Job Training Programs
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Search for Job Training Programs
Louisiana Workforce Commission: Search statewide for training programs registered with the state
WhereWeGo: An aggregator of job training programs in New Orleans that focuses on Health Care, Business Services, Skilled Trades, and Digital Media / Technology.
Community Colleges
Community colleges offer technical education programs to help train you in a number of different fields from welding to software engineering to phlebotomy to cosmetology and many, many more. Follow the links below to explore more of the programs offered at these schools.
Delgado Community College: Main campus located by city park with other locations on both the east and west banks.
Nunez Community College: In Chalmette past the Lower 9th
Job Training Programs
The following is a break down of the various job training programs across the city. Follow the links for more information, and I'll include some notes that I have.
Multiple programs
Job Corps: a no excuses, zero tolerance program that has CNA, CMA, Carpentry, Culinary Arts, Business Administration, and other programs. Its located on Airline Highway right on the border of Orleans & Jefferson Parish. For questions, call 504-484-3566.
WhereWeGo: This website aggregates different job training programs in the city into a single spot. "Many of our trainings lead to careers over $50k a year. Most of them don’t require debt. Some of them even pay you to learn. They’re not too good to be true, they’re just usually too hard to discover. That’s why we do the searching, so you can do the starting. "
Building Trades / Skill Crafts / Construction
Groundwork NOLA - Ground C.R.E.W.:
South East Louisiana Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO
Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC): Currently (4/25/2020) offering Electrical (2 & 4 years) and Instrumentation, and they also have offered carpentry, pipefitting, & welding. Tuition ranges between $750-$1500 per semester with classes in the evenings.
Cosmetology
Delgado
Blue Cliff
Creative Digital Media/Tech
(web, game, graphic design, etc.)
Culinary
Cafe’ Reconcile,
Liberty’s Kitchen,
Cafe Hope,
Good Will
Environmental
(Limitless VISTA, Groundwork Ground Team, DSCEJ...)
Healthcare (CNA, CMA, Medical billing etc.)
Goodwill Technical College
Kedila
Blue Cliff
The following Colleges also have nursing programs
Delgado
LSU
Chamberlain,
Dillard,
University of Holy Cross
Kedila (CNA)
Loyola University
Hotel/Tourism
Delgado,
Job1,
Tulane Earn & Learn,
YEP Customer Service
Sports
(Youth Sports Coach - Up 2 Us Sports)
NOLA Certification Programs:
If a traditional school setting isn’t for you, there are also independent programs you could take part in: