Adult Programs
Adult programs are offered at night or during the day in many high schools or technical centers across Virginia . Technical education is provided to those adults who are employed, need training or advanced skills, have a specific vocational interest, or are enrolled in apprenticeship programs.Peninsula Workforce Development Center
Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC), in conjunction with the Cities of Hampton, Newport News , Williamsburg , and Poquoson, York and James City Counties entered into a partnership to develop a regional Workforce Development Center .
The Workforce Development Center serves as the cornerstone of a systematic approach for the economic expansion of the Greater Peninsula. Area employers use the facilities of the Center for their own training purposes and can contract with TNCC for customized training programs. Workers and potential employees are able to receive training that will sustain them at all levels of their professional and career development.
The Center addresses the needs of the emerging workforce, the current workforce, the transitional workforce, and the entrepreneurial workforce in the manufacturing and service sectors. The goal is to provide a workforce capable of functioning at the entry level, the semi-skilled level, the high performance level, and ultimately as a self-sustained worker.
More than 36,000 enrollments and participants served in credit and non-credit workforce classes, industry credential testing, career search and job placement services through Thomas Nelson Community College 's Workforce Development offices in Hampton , Williamsburg , and on local military bases.
In addition to programs and services provided by TNCC, the Center currently houses the Peninsula Work-Keys Program, Innovative Community Technology Services, the Regional Manufacturing Excellence Center , and VQI, Inc.Job Training Partnership
The federal Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Dislocated Worker Program provides services to workers who have lost their jobs as a result of adverse economic conditions or downsizing. The goal of the program is to return certified dislocated workers to gainful employment through basic readjustment services and training. Employers hiring displaced workers may be eligible to receive funding for up to half of the costs of on-the-job training.
Services may include, but are not limited to:
- Rapid response to business closures and substantial layoffs
- Needs assessments
- Educational and occupational skills training in a classroom setting
- On-the-job skill training
- Direct job placement
- Relocation to a job beyond normal commuting distance
