Our skilled Workforce Training & Professional Development team is your local partner for the long-term success of your organization. We also provide professional development offerings for individuals looking to earn CEUs or certifications, or take individual courses to improve your career or life skills.
Training & Services We Offer
Continuing Education Courses
Continuing Education Courses
Our convenient and flexible course and licensing offerings help you learn skills to advance in a current career, earn certifications, meet continuing education requirements, develop a hobby or simply enrich your life.
Life Enrichment & Community Courses
Life Enrichment & Community Courses
We offer an assortment of lifestyle courses for a wide variety of interests. Bring out your creative side, get active, or stay engaged within your community.
Conferences, Seminars and Workshops
Conferences, Seminars and Workshops
Our conferences and seminars can help you develop your skills while networking with others in your profession. These events are led by industry experts to provide you with a high quality learning experience.
Customized Training for Businesses
Customized Training for Businesses
We offer customized training and consulting services to help your business reach its goals. From specific training programs in certain areas, to facilitating a group discussion, providing individual coaching, or performing an assessment for a needed process improvement, we have a solution for you.
Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships
Earn while you learn! Apprenticeship is on-the-job training with opportunities for both high school students and adults. These programs combine work-based learning with related classroom instruction. High school Youth Apprenticeships can transition seamlessly into the Registered Apprenticeship program.
On-Demand Training
On-Demand Training
Professional Development to fit around your schedule. Access our on-demand training library anytime and anywhere. Not able to attend one of our events? Watch the recording here! Don’t have time to sit down and watch a training in one sitting? Take your time by breaking it into smaller time sessions.
Rapid Workforce Credentials & Certificates
Rapid Workforce Credentials & Certificates
Rapidly launch yourself into a new career with a short-term training ranging from days to weeks to complete! These credentials and certificates have been verified by local employers as positions that are highly employable in our community.
Career Skill Paths
Career Skill Paths
Work toward a certificate or degree while learning in small bits at your own pace, in an online format. Develop the skills you need to advance your career through Career Skill Paths, short on-demand, online modules of training that add up to larger degrees.
Facility Rental & Conference Services
Facility Rental & Conference Services
Are you planning to host an event, but need the space and equipment to do so? We offer a number of facility rental options to suit your needs. We are also now offering conference services packages — let us handle the planning and registration aspects.
We are here to serve you.
Hear from our valued business partners on how our customized training programs helped them reach their goals. Whether you have a specific training need or are looking for consulting and technical services, we’re here to add value to you and your business.
Meet the Trainers: Our Industry Experts
We have subject matter experts from all backgrounds and expertise. Learn how you can utilize our trainers to incorporate customized training into the growth and development of your organization.
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Brad Gast
Dean, Workforce Training & Professional Development and Apprenticeship
Brad provides leadership to the Workforce Training & Professional Development team for all divisional functions, and is the liaison to workforce development.
Jared Eggebrecht
Director of Workforce Training & Professional Development
Jared provides leadership to the contract training team and provides services to our business partners in the central and south areas for customized training solutions.
Megan Stanchik
Business Development Manager – Northwest Region
Megan provides service to our business partners in the district’s northwest region for customized training solutions.
Ashley Deaver
Business Development Manager – North and Central Region
Ashley provides service to our business partners in the district’s North and Central regions for customized training solutions.
Chris Kautza
Business Development Manager – East and Central Region
Chris provides service to our business partners in the district’s East and Central regions for customized training solutions.
Susie Borchardt
American Heart Association Specialist
Susie is the American Heart Association Training Center Coordinator and provides service to AHA instructors and assigns AHA provider cards to students and instructors in our community.
Leslie Williams
Learning Coordinator
Leslie provides coordination for the Professional Development team for conference, workshop, and seminar offerings.
Sharon Ruff
Learning Coordinator
Sharon provides coordination for the Workforce Training & Professional Development team on training development and delivery of services.
Asia Bay
Learning Coordinator
Asia provides coordination for the Workforce Training & Professional Development team on short term trainings.
Rachel Schiltz
Administrative Assistant
Rachel provides support for all guests in the Center for Business & Industry, and the Workforce Training & Professional Development team, as well as coordination of facility use contracts.
Shannen Klatt
Administrative Assistant
Shannen provides support for all guests in the Center for Business & Industry, and the Workforce Training & Professional Development team, as well as coordination of facility use contracts.
Rhonda Hoffer
Contract Fulfillment Specialist
Rhonda provides instructor and training fulfillment supporting our business development managers and business partners.
Rachael Meyer
Contract Fulfillment Specialist
Rachael provides instructor and training fulfillment supporting our business development managers and business partners.