Workforce Development & Community Education

The primary objective of the Workforce Development and Community Education Department is to assist individuals, businesses, industry, and the community through training and education. All offerings are intended to strengthen and enhance career, personal, and educational goals. Programs and training can be delivered at our campuses, at the jobsite, or online.

Our goal is to contribute to the economic viability of our community by developing and maintaining an up-to-date and well-trained workforce. Belmont College stands ready to help improve our region’s workforce productivity and profitability.

Broad-based training, addressing the latest in business and industry issues, can be provided at our campuses, at any jobsite, or online with a schedule and customized training that meets any business’s specific needs.

We also understand that an area’s economic viability relies on its’ ability to attract and retain great people. Community Education provides courses based upon our community’s interests and needs. These programs are designed to help individuals upgrade skills, increase knowledge, learn new hobbies, advance careers, solve problems, and stimulate thinking.

Topics may include the latest in computer software, starting your own business, personal finance, tax preparation, art, music, dance, foreign and sign languages, business skills, safety training, local history, and Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) for specific disciplines.

Designed to prepare students in grades 6-8 to be safe when they’re home alone, watching younger siblings, or babysitting.

The instructor-led class is filled with fun games and role-playing exercises. Students even get to use manikins to practice rescue skills like choking rescue and CPR!

Ohio’s Adult Diploma Program is brought to you by the Ohio Department of Education, in partnership with educational providers in southeastern Ohio. This program offers a high school diploma to Ohio residents, 20 and older. Graduates of this program will receive a state-issued high school diploma as well as credentials and training for an in-demand career field. Choose from Commercial Drivers License (CDL), medical careers and skilled trades. Best of all, it’s free! Belmont College is approved for the following programs: State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Basic, EMT Advanced, CDL, and the Welding Fabricator Certificate program. Other programs may be added in the future. For more information, please contact the Belmont College Workforce Development Department at 740.699.3969.

The Belmont College Truck Driving Academy (BCTDA) offers a comprehensive program that exceeds maximum state requirements for obtaining a Class A commercial driver’s license. Highly qualified, experienced instructors will provide the most comprehensive, affordable training in the state. Students will receive practice time behind the wheel from state-certified instructors, licensed with the Ohio Division of Public Safety and with a minimum of three years’ experience. BCTDA will provide one week of classroom instruction and four weeks of theoretical and practical instruction for the purpose of truck driving training. Over-the-road training will be conducted on roads and highways within a 100-mile radius of St. Clairsville, Ohio. The CDL course is a five-week, full-time day course, which meets Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The 80-hour Home Inspection Certification class is designed to satisfy the educational requirements needed to be a licensed home inspector in the State of Ohio. The course is based on Ohio Licensure curriculum recommendations and covers the home inspection business, report writing, ethics, and building deterioration processes. Students will be required to complete a number of home inspections during the course and have their reports critiqued by the instructor. Each student will be supplied with the course textbook and home inspection toolkit along with a 90-day subscription to Palm-Tech Home Inspection Report Writing software. The course meets Monday through Friday from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm for two weeks.

Belmont College has partnered with Hondros College to offer our Online Real Estate Program. For more details on this partnership, please visit the the Real Estate Courses page.

The program provides both technical and practical training which will help to enable students to function as a competent entry-level pharmacy technician.

Students who complete the program will receive a Pharmacy Technician Certificate of Completion from Belmont College. In addition, this course prepares students to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) exam. Upon completion of the PTCB exam, students’ qualifications will meet or exceed Pharmacy Technician employment requirements in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

For more information, or to register for classes, please contact the Workforce Development and Advancement Office 740.695.9500.

Education and skills are essential for today’s changing economy. A highly competitive industry rewards workers who possess sound general knowledge that enables them to adapt to changes in the workplace and continually learn new job skills.

Belmont College’s Contract Training service provides leadership in workforce training, supports the economic development of the region, and delivers efficient customized, solution-driven training programs.

