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Provides a workforce development program for adults experiencing a variety of barriers to employment while providing cost effective outsourced labor solutions to customers, including packaging, assembly, kitting, shrink-wrapping, and mailing.

Offers work experience in document destruction and recycling.

Chester County OIC is a Certiport authorized testing center for Microsoft Office 2003 Specialist Certification exams. Microsoft Office Specialist (formerly also known as MOUS) exams use "live" or real applications to provide the most authentic evaluation of your knowledge, skills, and abilities. Certiportâs performance-based testing uses specialized examination software while simultaneously running the actual Office programs. Microsoft Office Specialist is the official Microsoft Office certification for desktop productivity. Certification is available in the programs listed below. Expert level certifications are offered for Word and Excel. Exams are available for Microsoft Office XP and Office 2003. Word Outlook(R) Excel PowerPoint(R)

Provides individuals with limited English-language and employment skills as well as those lacking educational credentials receive literacy education, English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction, civics and citizenship classes, access to and support in the use of technology, support in transitioning to postsecondary education or employment, life skills, and counseling and case management.

Provides services and support to learn skills needed to work at the job of choice in the community. Services include job finding, job coaching, supportive employment, community based work assessments, discovery profiles, customized employment, career assessments, and on-the-job training.

Provides youth and young adults ages 14 to 26 who are impacted by or perpetrators of gun violence with an opportunity to receive paid employment training, skills, and mentorship. Services includes paid job training with local businesses for 3 to 6 months, wraparound support services, job coaching, and monthly community events driven by youth to foster community cohesion.

Provides a program designed to re-integrate veterans to college through three-phases. Phase I: Participants will complete a ten-week paid research experience, complete a team project, learn 21st century skills in workshops, and prepare to begin classes at a local college. Phase II: Participants will continue to refine their academic interests and apply for a formal program at the University of Pittsburgh or an institution of their choice. Phase III: Participants will enroll in a university and prepare to graduate from the ELeVATE program.

Provides career identification, real and virtual job shadowing, and work experiences for youth, ages 18-24. Youth are matched with a mentor for job shadowing and work experiences. These positions may be a paid or unpaid experience. Designed to help out of school youth acquire the personal attributes, knowledge, and skills needed to obtain a job and advance into the work-force.

Operates an eight-month Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) program that provides young adults with career development, job training work experiences, and career-connected building trades training that aligns with partnering registered apprenticeship programs.

Provides young adults ages 17 to 24 who have disadvantages to employment with the chance to earn their GEDs, receive on-the-job training, and earn a wage while doing it.

Offers eight-week pre-apprenticeship program designed to help individuals build the skill necessary to obtain good-paying careers in the building and construction trades, manufacturing, and the energy sectors. Pre-apprentices earn six industry-recognized certifications. Successful graduates are guaranteed interviews with several local unions for entry into their apprenticeship programs. Graduates are guaranteed entry into Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) Western District.

Offers after-School Tutoring, Internship, Counseling, and Mentoring Program for Youth provides students from the Logan/Olney neighborhood schools, with academic enrichment, job training, employment mentoring, and leadership training.

Provides a resource navigation program with referrals to resources and support, systems navigation such as job training, employment assistance, health care, and behavioral health support.

Provides paid job training, paid transitional employment, and career development support for people who are often excluded from the workforce. The training and experience are in the environmental sector - planting trees, building trails, caring for green infrastructure, and other related projects.

Provides a work activities center where individuals are trained by skilled professionals on a continual basis to comfortably handle a wide variety of contracts, and to cost-effectively provide business customers with a quality job that is delivered on time and on budget.

Provides vocational rehabilitation services to help persons with disabilities prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment. Offers other services to eligible individuals with disabilities, both directly and through a network of approved vendors. Assigns a case manager or counselor to each client.

Offers earn-while-you-learn Apprentice Training for the Electrical Industry (ATEI), that combines on-the-job training (OTJ) and classroom training. Assigns new apprentices to a signatory employer and earn a paycheck while attending weekly related instruction and learning on-the job.

Provides paid, $13 per hour weekly Lifeguard Skill Building lessons. The swimming training will be taught by Parks & Recreation, Red Cross Certified Water Safety Instructors with support from Fab Youth Philly staff to pass the Lifeguard Certification Program.

Prepares participants for entry-level employment in the advanced manufacturing industry. Teaches skills including reading comprehension, mathematics, critical thinking, troubleshooting, problem solving, interpersonal skills, resume preparation, and using job search tools. Learning opportunities include meeting employer partners, guest speakers, and visiting factory and shop locations of potential employers.

Offers educational, social, cultural, and recreational services; drug and alcohol prevention, youth development; job training, and other programs to meet needs of multi-generational participants.

Teaches critical professional communication and skills transferable to any job. At course completion, clients receive a professional certification and are connected to local employers and recruiters. Courses are offered both in person and virtually.

Provides training and instruction required to obtain the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) certification and for a career in emergency medical services. Includes lab work, crisis communication training, mental health first aid training, professional development workshops, study sessions, and career exposure. Holds classes 3 days per week at All-State Career School and 2 days a week at Congreso's Education & Training Center. Program is full-time and runs 12 weeks.

Provides a five-module program designed to equip teens and young adults with essential life skills for greater independence. Tailored to meet real-life needs, each module focuses on practical areas: banking, cooking, household management, job readiness, and core life skills.

Offers an electrician training program in three, hybrid (Zoom and in-person), 10-week courses. Courses take place one night per week and addresses electrical safety, theory, tools, circuits, equipment, materials/wiring, and calculations. Six weeks per course offer optional in-person, hands-on performance tasks at real time service calls where students apply learning and do the work. Training is appropriate for beginning careers in residential, commercial, industrial, and lineman jobs.

Offers industry internships to students in participating school districts. Intership offerings include: Dental Internship: The dental internship program has been modeled after NTIEC's long-standing hospital internship program, whereas students will participate for three hours a day, once a week for approximately five-seven weeks during the fall and spring semesters. This unique opportunity will provide students with an up front and close look at the various jobs available in dentistry. They will observe and shadow dentists, dental assistants, dental hygienists, lab technicians and the office staff. Intership designed for 10th to 12th grades. Hospital Internship: Students visit area hospitals for two to three hours once a week for six-seven weeks during the fall or spring semester. Students focus on one key department during each visit and participate in a department tour, meet the staff, learn about the work and discuss educational requirements for success in the particular staff specialty. Intership d