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Rapides Parish

Rapides Parish is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.

90%

of maintaining goals completed

News for Rapides Parish

Maintaining Goals

Workforce Goals Actual NCRC
Emerging 638 8364
Current 157 1793
Transitioning 559 3286
Workforce category not identified 0
Goals Actual
Job Profile 5 0

Rapides Parish

ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]

Workforce Total
NCRC		 Bronze
NCRC		 Silver
NCRC		 Gold
NCRC		 Platinum
NCRC		 NCRC
Plus
Emerging High School 8160 1609 4027 1953 571 551
College 204 41 113 49 + 73
Current Private 1031 215 584 203 29 364
Public 762 218 418 108 18 182
Transitioning Adult Education 37 6 25 6 0 10
Unemployed 3236 912 1712 530 82 811
Recent Veteran 13 + 8 + 0 +
Workforce category not identified 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 13443 3004 6887 2851 701 1994

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.

Employers in Rapides Parish recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC

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  • Coca-Cola Bottling Company
    UNITED Inc.
  • Louisiana Eye & Laser
  • Ranson Real Estate LLC
  • Hebert Carbo & Crutchfield
    CPAs
  • Ugly Mug Marketing
  • E E Consultants Inc. *
  • Wallace Eye Associates
  • Payne Moore & Herrington LLP
  • The Diamond Grill Restaurant
  • Acadian Ambulance Service
  • Pan American Engineers LLC
  • JWBP Broadcasting Company LLC
  • The Pill Box Pharmacies
  • Progressive Constructive
    Company LLC
  • Southern Heritage Bank
  • Rapides Parish School Board
  • Sundrop Fuels
  • Modern Woodmen Fraternal
    Financial
  • H & H Furniture & Appliances
  • Westaff
  • Sperion Staffing and Recrui
  • Upper Iowa University
  • Christophe Counseling &
    Associates
  • Joe's Cleaning Service LLC
  • Hexion Inc.
  • Central Louisiana Surgical
    Hospital LLC
  • Compass Behavioral Center of
    Alexandria
  • Solscapes LLC
  • Front Porch dba England Oaks
  • Cenla Broadcasting Inc.
  • Gold Weems Bruser Sues &
    Rundell *
  • Stella - Jones
  • Sutherland Global Services
  • Faith Nursery LLC
  • Humble Home Academy *
  • Gail's Glitzy Garb
  • St. Mary's RTS
  • Justiss Oil Company
  • The GEO Group Inc.
  • Montgomery Animal Hospital
  • CenturyLink
  • Lloyd N. Moreau LLC
  • Protemp Staffing Solutions
    Inc.
  • Alliance Compressors
  • KLAX TV
  • Sayes Office Supply
  • Procter & Gamble Co. -
    Alexandria Plant
  • Boise Cascade
  • Spectrum Stores Inc. DBA DC's
    Suits & More
  • Sentry Drugs of Louisiana Inc.
  • UTLX
  • Martco Limited Partnership -
    Plywood
  • Johnson Siebeneicher & Ingram
    Attorneys at Law *
  • Wildwood Pizza
  • Caplan's
  • Rapides Parish
  • ROMEX *
  • Rapides Nursing
    Services/Legacy Health &
    Wellness
  • City of Pineville LA
  • Perforex Forest Services
  • Rapides Nursing Services DBA
    Legacy Health & Wellness
  • RoyOMartin OSB
  • Turner & Turner Contracting
    LLC
    • Print
  • Louisiana Occupational Health
    Services LLC
  • Popeye's
  • Taco Bueno *
  • Bayou Rapides Corporation
  • Outlaw BBQ
  • Terra Home
  • Sylvan Learning Center
  • LA Companion Care LLC
  • COPE Inc.
  • Loewer Powersports & Equipment
  • Myron K. Lawson
  • Dis-Tran Packaged Substations
    LLC
  • Dis-Tran Wood Products LLC
  • Crest Natural Resources LLC
  • Dis-Tran Steel Inc.
  • Beta Engineering LLC
  • Mid-State Supply
  • The Cottonport Bank
  • Eclectic Products *
  • Integrated Packaging Company
  • Cleco Corp
  • First Federal Bank of
    Louisiana
  • Central Louisiana Technical
    Community College
  • Louisiana State University of
    Alexandria
  • Rapides Business & Career
    Solutions Center
  • Dousay Custom Homes Inc.
  • Riviere de Soleil Community
    Care Center/CommCare
    Corporation
  • Avoyelles Parish School Board *
  • Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's
    Office
  • Valley View Health Care
    Facility
  • Diamond B Construction
  • Kyle's Collision Center *
  • Provision Rehabilitation *
  • UBD Financial *
  • Million Air
  • Christus St. Francis Cabrini
    Hospital *
  • We Care Home Care Inc.
  • Daenen Henderson & Company
    CPAs
  • AFCO Industries Inc. *
  • Crest Industries Inc.
  • Gilchrist Construction Co.
  • The Rapides Foundation
  • The Orchard Foundation
  • Rapides Furniture
  • Brown & Brown of Louisiana LLC
  • Ratcliff Construction Company
    LLC
  • Advantage Staffing
  • Crowell and Owens LLC *
  • Central Louisiana Economic
    Development Alliance
  • Baker Manufacturing
  • Central Louisiana Chamber of
    Commerce
  • Remedy Intelligent Staffing
  • Alexandria Eye & Laser Center
  • RoyOMartin
  • Re-Entry Solutions
  • Tioga Community Care
    Center/CommCare Corporation
  • Natchitoches Community Care
    Center/CommCare Corporation *
  • Bayou Vista Community Care
    Center/CommCare Corporation
  • Oak Haven Community Care
    Center/CommCare Corporation *
  • Bunkie General Hospital *
  • St. Romain Oil/Y Not Stop
  • Hayes Manufacturing Company
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    ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned

    Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Jul 31, 2019

    Workforce
    Emerging
    (High School/College)     		8364
    Current
    (Employed Private/Public)     		1793
    Transitioning
    (Adult Ed/Unemployed)     		3286
    Workforce category not identified 0
    Actual
    Job Profile This Period 0

    Other Metrics

    Cumulative Job Profiles 5
    Cumulative NCRC for College Credit 0

    Improved ACT NCRC

    To/From Bronze Silver Gold Platinum
    Not Earned 187 82 1 0
    Bronze 547 25 1
    Silver 444 15
    Gold 154

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    This website reports the ACT® WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificates earned at the county and state level and the progress being made by those participating states and counties in the ACT Work Ready Community initiative. This site only represents data stored in the ACT RegiSTAR™ system, a web-based reporting and management tool for ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificates.


    State and national ACT WorkKeys NCRC data runs from January 2006 through July 31, 2019 , while county-level data is starting from January 2012. State job profile data runs from January 2007 through July 31, 2019 , while national job profile data reaches back to 1993. Again, please note that county-level ACT WorkKeys NCRC data collection began in January 2012 for WorkKeys Internet Version, and in July 2012 for pencil and paper assessments. State and national certificate totals include historical data prior to 2012.


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