Training Services
Do you need to gain computer skills, occupational skills, on-the-job-training or gain work experience? Your local Career Center can help you make this happen. Just stop by your Career Center to get enrolled in any of the below services:
Classroom Occupational Training
This service is provided to WIA elgible individuals who choose to attend post secondary school to develop skills leading to a "credential" may be enrolled in this activity. Training providers and the selected course of training must be approved by the Department of Elementary & Secondary Education. Participants must agree to meet all stipulations for successful school enrollment and may be required to complete a drug test. Training must be accomplished within two calendar years (24 months) and must lead to a "credential". Priority for enrollment is focused on occupations that are considered to be "in demand" for the local and surrounding area. Participants of this program are required to submit Progress and Attendance reports to the Program Operator on a monthly basis. Failure to meet this requirement may void the agreement of the ITA. Participants must apply for all available financial aide, including, but not limited to, the Pell Grant. Non-WIA financial aid must be utilized prior to receiving WIA funds. Program Operators determine the dollar amount to be allocated to the participant's training from WIA dollars. A percentage of the Pell Grant may be given to the participant to be utilized for training-related expenses if cirucstances are warranted.
Computer Training
Would you like to acquire new computer skills or enhance the ones you already have? The computer labs in our career centers make learning enjoyable and easy with today's technology. The computer lab instructor will offer guidance and work with the individual to introduce or enhance their skills.
Areas of Computer Training Available
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Typing
- Internet
On-The-Job-Training
On the Job Training (OJT) is a method of providing individualized occupational skills training for Dislocated Workers and Low Income Adults.
The goal of the OJT program is to place participants in occupations that will enhance their prospects for long-term employment and will ultimately permit them to become self-sufficient.
OJT involves the acquisition of specific skills and employment competencies, through exposure in an actual work setting, to the processes, work tasks, tools and methods of a specific job or group of jobs.
OJT Trainee Eligibility:
In order to meet WIA eligibility requirements for OJT, potential trainees must be identified as economically disadvantaged Adults or must qualify as a Dislocated Worker.
Work Experience
Work Experience is a program established between Missouri Career Centers and local employers designed to benefit disadvantaged youth in the area, ages 14-21. Eligibility requirements apply.
Some youth have a difficult time landing a job, be it due to lack of family finances or other barriers to employment. Employers are not inclined to hire someone with no previous work experience, but if one cannot get hired in the first place, this becomes a paradox.
Under the Work Experience program, the Missouri Career Centers have formed agreements with employers to hire these youth on the condition that the career center pays for wages and any workman’s compensation. In return, the employer provides supervision, training, time tracking, and periodic status reports. The job lasts for 160 hours, and the scheduling is quite flexible. Come in today and see if you qualify!
