WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

Attain meaningful employment through fast job training in high-growth career paths. With Accelerated Career Training, you will get:

• access to a personalized Career Success Coach who will help you decide on your career path

• personalized help during your program to support your day-to-day life challenges

Background checks and drug screening are not required for participation in all all Accelerated Career Training programs, but may be required for future employment.

The Accelerated Career Training candidate lives in the Charlotte area and is:

• seeking to improve their economic status

• unemployed or underemployed

• a self-starter and highly motivated

• seeking guidance to explore career path options with a career coach

• actively seeking employment and/or career growth

• able to adapt and commit to scheduled classes

WORKING SMART CLASSES

By participating in an Accelerated Career Training program you are also required to attend Working Smart: Soft Skills for Workplace Success classes. The Working Smart course supports the Accelerated Career Training program course by going beyond technical skills, helping you master the soft skills that employers believe are critical to increasing your chances for employment, job success, and promotion. Working Smart is recognized and valued by Mecklenburg County employers.

If you have previously completed the Working Smart course and have a certificate, you will not need to complete the course again. Please provide us with a copy of your Working Smart Certificate to fulfill this requirement.

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WHY CHOOSE CENTRAL PIEDMONT

Central Piedmont's College and Career Readiness offers programs to develop students’ academic skills, earn a high school equivalency (GED or HiSET) or adult high school diploma, learn English as a second language (ESL), develop employability skills and participate in various work-based-learning experiences, or explore career and post-secondary educational opportunities. Many programs are free or at a very low cost for qualified participants. 

REAL WORLD EDUCATION

At Central Piedmont, your education goes beyond what you learn in class. We offer numerous opportunities for you to enhance your learning — and to make friends, network, and pursue your passions — through clubs and organizations, sports, events and activities, leadership opportunities, job experience, volunteer experiences, visual and performing arts, and even international experiences.

ACCELERATED CAREER TRAINING IS:

• FocusedWe offer options that will give you the skills you need for a specific job.

• FastComplete your program in 7–16 weeks and start your new career.

• FreeThese free job training programs cover all required costs including tuition, books, fees, and services.

ENROLL NOW

• Attend an Accelerated Career Training general information session.

• Attend an Accelerated Career Training program-specific information session. Attending a program-specific Accelerated Career Training information session is mandatory for your application to be considered. Once you have viewed the general session, you are also required to attend an information session specific to your program of interest. 

• Submit an online Accelerated Career Training Program application by the deadline listed for your program of interest. We accept applications until the indicated deadline. Candidates are screened and selected on a rolling basis until all scholarships recipients are selected. We will email you an application status update one to two weeks after you apply.

ACCELERATED CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS AND DEADLINES

• CDL-A/Truck Driving

• Culinary Apprentice Certificate

• Early Childhood Education

• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

• Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning (HVAC)

• IT Fundamentals

• Nurse Aide I

• REQUIREMENTS

  • High school diploma not required for training, but required for employment.

  • Medical screening, criminal background check, and drug screening required for entry into program.

  • Working Smart.

  • Attend a nurse aide/phlebotomy Accelerated Career Training information session.

• APPLICATION DEADLINE

• Spring 2021: Friday, November 13, 2020

• Learn more about Nurse Aide program offerings at Central Piedmont.

• Phlebotomy

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Samantha Smith

P 704.330.2722, ext. 3817

E samantha.smith@cpcc.edu

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