College credit or non-credit formats are available. Listed below are some of our most popular training subjects:

  • Microsoft Office
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Project
  • Industrial Safety
  • Internet/Email
  • Problem Solving
  • Supervision
  • Management
  • Customer Service
  • Business Writing
  • College Preparation
  • Electrical Circuits
  • Instrumentation
  • SafeLand
  • Project Management
  • IV Therapy
  • Welding (American Welding Society Certification)
  • Statistical Quality Control
  • AutoCAD
  • Drug-Free Workplace
  • Nurse Aide (STNA)
  • Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
  • Water/Wastewater Treatment
  • Refrigeration Certification
  • HVAC
  • Blueprint Reading
  • AC and DC Motors
  • ARC Flash
  • OSHA 10 and 30
  • Oil & Gas Related Training
  • Commercial Truck Driving (CDL)
  • Continuing Education Units (CEU’s)

Meeting the needs of our region for trained professional firefighters and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel is another critical mission of Belmont College. Whether training for professional fire and EMS occupations, or as volunteers in our community, Belmont College stands ready to provide the highest quality training, to accrediting body standards.

Some of our most popular public service trainings include:

EMS

  • First Aid/CPR
  • Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
  • Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) (Credit)
  • EMS Continuing Education Units
  • EMS Instructor
  • Advanced EMT (Credit)
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Paramedic (Credit)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • Pediatric Emer. Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS)
  • International Trauma Life Support Adult Provider
  • International Trauma Life Support Pediatric Provider

Fire

  • Firefighter Training (Volunteer)
  • Firefighter Training (Level I) (Credit)
  • Firefighter Training (Level II) (Credit)
  • Fire Safety Inspector
  • Hazard Recognition Officer
  • Fire Instructor
  • Live Fire Instructor
  • Emergency Vehicle Operations (EVOC)
  • HazMat Awareness and Operations
  • Technical Rescue

For more information or to register for any of these classes, call 740.699.3866 or go to the Workforce & Community Education section of our website.

The Energy Institute of Belmont College has been established to assist in the training and re-training of individuals for the production, conservation, and utilization of our current and future sources of energy. Belmont College has been in the energy business since the 1970’s preparing workers for employment in local coal and electricity industries. With the advent of new sources of energy in our area, Belmont College is working closely with energy employers to provide the necessary training for their future workers. The Energy Institute works with College departments to assist in providing real world training that is flexible to meet the current and projected needs of the energy industry. The Institute’s broad approach in programming includes training and education in the coal, electric, alternative energy, and oil/gas industries.

Some of the recent training offered by the College meets the short-term needs of industry by providing Workforce Development Skills training, including safety certifications and CDL drivers training. Longer term training includes one- year industry specific certificates. Many of our legacy two-year degrees encourage an energy emphasis option specific to the needs of local employers.

College technical programs that include an energy emphasis are Civil Engineering, Energy and Natural Resources, Industrial Electronics, Water Quality Control and Instrumentation and Control. Areas where a certificate may be earned are Oil and Gas Accounting, Natural Resources, Process Control, Rockwell Automation, and Welding. Training for specific job skills is available from Belmont College’s Workforce Development department and include SafeLand Oil and Gas safety training, OSHA (10 hr.) Safety training, Mine Safety Training (40 hr. and 80 hr.), American Welding Society (AWS) Certifications in Welder Fabricator and Pipeline Welder Helper I, Pipeline Field Skills and Commercial Driver’s License Training (CDL).

Individual courses such as: Introduction to Oil and Gas and Introduction to Geographic Information Systems may be taken individually or as part of a certificate or degree program.

General office, CDL, heavy equipment, general labor, and welders represent natural gas workforce occupations that will dominate Belmont and surrounding counties. Belmont College offers strong programs in accounting, business, management, leadership, entrepreneurship, and legal office associate degrees and certificates. Additionally, Belmont College offers Civil Engineering, Energy and Natural Resources, Industrial Electronics, and Instrumentation and Control degrees to support well pad operations, processing plants, and compression stations.

Belmont College has partnered with Akron University to offer a Bachelor’s degree in Surveying Technology. A student starts their classes at Belmont College earning an Associates degree in Civil Engineering Technology and then continues taking classes at the Belmont College campus from Akron University leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in Survey Technology. With this degree a graduate is able to become a state-licensed professional surveyor.