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TRACKING: The Contractor, in partnership with Santa Ana W /0 /R /K Center, will be responsible for tracking significant participant movement through the program. This will include entry into components, time in components and exits from components. Tracking will provide Santa Ana W /O /R /K Center, the contractor and other partners necessary management information to improve the program, as well as ensure that customers are all accounted for in the program. VOCATIONAL TRAINING: Provides customers with long or short -term training in a community college, university, vocational school or business environment to improve employability in the local labor market. The training can provide basic skills, upgrade current skills, develop new technical skills, improve language skills and prepare customers for employment in high growth occupations. WORK -BASED LEARNING ACTIVITIES: Activities offered which are designed to enable youth to gain exposure to the working world, acquire personal attributes, industry defined skill standards, and knowledge needed to obtain a job and advancement in employment. Activities should be designed to master progressively higher levels. Can take place at private profit, non - profit or public sector. Agencies can be paid or non -paid activities. (Note: applicable labor laws must be adhered to). Activities must be relevant to the career plan and include but are not limited to: • Career Related Mentoring • Community Service Learning • Entrepreneurial Work Experience • Internship • Job Shadow • Project -Based Learning • Subsidized Work Experience and Structured Work Experience WORK EXPERIENCE: Work experiences are planned, structured learning experiences that take place in a workplace for a limited period of time. Work experiences may be paid or unpaid. The work place may be in the private, for - profit sector, the non - profit sector, or the public sector. Work experiences are designed to enable youth to gain exposure to the working world and its requirements. These experiences should help youth to acquire the attributes, knowledge, and skills to obtain a job and advance in employment. Work experience is one of the ten required youth program elements. WORK PLAN: That portion of the contract document which describes the work to be performed by means of specifications or other minimum requirements, quantities, performance dates and a statement of the quality expected. WORK READINESS: Completion of one or more workforce readiness skill activities appropriate to the service plan development for the participant, which could include: • Career Related Assessment and Goal Setting • Pre - Employment Training • Work Experiences /Internships • Job Shadows • Career Explorations • On- the -Job Training 19D -50 46