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2023 - 2024 Catalog [ARCHIVED PUBLICATION]

Workforce Development

Workforce Development seeks to enhance the quality of life for all by providing educational services that promote personal, professional, and economic development in the greater New Orleans area. 

Workforce Development is designed to provide education and training to meet the needs of business and industry, to administer customer-driven assessment and training as an inducement to secure new value-added businesses to our region, to respond to permanent closures and layoffs, as well as to provide existing businesses with the necessary training for expansion. This unit serves as a forecasting mechanism for industry growth by providing leadership to the business community in identifying and training for emerging workforce trends and technologies. Through these comprehensive initiatives, Delgado’s Workforce Development approach allows employers to retrain, upgrade, and attract a skilled workforce pool to our region.

Through targeted outreach and by utilizing a variety of traditional and non-traditional delivery systems, Workforce Development provides flexible educational services, including continuing education, professional development, and customized training for business, industry, and governmental agencies. Delgado’s Workforce Development provides services such as the following:

  • Customized Training
  • Short-Term, Compressed Courses
  • Industry-Based Certification Training
  • Corporate, Community, and Continuing Education
  • Incumbent Worker Training 
  • Educational Community Outreach 
  • Competency-Based Training

Courses and training are offered at the Delgado City Park and West Bank Campuses, the Maritime and Industrial Training Center, Delgado Sidney Collier Site in New Orleans East, Delgado Jefferson Site, and the American Job Center / Jefferson Business and Career Solutions Center in Gretna.

Maritime and Industrial Training Center

The 18,600 sq. ft. Maritime and Industrial Training Center is a state-of-the-art U.S. Coast Guard-approved facility. The Center, located at 13200 Old Gentilly Road in New Orleans, La., is directly adjacent to our 3.3-acre industrial complex and fire field that has been servicing the maritime and industrial sectors since 1978. This Center provides industry-based certification courses in a variety of Marine and Industrial Fire Fighting, Safety, Marine Engineering, and Radar Navigation. The main thrust of the center’s business is Domestic Inland Waterways, Petrochemical, and Offshore Oil and Gas. The facility was designed to accommodate the needs of corporate clients and provide adult learners with an effective educational environment. 

The Center houses a Simulator Suite comprised of three interactive Full Mission Bridge simulators, with a simulation so realistic, it can actually make trainees seasick. Simulators are designed with the most updated equipment available in the world today, including Z-Drive controls. Training is offered for maritime personnel in the region and can be applied to personnel on vessels in waterways around the world. ​Brand new to the suite is a Dynamic Positioning simulator approved by OSVDPA, which will allow Delgado to measure a Dynamic Positioning Operator’s mastery of the knowledge and use of a vessel’s dynamic positioning and the skills that are essential to safe Dynamic Positioning operations. 

The Delgado Maritime and Industrial Training Center offers a variety of U.S. Coast Guard-approved courses, allowing for professional certifications in many areas. Additionally, we are able to design comprehensive, customized training for companies in the maritime industry.

One of the newest and most exciting offerings is Virtual Reality Incident Command Training that provides exercises for crisis professionals at a tactical and strategic level. This flexible simulation program allows the instructor to develop scenarios to meet specific company needs, and the instructor controls the level of emergency in the scenario. The software is used to practice the logistical aspects of contingency planning across the entire emergency services chain, with the objective of seeing how participants working together, in any given scenario, deal with the efficient deployment of resources.

For more information call (504) 671-6620, or visit Maritime and Industrial Training website.

Corporate, Community, and Continuing Education

Continuing Education 

Continuing Education was established in 1979 to make education more accessible to the public and to meet community needs that are not served by traditional college instruction. Formerly known by other names (e.g., Community Campus), the purpose of Continuing Education has remained the same: to offer lifelong learning opportunities for students seeking professional development and/or personal enrichment. The course catalog changes continuously to reflect the ever-evolving needs of the individuals and businesses throughout the region, and classes are designed with varying educational backgrounds and goals in mind. Continuing Education classes begin on a staggered schedule throughout each semester and include on-site classes and online instructor-led and self-paced classes.

