Vocational Assessments And Career Pathways For Individuals With .
Vocational Assessments and Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities
Presenters Dr. Victor Gray, Executive Director, MSI Vgray@MSI-Workforce.com Kate Kaegi, CPID Project Manager, VMI Liaison Kate.Kaegi@dars.cirginia.gov Jeff Knight, Vocational Evaluator Jeff.Knight@wwrc.Virginia.gov Shawn Zimmerman, Vocational Evaluator Shawn.Zimmerman@dars.Virginia.gov
Objectives Learn how and why CPID used hands on assessments in their approach to assist IWD to pursue career pathways Identify ways assessments can be used in career pathways and understand how participants could incorporate them in their work. Consider the Lean Accessibility Program as a model to approach businesses and open the discussion for hiring individuals with different abilities.
CPID and the Need for Assessment Skills Gap Interest Gap Knowledge Gap
Partnerships VMA NOVA Tech Counsel VECAP/VEWAA AT/OT Bus. Dev. Counselors Placement Associations Businesses In house Partners Community Partners Capital One Newport News Shipbuilding VIB Adult Educ. Workforce Boards CC / Universities
Defining the CP Code Job Titles 51-0000 Production Occupations 519111 Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders Manufacturing Technician 1 (MT1) Manufacturing Specialist (MS) 519199 Production Workers, All Others Certified Production Technician Certified Logistics Associate (CLA) Certified Logistic Technician (CLT)
Defining the Assessment for CP Behaviors Academics/Aptitudes Hands on Exploration / Tours
What do you get from a VE? Information on the client’s current vocationally relevant levels of social, educational, psychological, and physiological functioning Estimation of the individual’s potential for behavior change and skill acquisition A snapshot of the clients skills
Types of Vocational Evaluation Comprehensive Evaluation Academies Career Exploration Community Based Assessment Virtual Lean Accessibility Program
Virginia’s Set up Field Evaluations Private Venders Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center VE Services 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 2018 Field 2019 WWRC 2020 Vendor
VE at WWRC Pre-ETS experiences for students Focused Career Exploration and Assessment for Adults
Philosophy of WWRC’s VE Model Career Exploration through Two Perspectives Internal External
How is this done? Normed Work Samples and Assessments Hands on exploration activities
Project Combining WWRC/Field Elements of the centers model across the state Options for field evaluators to use in each of the job families Online assessments for WWRC evaluators
Skill Sheet Overall Academics Dimensioning and Measurement Attention to Detail Mechanical Reasoning Critical Thinking Skills Spatial Skills Manual Dexterity Finger Dexterity
CPID and Evaluation ACADEMIES Evaluate Infrastructure/Curriculum Review
Academies were born 2017 Robotics and Cyber at VA Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired (NICERC) Water Filtration Academy at WWRC 2018 Continued Academies from 2017 Added Cyber Analyst and Coding (NICERC) Welding, CNC, 3D Printing, Manufacturing 2019 Continued Academies from 2017 & 2018 Added Health Care, Manufacturing, Robotics
Virtual Assessments Interest Inventories Academic Assessments Aptitude Assessments Other options
Considerations Ethical Implications Getting Video people set up prior to the assessment needs Issues with tech Social - economic impact What we lose in the context
What is Lean Lean is a management philosophy based on a system of tightly-coupled practices organized to deliver value with the lowest possible amount of waste. Copyright Manufacturing Skills Institute
Lean Benefits Cost Savings: The actual cost to produce the product decreases due to improvements in the manufacturing process. Cost Avoidance: Wastes are eliminated by removing activities that did not add value to the processes. Increases Capacity: The potential to produce more products created by continuous improvements.
Lean and CPID Assistive Technology Lean Technology Improving processes Organized area Reduce Wastes Standardize work Mistake proof Point of Use Storage Improving people Universal design Minimal physical effort Jigs Foolproof design Flexible use of tools
Wouldn’t it be nice if. We could get businesses to: Understand the relationship between Lean and Assistive Technology Be aware of the capabilities of people with disabilities Seek out potential employees who have disabilities Lean Accessibility Program
What Is Lean Accessibility Program? Utilizes the LEAN principles from manufacturing in combination with the Assistive Technology and Universal Design concepts to assess manufacturers and their facilities for opportunities to improve their operations by reducing wastes and onboarding capable personnel.
Lean Accessibility Program Communication and Culture Information and Technology 5S and Assistive Technology Standard Work Continuous Improvement Operator Flexibility Mistake Proofing Change Over Pull and Balanced Production Tax Credits
Lean Accessibility Program Assessment Worksheet Scores from assessment worksheets Title Abrev. Score from Sheet Target X100 Actual Score Score 1 Communication & Cultural AwarenessCCA 0.67 100 66.67 100 2 Information Technology Review 0.30 100 30.00 100 3 Visual Systems & Assistive TechnologyVS&AT 0.64 100 63.64 100 4 Standard Work SW 0.19 100 18.75 100 5 Continuous Improvement CI 0.68 100 67.86 100 6 Operational Flexibility OF 0.42 100 41.67 100 7 Mistake proofing MP 0.21 100 20.83 100 8 SMED Quick Changeover SMED 0.30 100 30.00 100 9 Pull Systems PS 0.45 100 45.00 100 TC 0.07 100 7.14 100 10 Tax Credits ITR Total score 391.55303 1000 Copyright Manufacturing Skills Institute
LAP Summary Lean Technology Summary 120.00 100.00 Score 80.00 60.00 Actual Score 40.00 Target Score 20.00 0.00 Category
LAP: Making it work Have the right people involved in the Assessment Walk the process Be familiar with manufacturing terms Have information about potential candidates who could go to work ready Be knowledgeable of Lean and Assistive technologies Be sensitive to the needs of the work place and your clients Look for opportunities to make it easier for personnel to do the right thing
RESOURCES CPID https://vadars.org/drs/cpid/ VMA http://www.vamanufacturers.com/ WWRC https://www.wwrc.net/ VECAP https://vecap.org/ VEWAA VEWAA
Contacts Dr. Victor Gray, Executive Director, MSI Vgray@MSI-Workforce.com Kate Kaegi, CPID Project Manager, VMI Liaison Kate.Kaegi@dars.cirginia.gov Jeff Knight, Vocational Evaluator Jeff.Knight@wwrc.Virginia.gov Shawn Zimmerman, Vocational Evaluator Shawn.Zimmerman@dars.Virginia.gov
Assessment Worksheet Scores from assessment worksheets Target Title Abrev. Score from Sheet X100 Actual Score Score 1 Communication & Cultural AwarenessCCA 0.67 100 66.67 100 2 Information Technology Review ITR 0.30 100 30.00 100 3 Visual Systems & Assistive TechnologyVS&AT 0.64 100 63.64 100 4 Standard Work SW 0.19 100 18.75 100
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