---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 618.330"
title: "20"
number: "618.330"
heading: "Assessment of trade-affected workers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/618.330"
---

# §618.330. Assessment of trade-affected workers.

- (a) The assessment process forms the basis for determining which TAA Program benefits and services, including training, are most appropriate to enable trade-affected workers to successfully become reemployed.
- (b) The State must schedule an initial assessment that provides sufficient time and information for the trade-affected worker to consider, request, and enroll in training or obtain a waiver of the training requirement in [§ 618.720(g)](/cfr/20/618.720.md?p=g) to protect the worker's eligibility to receive TRA under [subpart G](/cfr/20/subpartG.md) of this part.
- (c) Assessments are administered with the cooperation of the trade-affected worker and should include discussion of the worker's interests, skills, aptitudes, and abilities.
- (d) The results of assessments must be documented in the case file, either through case notes or as a stand-alone document.
- (e) If an assessment has already been administered by a partner program, it must be reviewed once a worker becomes a trade-affected worker to ensure it has the required components as listed in [§ 618.335](/cfr/20/618.335.md) for an initial assessment and, if necessary, [§ 618.345](/cfr/20/618.345.md) for a comprehensive and specialized assessment. If the assessment(s) does not contain the required components, the assessment(s) must be supplemented by the State, in conjunction with the trade-affected worker, to ensure it is fully compliant with TAA Program requirements in this part.
- (f) The State must make the trade-affected worker aware of the advantages of receiving an assessment(s). However, a worker may refuse an assessment. Since portions of the assessment(s) are necessary to determine eligibility for certain TAA Program benefits, a worker's refusal to provide necessary information, either as part of the assessment or outside of the assessment process, may result in a denial of a those benefits. This is detailed further in the applicable benefit sections throughout this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 2320; Secretary's Order No. 6-2010, 75 FR 66267 (Oct. 27, 2010).

### Source

Source: 85 FR 51972, Aug. 21, 2020, unless otherwise noted.