Alabama Career Essentials (ACE)

Ready to Work is now Alabama Career Essentials (ACE). The main goal of the new ACE course is to ensure current and future workers are equipped with the skills necessary to enter the 21st-century Alabama workforce.

ACE program logo

Alabama Career Essentials (ACE) is a FREE training course designed by the Alabama Community College System to provide Alabamians with relevant, cutting-edge, and industry-driven employability skills training to better prepare individuals for the Alabama workforce.

What can you gain from ACE? Job Skill Credentials.

  1. ACT’s National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)
  2. Alabama Certified Employee Certificate (ACE)
  3. One free college course (up to 4 credit hours)
  4. Mobilizing Alabama Pathways (MAP) Certificate


In addition to credentials, participants gain support, build confidence, improve their opportunities, and get access to ongoing skill upgrades and lifelong learning.

Alabama Career Essentials Interest Form

When are you interested in taking ACE classes?
Which location would you be most interested in taking ACE classes?
Are you interested in MSSC Training? (MSSC certifications validate the core competencies of new-hires and can also be used to improve and sharpen the skills of existing employees.)

Career Readiness Certificate

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Reading for Information
  • Locating Information

National Career Readiness Certificate

ACT WorkKeys

For more information, contact:

Crissy Broadway, Coordinator
Alabama Career Essentials Program
256-331-5248
cbroadway@nwscc.edu