- Axis 1
- City of Barnwell
- EnergySolutions
- Allendale Barnwell Disabilities &
Special Needs Board - Barnwell County Hospital
- Sasco Safety
- Reid's
- Unitech
- Shaw AREVA MOX Services LLC
- Horsehead Corporation
- Santee Cooper
- South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitaion
- SRS STORES
- readySC
- Kimberly-Clark Corporation
- Arbor E&T, LLC d/b/a ResCare Workforce
Services - Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia &
CSRA - Crane Merchandising Systems
- Mid-Am Metal Forming of South Carolina
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