Craft Your Professional Story One Course at a Time With Western New York Works
Enter one of our region’s rapidly rising industries with a hands-on, hyper-relevant series of classes. Build better business and tech skills to manage everything from invoices and project schedules to web presence, or practice the procedures that make healthcare more efficient, accurate and accessible to all.
From “Yes, I’m ready!” licensure and certification to ongoing professional development, your local State University of New York (SUNY) college keeps your goals close, achievable and convenient. Sign up today to set the next stage of your career in motion.
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About WNY Works Job Training Courses
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Of one-off courses available through ASC, GCC and JCC.
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Online and hybrid options let you learn on your schedule.
Ed2Go
Our extended offerings expand your training opportunities.
Alfred State College (ASC)
ASC’s short-term courses recognize that curiosity emerges at all life stages. Here’s how you can pursue it and pick up something new in the process.
Police Academy
Learn entry-level field fundamentals and access training that takes you through your department’s ranks.
Center for Extended Learning
Make your way in and make your way up with short-term job training courses and exam prep for manufacturing, construction, healthcare and other fields that offer a steady stream of openings.
Collaborative High School Program
Work with ASC to develop career-centric courses for high schoolers — or send your students here to attend a class on campus.
Online Courses
Each season, an extensive schedule of BannerWeb courses lets you explore every possible interest or check off key career milestones.
Genesee Community College (GCC)
Creating a competitive workforce comes down to what employees can do (and, often, create themselves). GCC’s BEST Center gives local businesses a hiring boost with courses that offer immediate value and also help drive Western New York’s overall growth.
Professional Development
Build skills that build out vital sectors of our economy, beginning here. Sign up to quickly start a career in construction, law enforcement, manufacturing, healthcare, the legal field or people management.
Workforce Development
Design a talent pipeline to enrich your bottom line with courses taught by expert trainers and consultants that can be tailored to different industries and group sizes.
Technical Programs
This hands-on introduction to our region’s most important industries helps you secure skills that yield a steady stream of income.
Online Training
What will you learn the next time you log in? GCC’s convenient, flexible courses expand your mind and the opportunities available to you.
Jamestown Community College (JCC)
Why make do when you can quickly make a career that works for you at JCC? These job training courses get you up to speed and get you the life you want.
Customized Training
Power your profits with progressive training for entry-level workers, soon-to-be executives and everyone in between.
Advanced Manufacturing
The professionals who know our industries teach their ins and outs in these intensive, three-month training courses designed to get you in the door.
CareerStep
Step into the healthcare field with online courses that train you for entry-level roles and stack onto JCC’s certificates and degrees.
Online Courses
JCC opens its online and hybrid courses to anyone who meets the requirements.
Employers and Partners
We’ve put together every possible professional development opportunity we could think of for our region’s workforce. Or, work with us to create a custom training program for your staff.
Ed2Go Courses
This way to learn more! With courses offered by our online partner, you can pick, choose and plan a path that’s entirely unique to your professional and personal development.
| Alfred State College | Genesee Community College | Jamestown Community College |
| Summer/Winter Terms and Non-Credit Courses: Extended Learning Office ccet@alfredstate.edu 607-587-4015 | BEST Center bestcenter@genesee.edu 585-345-6868 BEST Center Registration | Workforce Development Workforce@mail.sunyjcc.edu Jamestown Campus: 716-338-1005 Cattaraugus County Campus: 716-376-7506 North County Center: 716-363-6500 |
| Fall and Spring Semesters: Center for Online Learning onlinelearning@alfredstate.edu 607-587-3457 | Director of Online Learning Dr. Laura Parmenter 716-338-1256 |