Bloomfield Hills, MI: Workforce eTraining Solutions LLC/IFEA announced today consulting services and online training programs available to community colleges, One Stop Career Centers, and Technical Schools nationally to develop certificate and credit programs under the “American Graduation Initiative” President Barack Obama unveiled last week at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan to retrain workers. Funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Stimulus (http://www.aacn.nche.edu/
WETS/IFEA is also a training resource for government apprenticeship and workforce development programs under The President’s High-Growth Training Initiative. High-Growth job areas include Aerospace, Advanced Manufacturing, Construction, Healthcare and Information Technology. In collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training Office of the U.S. Department of Labor, WETS/IFEA provides the related training for these programs and can customize training to meet the needs of the business or agency. Together with its partners, WETS/IFEA provides conversion services and quality course development from world-renowned experts and authors respected in their field.
WETS/IFEA’s Virtual Campus is available to businesses, community colleges, federal, state, and local government employees, government agencies to retain and retrain workers and individual users around the world. Workforce eTraining Solutions LLC/IFEA is a distributor/
· Business
· Government
· Healthcare / Nursing* (Fall 2009)
· Homeland Security and Public Safety*
-Mandated Chemical and Port Security curriculum
· Human Capital
· Information Technology*
· Advanced Manufacturing / Industrial
-Aerospace and Construction
· K-12 Curriculum (Fall 2009)
· OSHA
· Re-entry Programs (Fall 2009)
· Vocational
*Denotes current certificate programs
**Courses available in multiple languages
The Law Enforcement programs are delivered through their sister company International Forensics eLearning Academy (IFEA) www.ifeaonline.com and are approved by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, launched in September 11, 2006 in during Homeland Security week.
The firm was created by native Detroiter Nilda Glenn Thomas, MBA/EB an Afro-Cuban Chinese American after being corporate-downsized several times in her career. Thomas took her professional experiences from the most influential technology companies she had worked with and her education to launch workforceetraining.com. Thomas’ unique blend of business, marketing, and technology savvy has earned her recognition in various publications. Ms. Thomas has over 20 years experience in information technology, distance learning, marketing, and strategic planning to corporate and government entities.
WETS/IFEA partners with clients to create virtual campuses for their organization providing affordable e-learning solutions that include a mix of content, learning management, collaboration and communication services. “We offer the advantages of a hosted solution to organizations that want quality training for their workforce without having to purchase or maintain an extensive online learning infrastructure”
Since its inception, Thomas has established relationships with businesses and several higher education entities in the Detroit Metro Area and nationally with plans to reach out to more offering Workforceetraining.com's OnlineExpert platform (and other e-learning technologies. “Community Colleges and organizations can choose from a variety of courses to develop unique curricula for their workforce or student population. More importantly, our courses are designed specifically for knowledge retention and to keep employees and students motivated and engaged in learning because online courses are taken in short segments”. The WETS/IFEA platform can also complement live training providing a blended learning solution.
WETS/IFEA Web-based system is available in flexible delivery formats for Internet and Intranet environments. Thomas says, “Our system provides anytime, anywhere learning….people in Africa, Mexico, Europe and other countries can take our courses which are offered in other languages.
“Our array of on-demand courses and web-based skills assessment, competency management, and employee performance tracking system will prepare your workforce for the 21st century and beyond”, said Thomas.