Current course categories include 2D Graphics, Computer and Office Skills, Food and Beverage, Healthcare; History, Information and Technology, Languages and Communication, Photography, Professional Tour Guiding, Youth Programs and Camps, and more.

For more information, visit the Continuing Education website, call (504) 671-6474, or email noncredit@dcc.edu.

Business, Industry, and Corporate Customized Training 

Customized training provides the opportunity for organizations to receive specialized training solutions to fulfill their specific development needs and assesses the learning needs of employees and prepares a prescribed instructional design and delivery strategy. The goal is to create customized content that will leave employees empowered with enhanced skill sets, thereby increasing productivity and driving revenue growth. Services and training available include the following:

  • Organizational needs assessment
  • Custom training development, design, and delivery
  • Testing and Assessments - Basic Academic Skills, Career, and Occupational Skills
  • Consulting
  • Training delivery via lecture, online, or any combination
  • Incumbent Worker Training Grants
  • NCCER Core
  • OSHA Training
  • Construction Site Safety Training (CSST)
  • Information Technology Training - Delgado Community College is an official Cisco Networking Academy and a CompTia Academy Partner. We provide theoretical knowledge and hands-on labs to prepare individuals for Cisco and CompTia certifications. 

For more information, call (504) 671-5676.

Community-Based Workforce Training Initiatives   

In response to the need for workforce training in the Greater New Orleans Area, the W.I.O.A. and Intensive Services training promote economic independence, self-respect, and confidence, and provide training in an environment that is student-oriented and instruction that uses innovative technology. For more information, call (504) 671-6465.

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses helps small businesses create jobs and economic opportunity by providing entrepreneurs with greater access to business education, financial capital, and business support services. Small business owners gain practical business knowledge and skills that can be put to work immediately, such as contract negotiation, marketing, accounting, business processes, and people management.

Small business owners selected for the program attend a highly practical 11-session business management education program that meets at Delgado Community College. Participants also commit six to eight hours per week for out-of-class activities geared toward their business. The benefits of the program include the following:

  • Practical Business Education: Learn practical and immediately applicable skills to grow businesses.
  • Business Support Services: Receive one-on-one business advising to help develop a strategic and tailored plan for growth.
  • Potential Capital to Expand: Acquire opportunities and tools to position businesses to access capital.
  • Network of Support: Gain access to a team of entrepreneurs (nationally and locally) with similar experiences and challenges.
  • Alumni Services: Obtain opportunities to participate in business services and networking events after completing the program.

The program at Delgado Community College is designed for owners of small businesses who:

  • Generate minimum revenues of $75,000 per year
  • Have been in business for at least two years
  • Employ at least two people, including themselves (full-time or part-time)
  • Operate a scalable business with potential for growth

Delgado Community College staff members are available to assist with the application process. For more information, visit www.10ksbapply.com, call (504) 671-5555, or email 10ksb@dcc.edu.

Incumbent Worker Training Program   

The Incumbent Worker Training Program (IWTP) provides grant funding for customized training to benefit business and industry in Louisiana by assisting in the skills development of existing employees. Through a customized client-driven training program; employers can effectively strengthen employees’ technical and non-technical skills, retain their current workforce, provide career advancement opportunities for employees, and create new opportunities for jobseekers, thereby enhancing economic development in the region and the State. 

Delgado Community College’s Workforce Development Division is a value-added training partner that assists Louisiana based companies through the grant life cycle. Our staff and faculty provide grant management services and assist with developing and delivering customized training to ensure companies achieve their goals.  

The Incumbent Worker Training Program was introduced in 1999 when Delgado Workforce Development received approximately $1 million in grant funding. Workforce Development, on behalf of Delgado Community College, has received over $31 million in grant funding, provided training for over 51 businesses, and trained over 18,000 employees. The program is funded by a portion of Louisiana’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax contributions; therefore, employers are eligible to apply if they have been contributing to the state’s UI taxes, employ 15 or more people, and have been in business in Louisiana for at least 3 years.

For more information, email kgross@dcc.edu or call (504) 671-3434.

 

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