Customized Training and Continuing Education

Customized Training and Continuing Education provides workplace training solutions for individuals, businesses, non-profit and government organizations to enhance workplace skills, improve performance, and maintain competitiveness in a global economy.

Customized Training Programs 

We offer:

  • Comprehensive training and curriculum development
  • Continuing Education & Customized Training Programs
  • Credit and Non-credit courses
  • Convenient locations & flexible scheduling
  • Cost effective training delivery
  • Mobile training simulators and equipment
  • Online and on-site training delivery

Types of training/education provided:

  • Training for new employees
  • Retraining for existing employees
  • Technical assistance
  • Research and development for new training programs
  • Continuing education for individuals and professional licensure

Program Areas include:

  • Health Care
  • Management and Professional Development
  • Manufacturing and Trades
  • Public Safety
  • Transportation
  • Workplace Safety

Healthcare:

The Community Health Worker (CHW) program will prepare you to obtain employment in a variety of organizations. Community Health Workers perform a broad range of health related functions and play an important role in bridging the gap between cultures and health care systems. A CHW will work with health care organizations to increase cultural competence, improve access to health care for racial and ethnic minorities, improve the quality of care for the chronically ill, promote healthy communities, and educate families about access to and use of health care coverage. 
This program is run as a cohort training and may not follow the semester schedules. For registration information please connect with roxanne.hayenga@mnwest.edu or 507-372-3468.

Management And Professional Development:

Developing the capacity to enhance the performance of others through personal and professional growth is essential to effective leadership for managers, management trainees, and skilled employees. Enhancing computer skills enables an organization to maximize productivity through the use of computers and technology. 

Training foundation for: 

  • Leadership and Workforce Development
  • Supervisory and Human Resource Management
  • EEOC Compliance Certified Harassment Training
  • Customer Service
  • Organizational Development
  • Performance Management
  • Computer & Technology Training

Transportation:

The transportation industry is one of the largest industries in the State impacting all industry sectors and individuals while employing a diverse workforce. Safety and proper training is critical for everyone involved. 
Customized Training Services provides driver training, safety, and certifications including: 

  • Commercial Driver License Training & Test Preparation
  • Pilot Car Certification
  • Commercial Vehicle Recertification

Manufacturing and Trades:

Today’s manufacturing industry is a fast-paced environment requiring efficient operations and a highly skilled workforce. Customized Training and Continuing Education offers specialized skills training by industry professionals designed to meet the needs of the manufacturer’s operation and workforce needs. 
Manufacturing process and skills training topics include:

  • Automation Skills
  • Process Improvement/Lean Manufacturing
  • Industrial Maintenance
  • Mechanical Power Transmission
  • Six Sigma Certification
  • Steam & Hot Water Boiler Training
  • Welding Credit & Non-Credit

Public Safety:

Public safety is vital to safe and healthy communities. Customized Training and Continuing Education specializes in training fire and rescue professionals, law enforcement officers and personnel, and emergency response professionals within the service area.

  • Fire Safety and Rescue training provides National Fire Protection Association 1001 Fire Fighter I & II and Haz-Mat Operations and Fire Fighter continuing education courses to the fire departments and fire safety professionals in the region. Training courses and curriculum meet the NFPA and Minnesota Fire Service Certification Board standards. Minnesota West instructors certified through the Minnesota Fire Service Certification Board meeting the qualifications of the NFPA 1001. Training delivery is highly mobile supported by classroom and hands-on learning using mobile training simulators including Confined Space, Live Burn, and Ventilation and is designed to meet specific needs of each department.
  • Law Enforcement and Personal Safety: Minnesota West is a POST Board accredited educational institution for Law Enforcement continuing education. We take training seriously because we know training can make the difference between life and death. Law Enforcement training programs are flexible and designed to assist peace officers and other law enforcement personnel with their work. The courses and curriculum are developed in collaboration with the Minnesota POST learning objectives, are Minnesota POST Board approved and delivered by POST Board approved instructors. Training may be customized for Law Enforcement Agencies, Security Organizations, and Business and Industry. 

Workplace Safety:

Maintaining a safe workplace is important for every business. Workplace safety education and training programs are an integral part of assuring safe practices in the workplace by minimizing the possibility of injury occurrence and limiting the exposure to liabilities. Training is provided by OSHA authorized, National Safety Council Advanced Safety Certified, and American Heart Association certified instructors. Courses meet the standards of the American Heart Association and Occupational Safety & Health Administration. 
Real-world safety and compliance training areas include: 

  • Construction Safety
  • OSHA Safety for Business & General Industry
  • Industrial Safety
  • Hazardous Materials Emergency Response
  • Electrical Safety
  • First Aid/CPR/AED/Blood Borne Pathogens
  • Employee Right to Know
  • Industrial Truck (Fork Lift)
  • Cosmetology

Minnesota West Marshall Center/Merit Center:

Minnesota Emergency Response & Industrial Training Center is located at 1001 Erie Road, Marshall, MN.

Minnesota West partners with the City of Marshall to provide highly specialized skills training and continuing education at the MERIT Center. The MERIT Center provides a site and state of the art equipment for training emergency responders including fire fighters, city and county law enforcement personnel, emergency medical service personnel, regional emergency managers, and business and industry personnel.

The MERIT Center is fully staffed with Minnesota West personnel for convenient programming delivery.

For more information about the training possibilities offered through Minnesota West Customized Training and Continuing Education, call the Marshall Center at 507-537-7530 or 1-800-658-2330. 
Check out our web site: www.mnwest.edu/customized-training