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Metalworking Skills
Introduction
The National Institute for Metalworking Skills,
Inc. is a nonprofit organization formed to
support the development of a skilled workforce
for the metalworking industry. NIMS was
Incorporated in 1995.
NIMS Stakeholders
Step 1
NIMS Board
authorizes
development
for an industry/
occupational
cluster
Step 2
Appropriate trade
association forms
Technical
Workgroup
(employers,
employees,
and educators
Step 3
Technical Workgroup meets (2-4 meetings):
Identify and confirm duty list
Draft dusty statements
Draft performance requirements
Identify KSAOs
Compile all into draft skill standards
Step 4
Regional Validation meetings of employers
and employees form the industry cluster
(3-5 meetings across U.S.)
Critique draft skill standards
Propose changes
Address issues of accuracy and
performance assessment
Step 5
Reconvene Technical Workgroup
Consider changes proposed by Regional
Validation Groups
Revise skill standards
Submit revised skill standards to NIMS
Board
Step 6
NIMS Board
reviews revised
skill standards
Approves as
interim standards
or remands to
Technical
Workgroup for
changes
If approved,
authorized industry
to survey to
validate standards
Step 7
Nationwide Industry
Validation Survey
of Employers and
Employees
Sample of
companies within
industry cluster
Separate survey
instruments for
employers and
employees
Step 8
NIMS Board reviews
Validation Survey
results
Approves validated
standards as Final
Standards for given
occupational cluster
Authorizes
publication of
Final Standards
Step 9
Final edits,
publications and
distribution
Form Voluntary
Development
Committee
Test Developer
Companies
Trade Association
Educator
Determine
Credentialing
Clusters
Determine
clusters for
credentialing
Decide approach
to performance
assessment
Develop
Performance
Evaluation
Procedures
Develop
Procedures
Develop log
books or part
prints
Pilot the
Performance
Evaluation
Procedures
Identify pilot sites
Conduct pilots
Revise Procedures,
if Necessary
Written Test
Development
Array all topics
based on the skill
standards
Determine the
importance of each
topic
Allocate number of
question to topic
Draft questions
Compile and examine
redundancies
Analyze Validation
Results
Item analyses
Analyses by participant
categories and
geography
Rewrite test items
where necessary
Set cut scores
3 Step NIMS
Credentialing Process
1) Registration
One time fee, on-line
Machining Competency
Turning Performance Example
MET-TEC
National Competency-Based
Apprenticeship System
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment & Training
Administration
National Competency-Based
Apprenticeship System