Training our State for the better

The Innovation Center works hand-in-hand with businesses and industries across the state to design training programs that directly meet workforce needs. Instead of years of schooling, participants can complete targeted certifications that prepare them to step into well-paying jobs quickly.

Skills for Success CDL training programs are offered at most of Alabama’s 24 community and technical colleges as part of the state’s rapid-training, workforce development push. CDL training is offered to students seeking a Class A license (for heavy and tractor-trailer driving) or Class B license (for lighter-weight vehicles including straight trucks, box trucks and large buses). Training is also available for Hazmat, Passenger and School Bus license endorsements.

Wallace Community College Dothan (WCCD) instructors provide the community with free training courses through Skills for Success to contribute those and other workforces.

The Alabama Community College System’s Innovation Center is transforming workforce training—making it modern, mobile, and meaningful. Through Skills for Success, Alabama’s colleges are redefining how career-driven learners engage with education by offering short, high impact training built for real life and real jobs.

Agriscience students enrolled at the Lowndes County Career Technical Center (LCCTC) gained a Career Readiness Indicator on April 17, completing a course which culminated in scholars earning their excavator certification through the Skills for Success Program.

Monday marks a milestone for Alabama’s technical education as sixteen students from across the state prepare to compete in the first-ever Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) competition at the Alabama SkillsUSA state championships. The three-day event, running April 21-23, represents over a year of planning and collaboration between the ACCS Innovation Center, Thompson Tractor Company, and dozens of high schools and career tech centers throughout Alabama.

Bevill State Workforce Solutions Division and BSCC Truck Driver Training program are now offering various program options for students — short-term certification, business and industry training and the ACCS Innovation Center’s Skills for Success behind-the-wheel training.

Alabama’s community colleges provide an affordable education and workforce development that prepares students for in-demand careers, from accounting, nursing and cosmetology to computer information systems and manufacturing.