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Workforce Development

The Workforce Development department helps students increase skills or acquire new skills. Some courses help students earn and maintain licensure and certification. Through individual courses and customized contract training, workers and their businesses can be competitive in the marketplace.

Workforce Development provides education and training opportunities in the following areas:

• Business and Management
• Business Training and Consulting Service (BTSC), formerly DACUM
• Computer and Information Systems
• Health and Allied Health Services
• Public Service
• Applied Technology
• Apprenticeship
• Commercial Vehicle Training (CVT)

Business and Management gives employers and workers a competitive edge in areas including:

• Supervision
• Management
• Project management
• E-commerce
• Real estate

Business Training and Consulting Services provides employers and organizations with:

• Employee skills assessment
• Job profiling
• Customized training design
• Other contracted services

Computer and Information Systems provides a broad range of state-of-the-market courses in computer and information systems, supporting the continuing education programs of CCBC’s School of Applied and Information Technology. Intensive training is available in Network+, Computer Applications for Business, A+ Certification, Fiber Optics and Network Cabling.

Health and Allied Health Services provides courses that include:

• Medical Assisting and Medicine Aide
• Medical Billing and Coding
• Medical Transcription
• Nursing Assistant
• Venipuncture
• IV Therapy
• Dental and Pharmacy Assistant
• Surgical and Sleep Technology
• Opthamalic Assistant
• Anesthesia Technician
• CPR training
• Central Service Technician training
• Certified Office Lab Technician
• Sonography
• Oral Radiography
• Nurse Refresher Training

This department supports the continuing education programs of CCBC’s School of Health Professions.

Public Service provides courses to local, state and federal government workers and to public schools. Courses in security, safety and justice are also offered for businesses and individuals. This department supports the continuing education programs of CCBC’s School of Justice.

Applied Technology provides courses including:

• Construction
• Bio-technology
• Manufacturing
• Multi-media
• Web development
• Automotive
• Machine tooling
• Industrial and building maintenance

This department supports the continuing education programs of CCBC’s School of Applied and Information Technology.

Apprenticeship programs help men and women to enter the workforce. The college partners with ten area organizations which deliver structured three-, four- and five-year training programs for people interested in the construction or manufacturing sectors, including:

• Carpentry
• Electrical
• Heating/ventilation/air conditioning (HVAC)
• Construction laborer
• Operating engineer
• Plumbing and steam fitting
• Sheet metal worker
• Sprinkler fitter
• Machinist
• Police cadet

An apprenticeship is offered to the career-driven student who must be assessed and selected by an individual apprentice program sponsor, approved by the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council. Upon completion of the program, an apprentice receives a journeyman’s certificate as well as college credit toward an associate degree at CCBC.

Commercial Vehicle Training offers both supervisor-level coursework for managers and CDL-A and CDL-B license training for men and women interested in transportation careers.