Preemployment training to help learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed before employment with a company. Businesses often select employees from these classes.
Postemployment training to help employees acquire technical skills using specialized equipment in settings that often cannot be simulated outside the industrial facility. Company personnel are often engaged as instructors, and training continues until the new employee can work independently.
Upgrade training to prepare an individual for advancement in responsibilities or job classification. This type of training is unique to the industries served and covers a wide range of topics.
Retraining to enable employees to gain new skills needed in response to changes in production processes or technologies.
Development of Training Materials for use by businesses and industries. In collaboration with the Research and Curriculum Unit at Mississippi State University, the ECCC workforce development coordinator oversees the development of training manuals, videos, and CDs customized to the individual industry.
Training is also available to help supervisors improve skills in communication, problem solving, fact-based decision making, motivation, team building, managing change, and related topics.
Training courses are delivered not only on the ECCC campus in Decatur, Mississippi, but also at the Louisville Career Advancement Center at the heart of Winston County as well as several other sites.
Specialized training for specific industries can be provided through the center or at the workplace.
Mississippi’s Workforce Investment Network (WIN) offers a one-stop approach to employment and training services, serving employers and job seekers alike. It brings together available federal, state, and local workforce programs and services and makes them readily accessible via WIN Job Centers and Internet sites.
Each center provides easy access to services in the areas of employment, education, training, human services, and economic development.
A WIN Job Center in Louisville is managed by the Three Rivers Planning and Development District in Pontotoc, Mississippi. Call the district office at 662-489-2415 or the Louisville center at 662-773-5051 for more information.