008.02(A) JOB SKILLS TRAINING DIRECTLY RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT.

This is defined as training or education for job skills required by an employer to provide an individual with the ability to obtain employment or to advance or adapt to the changing demands of the workplace. This can include customized training to meet an employer’s needs or general training that prepares a participant for employment. This can include literacy instruction or language instruction or barrier-removal activities when such instruction is explicitly focused on skills needed for employment or combined in a unified whole with job training. Daily supervision is required. Job skills training may include short-term training programs or coursework designed to refresh, upgrade, advance, or renew job-related skills. Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) courses can count as stand-alone activities, but must be combined with a core activity. For additional marketable skills, financial aid and maintaining satisfactory progress, see regulation earlier in this chapter.