ACT Frequently Asked Questions

 

What is an ACT Center?

What services are offered by the ACT Center?

What types of training/courses are available at the ACT?

Who can use the ACT Center?

What are the key benefits?

What is an ACT Center?

Our ACT Center is a full-service facility that delivers state-of-the-art computerized testing and training services to individuals, employers, and professional organizations. Our Center uses computer-based technologies, the Internet and other cutting edge processes to deliver these services. You can login or register for the first time.

The partnership with ACT has allowed the Tennessee Technology Center at Nashville to be prepared to provide workforce development solutions to ensure that individuals are trained and continuously prepared for the evolving market place.

What services are offered by the ACT Center?

The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that 60% of the jobs in this country require skills that only 20% of current workers possess. There is a large gap between the skills needed and the skills workers have. The Tennessee Technology Center at Nashville ACT Centers mission is to serve that training market by offering these services:

• skill-specific training,
• training courses in a broad array of disciplines,
• workplace skills assessments,
• computer-delivered certification and licensure tests for the trades and professions,
• distance learning opportunities.

What types of training/courses are available at the ACT?

Through the Tennessee Technology Center at Nashville's ACT Center you will have access to an extensive electronic library of instructional courseware with more than 1,500 workforce development titles created by leading training providers. The courseware library allows the possibility of just-in-time, comprehensive, affordable training courses in seven major categories:

Web-based Courseware - The courses listed below can be accessed from your home, office or anywhere you have internet access.

• Information Technology
• Computer Basics
• Management/Leadership and Small Business Operation
• Professional and Personal Development
• English as a Second Language (ESL)

Server-based Courseware - The courses listed below can only be accessed from a computer in our state-of-the-art ACT Testing Center.

• Industrial Technology, Occupational Training, and Safety Skills
• Adult Literacy/Employability Skills

Who can use the ACT Center?

This ACT Center is for businesses and individuals. Business and industry, government programs and Workforce Development boards, individuals interested in development and career advancement can benefit from using our state-of -the-art facility.

Businesses of all sizes can use the ACT Center to:

• Access reasonably priced state-of-the-art technologies to facilitate staff training and development.
• Assess employee job skills.
• Provide reliable training targeted to specific skills development
• Provide distance learning for individuals in other locations with the proper technology.
• Administer high-stakes tests in a secure environment.

On-demand learning opportunities for individuals or groups!

The ACT Center can help you decrease downtime and waste, assist you in helping employees improve their skills, improve cost savings and increase productivity.

Individuals can use the ACT Center resources to:

• Get training to improve job skills, qualify for promotions, and make career changes.
• Keep current in subjects that impact their jobs.
• Assess their job skills and compare them with their career goals.
• Document their skills for certification and licensure purposes…and much more!

The ACT Center will play a central role in offering testing and training services for individuals, businesses, and organizations to address skills shortages and the evolving training needs of current and prospective employees!

What are the key benefits?

Anytime/Anywhere training. Complete a web-base course at the ACT Center, your business or any other location with access to appropriate technology.

1. On-demand services for individuals or groups.
2. Self-paced training courses. A broad range of high-quality courseware.
3. State-of-the-art technology needed to deliver training and testing including national licensures exams and certifications.
4. Affordable with the ability to take ample time to complete the course (up to one year). Saves time and money since employees using individualized, self-paced courseware don't waste time on material they already know.
5. Just-in-Time training. Individuals have convenient access to courses/programs to enhance skills and careers.
6. Flexible.