Career EXCELerate | Wisconsin

Certified Nursing Assistant | Overview

• Eligibility: must be 16 years of age or older, able to pass a caregiver background check, submit to a tuberculosis (TB) test.
• Career EXCELerate is excited to partner with a variety of nurse aide (CNA) class providers in the counties we serve, whose course dates and times vary throughout the year. Please note that some classes are offered in a hybrid format and others are all in-person: Fox Valley Technical College, Healthcare Workforce Training Institute and Quality CNA Training.

• Your next step is to submit an interest form a representative will contact you in the next 5 business days. 

Certified Direct Care Professional | Overview

• Eligibility: must be 16 years of age or older and live in the counties served through this program.
• Career EXCELerate is proud to offer access to an online course available in partnership with WisCaregiver Careers across Wisconsin, through the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay and the WI Department of Health Services.
• Your next step is to submit an interest form a representative will contact you in the next 5 business days.

Patient Care Technician | Overview

• Eligibility: must be 16 years of age or older, able to pass a caregiver background check, submit to a tuberculosis (TB) test, and live in the counties served through this program.
• Career EXCELerate is excited to partner with the following provider, whose in-person course dates and time vary throughout the year: Fox Valley Technical College - Appleton Campus
• Your next step is to submit an interest form a representative will contact you in the next 5 business days.

Pharmacy Technician | Overview

• Eligibility: must be 18 years of age or older and live in the counties served through this program.
• Earn your certification through National Healthcareer Association as a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT credential).
• Your next step is to submit an interest form a representative will contact you in the next 5 business days.

Welding Fundamentals | Overview

• Eligibility: must be 18 years of age or older and live in the counties served through this program.
• Course dates and times are variable, please submit an interest form to learn more about start dates and course schedule. 
• Your next step is to submit an interest form a representative will contact you in the next 5 business days.

Manufacturing Technician | Overview

• Eligibility: must be 18 years of age or older and live in the counties served through this program.
• Course dates and times are variable, please submit an interest form to learn more about start dates and course schedule. 
• Your next step is to submit an interest form a representative will contact you in the next 5 business days.

Professional Truck Driving - Class A CDL | Overview

• Eligibility: must be 18 years of age or older and live in the counties served through this program.
• Course dates and times are variable, please submit an interest form to learn more about start dates and course schedule. 
• Your next step is to submit an interest form a representative will contact you in the next 5 business days.

Bus Driving - Class B CDL | Overview

• Eligibility: must be 21 years of age or older.
• Course dates and times are variable, please submit an interest form to learn more about start dates and course schedule. 
• Your next step is to submit an interest form a representative will contact you in the next 5 business days.

Available locations

Mechanical Maintenance | Overview

• Eligibility: must be 18 years of age or older.
• Course dates and times are variable, please submit an interest form to learn more about start dates and course schedule. 
• Your next step is to submit an interest form a representative will contact you in the next 5 business days.

Available locations

Electrical Maintenance | Overview

• Eligibility: must be 18 years of age or older.
• Course dates and times are variable, please submit an interest form to learn more about start dates and course schedule. 
• Your next step is to submit an interest form a representative will contact you in the next 5 business days.

Available locations

How it Works

Connecting
with us:

A prospective student can either be referred by a local agency or apply for one of the educational certificate options by

• Completing the form below

or

• Connecting with a program specialist at 920-204-7002.

Understanding your interests:

The program specialist will meet with the prospective student to

• Understand career interests.

• Offer skills-training opportunities.

• Identify any resources needed for a student to participate and be successful in completing the program.

Navigating your personalized experience:

The goal of the program is to ensure that participants have all the tools needed to navigate their pathway.

• Choose a career path.

• Get real-life job experiences.

• Discover opportunities to launch a fulfilling career.

Meet your success team

Goodwill NCW, Fox Valley Technical College and Rawhide Youth Services are teaming up to help students with personalized ongoing support to launch their career at no cost to the student.

Career EXCELerate Interest Form

To learn more, please complete the form and a program specialist will contact you to understand your interests and match them with available options.

Questions about this program? Contact us.

This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP0135 awarded to Goodwill via the Wisconsin Workforce Innovation Grant Program by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.