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Fairfield, South Carolina
Fairfield County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Nov 30, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Dec 2014
Maintained 1: Jan 2018
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Fairfield 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 2 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
| Emerging | High School | 561 | 244 | 268 | 42 | 7 | + |
| College | 30 | 6 | 16 | 7 | + | 0 | |
| Current | Private | 129 | 34 | 72 | 22 | + | + |
| Public | 64 | 20 | 39 | 5 | 0 | + | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | 56 | 28 | 25 | + | + | + |
| Unemployed | 617 | 190 | 363 | 60 | + | 15 | |
| Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 76 | 14 | 17 | + | + | 0 | |
| Totals | 1495 | 536 | 800 | 141 | 18 | 25 | |
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
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| Emerging | High School | 561 | 244 | 268 | 42 | 7 | + |
| College | 30 | 6 | 16 | 7 | + | 0 | |
| Current | Private | 129 | 34 | 72 | 22 | + | + |
| Public | 64 | 20 | 39 | 5 | 0 | + | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | 56 | 28 | 25 | + | + | + |
| Unemployed | 617 | 190 | 363 | 60 | + | 15 | |
| Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 76 | 14 | 17 | + | + | 0 | |
| Totals | 1495 | 536 | 800 | 141 | 18 | 25 | |
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 Nov 30, 2025
| Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ Emerging | 574 | 592 |
|
✓
Current |
172 | 199 |
| ✓ Transitioning | 682 | 691 |
| Workforce category not identified | 38 | 38 |
| Workforce | Total |
|---|---|
| Employers Supporting | 47 |
Improved ACT NCRC
| To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Earned | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bronze | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| Silver | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gold | 0 | |||
Employers in Fairfield County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Elite ES
- FujiCopian USA
- Lang Mekra North America
- Total Protections USA
- Fairfield County Chamber of Commerce
- Fairfield County
- Winnsboro Petroleum
- Hacker Instruments
- Fairfield Memorial Hospital
- Ben Arnold Beverage Company
- Isola Group
- Palmetto Imaging Technology
- MBF Services LLC
- PMR
- Gallman Personnel Services, Inc. (GPS)
- Sloan Construction
- Lugoff Elgin High School
- TB Kawashima USA Inc.
- Kershaw Health
- Chester County Sheriff's Office
- South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation
- Arbor E&T, LLC d/b/a ResCare Workforce
Services CB&I
- CB&I Shaw Constructors Inc.
- Upstate Fatherhood Coalition
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