Workforce Trainings

Workforce Development Business

Courses can be taken in any order, individually or as part of one of the tracks below. Upon completion of all courses in a track, students will earn a Certificate of Achievement.

Professional Development

  • Effective Communication for Professionals (2 days)
  • Leading Effective Meetings
  • Time Management
  • Presentation Skills
  • Improving Customer Service Skills
  • Critical Thinking & Creative Problem Solving
  • Stress Management
  • Effective Teamwork

Leadership & Management

  • Effective Communication for Leaders (2 days)
  • New Managers Workshop Series (2 days/6 weeks)
  • Coaching and Mentoring Skills for Leaders
  • Performance Management Essentials
  • Communicating with Employees
  • Delegation Skills
  • Conflict Resolution for Managers
  • Building an Effective Team
  • Managing Diversity

Office Skills Development

  • Office Skills Workshop (2 days)
  • Customer Service Essentials
  • Professionalism in the Office
  • Time Management Essentials
  • Teamwork Essentials
  • Business Etiquette
  • Beginner Word
  • Intermediate Word
    • Collaborating with Others/Track Changes
    • Creating Forms
    • Mail Merge
    • Long Documents (TOC/Index/Footnotes…)
  • Beginner Excel
  • Intermediate Excel
    • Analyzing and Summarizing Data
    • Graphs for Reports and Infographics
    • Pivot Tables
  • PowerPoint
  • Outlook

Project Management Series

  • PERT/CPM
  • Managing the Project Team
  • Problem Solving Techniques
  • Effective Meetings
  • Communicating Progress/Project Dashboards
  • Project Risk Management
  • Increasing Productivity
  • Change Management

 Communication Skills

  • Conflict Resolution
  • Dealing with Difficult People
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Assertiveness Skills: Communicating with Authority and Impact
  • Communication Skills: Results through Collaboration
  • Influence Skills: Getting Results without Direct Authority
  • Being Proactive in the Workplace
  • Cross-cultural Communication

Writing Workshops

  • Business and Report Writing
  • Business Grammar
  • Proofreading
  • Note-Taking/Meeting Minutes
  • Resume Writing

Additional Business Course Offerings

  • Job Club
  • Introduction to Infographics
  • Electronic File Management
  • HIPAA and Privacy Act
  • Financial Literacy/Setting Financial Goals
  • Advanced Word/Excel/PowerPoint
  • Introduction to Google Suites
  • Roberts Rules of Order

Workforce Development Health

  • MANDT
  • Mental Health First Aid
  • RADACT

Workforce Development Industry

  • 30-Hr. OSHA Approved Construction Standards
  • 30-Hr. OSHA Approved General Industry Standards
  • 30-Hr. OSHA Approved Maritime Standards
  • Basic Electricity for the Non-Electrician
  • ICTP Training Program
  • OSHA Approved Disaster – Site Worker w/ICS 100, 200 &300
  • Management of Landfill Operations (MOLO)
  • NCCER Project Management Program
  • Scaffolding Competency
  • Special Topics: as requested

Workforce Development Maritime

  • 100 Ton License & OUPV “6 Pack”
  • Basic Maritime Safety
  • Basic Safe Boating
  • Cold Water Safety and Survival
  • Protected Species Observer (PSO/MMO)
  • Survival Equipment, Emergency Procedures & Onboard Drills
  • Vessel Crew Safety Training
  • Special Topics: as requested

Workforce Development Utility

  • AK Water Treatment Systems-Intermediate
  • AK Wastewater Treatment Systems-Intermediate
  • Boiler Basics
  • Boiler Technician
  • Certified Pool Operators
  • Introduction to Alaska Small Wastewater Systems
  • Tank Farm Management & Spill Prevention Response
  • Tank Farm Operations
  • Water Treatment & Distribution Certification Exam Review
  • Wastewater Collections & Water Distributions Intermediate Cert
  • Wastewater Collection & Treatment Cert Exam Review
  • Special Topics: as requested

SAFE

  • 24-Hour HAZWOPER Technician Level
  • 24-Hour Spill Response
  • 40-Hour HAZWOPER
  • 8-Hour HAZWOPER, Annual Refresher
  • Alaska Safe Food Worker
  • Basic Safety Training Emergency Response Operations
  • Blood Borne Pathogens
  • CEU Hydrogen Sulfide
  • Confined Space
  • Field Safety
  • HAZWOPER: General Hazard Awareness
  • Hazardous Waste Supervisor/On-Scene Incident Commander
  • Health, Safety and Environmental Technician (HSET)
  • MSHA 8Hr Annual Refresher
  • MSHA New Miner
  • NSTC Unescorted Training
  • OSHA 10-Hr. General Industry Safety Training
  • OSHA 10 Hr. Construction Safety Training
  • Respirator Use – Fit Test
  • Standard First Aid w/AED
  • Wilderness First Aid
  • Special Topics: as requested