WVNCC Launches
New Center for Business
and Industrial Training
As one of the largest institutions of
higher education in the Upper Ohio
Valley, West Virginia Northern Community
College (WVNCC) offers more than 70
programs and nearly 20 specialized
two-plus-two transfer programs. WVNCC
takes pride in its proactive approach to
economic development and strengthening
the communities it serves.
training programs for companies, and
West Virginia companies may qualify
for assistance in paying for the training.
Perhaps the best part about the new
Center for Business and Industrial
Training is that its training is completely
customizable. Businesses are
encouraged to reach out to WVNCC if
there is a course or training they need
for employees that is not yet offered.
“If there is a business that needs a
certain type of training for its employees,
we can conduct it ourselves or will
connect them with someone who
can,” says WVNCC’s Vice President of
Economic & Workforce Development
Larry Tackett. “It is remarkable the
talent we have at WVNCC. We want
individuals and businesses of all sizes
to know we are here to help.”
It is that sense of pride that has inspired
the recent launch of the WVNCC
Economic & Workforce Development
Division’s Center for Business and
Industrial Training, which offers expanded
industrial and business training on a
variety of topics to local and regional
companies. These courses complement
and expand the customizable training
currently offered to companies and will
be conducted on one of WVNCC’s
three campuses—Wheeling, Weirton
or New Martinsville—or on-site at a
company’s request.
Courses will include but are not limited
to welding, hydraulics, pneumatics,
electricity, information technology,
entrepreneurship, customer service,
bookkeeping, OSHA, SafeLand and ARC
Flash Safety. In addition to individual
training courses, WVNCC can also
develop and administer comprehensive
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