Course Schedule

Workforce
Development
Center

Johnston Community College Continuing Education can provide economical, customized training to meet the needs of local businesses, industries, and organizations. Courses can be offered in the workplace for your convenience or on the Johnston Community College campus.

Occupational Extension

Occupational Extension courses are single classes specifically designed to provide training that upgrades the skills of employees or retrains individuals for new employment in different occupational fields. Courses are normally scheduled upon request of the company or organization and can be tailored to a specific skill area.

In-Plant Training

In-Plant Training is a limited application occupational extension program that is used when duplicating a business or industry work environment at the college is not feasible. The college staff provides training course development services to local business and industry.

New and Expanding Industry Training

The New and Expanding Industry program is to promote the expansion of existing industries and to assist in the training of employees for new industries being established in North Carolina. Upon request from a new or expanding industry, JCC will provide a training program individualized to meet the firm's specific needs. Approved training programs for new and expanding industries are funded by the State of North Carolina.

Focused Industrial Training

Focused Industrial Training provides more extensive occupational extension courses in critical industrial skills without the usual constraints, such as minimum class enrollment.

Basic Skills Programs

Adult Basic Education offers persons eighteen and older the opportunity to develop essential language and math skills needed by everyone in modern society. The program is designed to help individuals better understand information and make decisions that affect their lives.

English as a Second Language is a program that provides instructional opportunities for adult limited English proficient students to acquire skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension of the English language and acculturation to the society of the United States.

Adult High School Diploma Program, co-sponsored by JCC and the Johnston County Board of Education, is designed to meet the needs of those adults who have not completed high school.

Small Business Center

The Small Business Center was created to deliver technical and managerial assistance to small business owners and prospective owners by providing information, education and training, counseling and referral, and other technical/managerial assistance as appropriate.