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Skills Training Programs

Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota's Skills Training Programs offer participants the opportunity to achieve independence and career goals. Participants develop the skills required for entry-level jobs in careers with the potential for career advancement. Graduates from some programs earn wages well above minimum wage and benefits, including health insurance.

 


How to apply

To apply for the Automotive, Bank, Bank Reconciliation, Construction training programs you must attend a Skills Training Information Session, for which the schedule is below. At the session, a staff member will assist you with eligibility and application requirements.


How to apply for Forklift or Retail Skills Training

Eligibility is dependent upon location, personal factors and funding. The quickest and simplest way to learn whether you qualify for services is to contact an intake coordinator. For contact information, visit our How to Apply page.

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All Goodwill/Easter Seals training programs are available to those who meet eligibility requirements and who complete required pre-requisites.

Automotive Skills Training participant picture

Automotive Skills Training
Prepare for an entry-level position in the automobile servicing industry.

Bank Skills Training graduate photo Bank Skills Training
Participants learn all they need to know to enter the banking industry.
Bank Reconciliation Skills Training graduate Bank Reconciliation Skills Training
Participants acquire skills needed to reconcile bank accounts and more.
Construction Skills graduate participant photo, Travis

Construction Skills Training
Pre-apprentice training provides the skills required to work in this unionized industry.

Forklift training participant photoa Forklift Skills Training
This short certification program teachs participants to operate warehouse machinery.
Retail Skills Training graduate photo

Retail Skills Training
Participants acquire soft skills while also working in a real-world environment.


About our Skills Training Programs

Developed by experts

All of Goodwill/Easter Seals industry-specific skills training programs are developed and improved in partnership with local business and workforce development experts. They provide consulting to ensure that the program meets and exceeds standards for the industry. After implementation and testing, workforce development partners continue to provide expertise and consulting on a Business Advisory Council.

Award-winning training

Goodwill/Easter Seals earned the 2003 and 2005 Family Strengthening Award sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.  


For more information about Goodwill/Easter Seals, please contact us. We welcome your financial support to help us meet the growing need for our services. Why give to Goodwill/Easter Seals?

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