What’s New? at Workforce Development

Kid's College

Workforce Development at Washington State Community College will be presenting their first ever Kids’ College program this summer. For the Kid's College brochure click here.

WHEN:

Monday through Thursday,
Week 1: June 18-21
Week 2 June 25-28

TIMES:

Students may register for a morning (9:15am-12:25pm), afternoon (1:05pm-4:10pm), or all-day sessions (9:15am-4:10pm).

WHERE:

Washington State Community College, Workforce Development
Center for Business & Technology Building
710 Colegate Drive, Marietta, OH 45750

HOW:

Students choose areas of interest from a variety of classes offered for grades 1-3 and 4-7.

COST:

Morning or afternoon sessions: $59 each week
All day session $99 each week
Classes will be available in art, crafts, languages, computers, music, science, math, reading, theatre, fitness, sign language, and much more.

CALL:

To be put on our mailing list for the summer brochure call Workforce Development at 740.568.1918, option 3

News and Features

Listen to the Business Matters interview of Workforce Development

Listen to our Radio Spot

New! Now offering Safety Training Online!!!

Workforce Development is pleased to announce that we are able to offer Safety Training courses online by partnering with 360 Training. The courses and instructors are approved by OSHA. OSHA courses that are offered include: Construction, General Industry, Hazardous Waste Training and OSHA 10 and 30 Outreach Training. Check out our Website.

Professional Engineer (PE) Continuing Education Courses

Workforce Development is excited to announce the development of seminar style courses to offer to the Professional Engineer. These courses are designed for the Professional Engineer to receive continuing professional development (CPD) education to meet State requirements. These courses are on WSCC's campus, reducing the need for extensive travel in order to take these courses.

Listen to the WTAP announcement!

Project Management

The 11 week Certificate Program in Project Management enables you to acquire the skills you need to keep projects on task, on time, and within budget. The interactive curriculum builds from theories of project management to real-world practices applicable to all industries and fields.

This course will also satisfy the 35-hour Project Management education requirement of the globally recognized certification Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.

Online Process Troubleshooting Course

Process Operators today are more highly trained than the operator of a generation ago. Dealing with technical problems on their units, resolving problems, and keeping their units running is all part of the job. This online course will help the Process Operator to develop the ability to identify, analyze and resolve process problems and abnormal situations. Stay tuned for details!

Training Fund Information

For training fund availability and information please contact Mary Abel, Region 11 Workforce Director, at 740.373.5970. She can be also reached by email at mary.abel@development.ohio.gov.

New! Green Academy

Also read about about WSCC's green courses initiative the Green Academy Catalog.

Workforce Development is excited to tell you about our *NEW* Green Academy Education program. To help area companies know, understand and achieve sustainable objectives, Workforce Development is offering courses in Green Academy Education. Taught by experts, it is expected that this series quickly will become an important, valuable and highly sought after program.