West Virginia Northern Community College provided workplace literacy education and training for employees of Weirton Steel Corporation and Union Carbide Corporation. For Weirton Steel the training included 4,040 hours of instruction in fundamental literacy skills (reading, writing, speaking, and math), oral and written communications (including report writing), problem analysis, decision making, time management, automated data processing using personal computers, manual and automated accounting systems, and interpersonal communications. Weirton participants constituted about one-third of the company's employees. For Union Carbide, there were approximately 96 hours of computer literacy training, 20 hours of communication skills training, 12 hours of interpersonal skills training, and 32 hours of training for instructors. Evaluation of the program revealed that 93.7 of the trainees agreed that stated course objectives were achieved, 81.2 percent agreed the courses taught skills directly applicable to the job, 71.6 percent agreed the information and skills learned would enable them to perform their current jobs more effectively, 51 percent reported using the newly acquired skills on their current jobs, 67 percent indicated the training enhanced their opportunity for job advancement, 50 percent declared they are performing their jobs more efficiently as a result of the training, and 79.3 of supervisors surveyed said the trainees had been able to perform their jobs more effectively as a result of the training. (CML)