Career Training Programs
Start a new career or build on your previous experience! The FREE ACE program is for adult English learners who live in Massachusetts and have high-intermediate or advanced English proficiency and offers:
English skill development
Computer skills
Job readiness, resume writing, job search, and interview skills
College preparation and workforce training
Career coaching
Janet Morales, ACE Alumni, now working as a paraprofessional
Watch videos created by past ACE students describing their immigration stories and work pursuits!
YuHsuan Chang
My Story EN.mp4Elsira Nuñez
My Immigration Story.mp4Janette Gonzalez Flores
Aone_s_Immigration_Story.mp4Aone Wang
ESOL CULINARY ARTS
Get the skills and certifications you need to begin a career in the culinary/hospitality sector! Students earn ServSafe Food Handler and Manager, OSHA10, and other workplace certificates, in addition to knife skills and culinary fundamentals.
180-hour training program leading to jobs like Food preparer, Line cook, Server, Bartender, Host/hostess, or Hotel worker
The Culinary Arts training program is designed for people learning English who are at an intermediate level, and English skill instruction is built into the program to help you succeed.
Pierre Richard Michel participated in the ESOL Culinary Program in 2020
CLASSES MEET:
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Picknelly Adult & Family Education Center, 206 Maple St., Holyoke
ESOL NURSE AIDE
Learn the knowledge and skills to become a nursing assistant or home health aide, while improving your English language skills, in this free program! Prepare to pass the MA Nurse Aide Certification Test and enter employment as a nurse aide or home health aide.
The program is three months long, and runs three times per year. Apply any time, and we'll get you ready for the next class session!
Priscilla Choi: HCC Nursing Program 2022 graduate shares what started her down this health career path
Additional special opportunities of interest include:
Hear what two graduates of HCC Training programs have to say about their experiences!
Franchelle Cruz de la Paz: Pharmacy Tech Program at HCC
Janette Gonzalez Flores: Medical Interpreting Program at HCC