---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 618.355"
title: "20"
number: "618.355"
heading: "Knowledge, skills, and abilities of staff performing assessments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/618.355"
---

# §618.355. Knowledge, skills, and abilities of staff performing assessments.

- (a) Staff performing either the initial or comprehensive and specialized assessment must possess the following knowledge and abilities:
  - (1) Knowledge of the local labor market;
  - (2) Knowledge of local employer and occupation skill demands and hiring prerequisites, such as educational requirements and professional certifications;
  - (3) The ability to identify transferable skills that a trade-affected worker may possess that would be of interest to other local employers outside of the worker's present occupational area;
  - (4) The ability to evaluate quickly a worker's ability to conduct a self-directed job search; and
  - (5) The ability to identify barriers to a worker's employment that could be overcome with training and case management services.
- (b) The staff performing these initial and comprehensive and specialized assessments may be from any partner program.
- (c) Funds under section 235A(1) of the Act may be used to improve and maintain the knowledge and abilities of staff conducting assessments for trade-affected workers.

## 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.