Continuing Education Division
Small Business Center The underlying objective of the Small Business Center Network in the NC Community College System is to increase the success rate and number of small businesses in North Carolina. Business and Industry Service Programs through the Small Business Center are classes designed for education of the potential and existing entrepreneur. The program calls for the SBC to provide the following range of services: 1. Seminars, workshops, one-on-one, free confidential counseling, and an entrepreneurial core curriculum. 2. Direct to small business owners and prospective owners. 3. Network of linkages with chambers of commerce, volunteer consultants, business associations, economic development agencies, Certified Public Accountants, educational consultants and instructors, and other groups. 4. A resource and information center for small business owners or prospective owners.
Customized Training Program One of the basic objectives of Beaufort County Community College is to stimulate the creation of more challenging and rewarding jobs for the people of the service area by providing a customized training service to industries. Subject to minimal limitations, the College in cooperation with the Economic and Workforce Development Division of the North Carolina Community College System, will design and administer special programs for training. These programs include the following services: 1. Consultation in determining job description; defining areas of training; and prescribing appropriate course outlines, training schedules, and materials. 2. Selecting and training of instructors. These instructors may be recruited from the company and from outside sources. 3. Payment of instructor’s wages for the duration of the training program. 5. Assumption of installation costs of equipment in the temporary training facility. These programs are further designed to improve and enhance people’s skills and competencies in their job, as well as their relationships with others. Programs can be customized and developed to meet existing needs and can be held on the campus or within an individual plant or organization. Qualified instructors are provided without charge to the employer.
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