YOU MAY NEED

WHEN NEEDED

HOW AND WHERE TO GET IT

ISSUED BY

Social Security Card

Before you apply for a job

Apply at your local Social Security office

U.S. Social Security Administration (main Office)

Birth certificate

If required by an employer to prove age or employment eligibility

Contact the health department of the county where you were born

Health department of the county where you were born or your state’s vital records department

Driver’s license

If your job includes driving

If you’re 16 or over, apply at your local driver’s license office

Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Driver’s License Division

or

If required by employer

Pick up a copy at the high school from which you graduated or at the school board office in the county where you graduated

High schools

General Educational Development Test (GED)

I required by employer

Call your county school board office to find out how to take the test

High schools, vocational-technical schools, community colleges

Training certificate

If required for the job

Receive when you pass a training course (for example, training to be a dental assistant)

Sponsor of training program (for example, your school)

Occupational license

If required to practice your occupation (for example, as a barber or practical nurse)

When you meet the state requirements for your occupation

The licensing board for your occupation, usually through your state

Union card

Depends on job; the employer will tell you. May be needed to show proof of union membership, training, or payment of union dues

Receive when you join a union

Union you join

If required to prove that you are a student

Ask in the school office

Your school

Selective Service registration card

If you are male between 18 and 26 and the prospective employers requires it

Apply at any U.S. Post Office

U.S. Selective Service Administration