Workforce Development Articles

Several ShaleNET certificate training offerings at Pennsylvania College of Technology have been approved by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans eligible under a VA training assistance program. The approved training courses are: Roustabout, Floor Hand and Welder’s Helper.

Rex E. Moore, in blue hard hat, ShaleNET U.S. consultant/instructor, introduces his current class of potential natural gas industry employees. Students in a three-week roustabout training program demonstrate a drilling rig. Steven V. Nickell, director of ShaleTEC, talks about the center’s work with the state Fire Academy to train emergency responders.

Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering QuickBooks 2013 Level I this spring. Participants – even those with little bookkeeping knowledge – can learn the powerful tools of the No. 1-rated accounting software for individuals and businesses.

High-performing individuals are often selected for leadership roles with little or no training in effectiveness. The Quick Start Leadership program, presented by Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology, assists those launching such careers and facilitates teamwork by presenting common approaches to issues that leaders may face.

Barely a week from field service, a newly sandblasted and painted wellhead arrives at the Center for Business & Workforce Development. Among those on hand for the special delivery are (at right) General Services custodian Jeff G. Rotoli; Daniel R. Mendell, ShaleNET U.S. consultant/instructor; and (in checkered shirt) John F. Strittmatter, director of the ShaleNET U.S. regional hub.

Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer several easy-to-learn Excel computer classes this spring through Penn College at Wellsboro, located in the Wellsboro Area School District Administration Building. The noncredit classes are taught by qualified instructors at a comfortable pace for all levels of adult learners.

U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, left, views a realistic training prop at ETEC with David C. Pistner, the college’s director of energy initiatives. Daniel R. Mendell, right, a ShaleNET U.S. consultant/instructor, talks with Marino about a well-site simulator being set up with input from students in the electronics and computer engineering technology major. Seated is Patrick J.

Local Anesthetics for the Dental Hygienist, a 30-hour training course delivered over two weekends, is being offered by Workforce Development & Continuing Education and the School of Health Sciences at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering four basic, short-term computer classes through May. Computer Camp for Adults 55+ (9 a.m. to noon, Feb. 11 and 13 or 9 a.m. to noon, April 3 and 10) is a fun course that introduces the computer for enjoyment purposes.

Fifteen students graduated recently from the Pennsylvania College of Technology North Campus Outreach Practical Nursing Program. A ceremony was held at the Wellsboro Area School District Auditorium on Thursday, Dec. 19. The students selected two of their classmates as speakers for the ceremony: Jerry E. Cochenour, of Wellsboro, and Amanda E. Catherman, of Westfield.