National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) Bronze

Issued by ACT

Bronze NCRC earners have validated their essential foundational workplace skills by scoring at the bronze level on ACT's WorkKeys Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents assessments. The NCRC is an industry-recognized, portable, evidence-based credential. A detailed description of what an earner can do is available at Learn More.

Type Validation
Level Foundational

Additional Details

Skills

Earning Criteria

The credential holder completed three 55-minute proctored assessments (internet or paper).
Badge earners have scored a minimum level score of three on the ACT WorkKeys Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents assessments. An earner may have scored higher than Level 3 on one or two of the assessments, but the NCRC level is determined by the lowest score achieved on the three assessments.

Standards

ACT WorkKeys Occupational Profiles

ACT’s Occupational Profile website can be used to identify the WorkKeys skills needed for every O*NET occupation in the Department of Labor’s O*NET database. Bronze NCRC earners have demonstrated they have the foundational skills needed for many of the O*NET occupations.