Workforce Development Articles

Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is expanding its public workshops to the Community Education Center of Elk & Cameron Counties, beginning with a variety of business and management classes this fall. Finance for Non-Financial Managers 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.

Adults 55 and older who want to learn more about using today’s technology may enroll in courses being offered at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s main campus in Williamsport. The classes, offered through Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College, require no previous computer knowledge. A Computer Camp for Adults 55+ class will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Sept. 3 and 10.

Two real estate courses, comprising 60 hours of instruction over 10 weeks, will be offered this fall by Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Upon successful completion of both courses – Real Estate Fundamentals and Real Estate Practice – participants will be eligible to take the state licensing exam.

Two information sessions regarding Pennsylvania College of Technology’s medical assistant training will be held during August on the college’s main campus in Williamsport. The Center for Business & Workforce Development, 1127 W. Fourth St., will host the sessions from 2 to 3 p.m. Aug. 3 and from 4 to 5 p.m. Aug. 26.

Medical assistant classes are forming at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Wellsboro campus, with a pair of information sessions scheduled in August to help interested Northern Tier residents understand enrollment requirements and program expectations. The sessions will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. Aug. 5 and from 4 to 5 p.m. Aug.

Pennsylvania College of Technology at Wellsboro is accepting applications for the Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) program that begins in January. Take your health care career in a new direction by training to become an LPN; preadmission testing and applications are due soon for this program, which is headquartered in the Wellsboro Area School District Administration Building.

Summer is anything but vacation time for the Plastics Innovation & Resource Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The PIRC recently hosted 34 industry professionals from 10 states and Canada for its Sixth Annual National Hands-On Thin-Gauge/Roll-Fed Thermoforming Workshop.

Alison A. Dillon has been named director of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s National Sustainable Structures Center, a groundbreaking force in the field of building science and energy-efficiency training.

Pamela Mix, secretary to the ESC executive director and assistant dean of transportation and natural resources technologies, takes the wheel of the simulator. Friendly greeters (from left) are Jim Patterson, CTS director; Carla Rhone, program support specialist, Shale TEC; and Hadly Ransom, intensive workforce specialist, PA CareerLink Lycoming County.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students representing seven different majors recently proved their mastery of computer aided drafting and design software programs by passing certification exams. Fifty-two students successfully completed the Certified SolidWorks Associate exam and one student earned Autodesk Inventor Professional certification.