Training
Companies in the Northeast Florida area have access to a wide variety of recruiting, employment and customized training programs that ensure quick, high-quality staffing. WorkSource, the regional workforce development organization, offers access to the largest pool of employment applicants in the area and can even begin the screening process before businesses relocating to Jacksonville arrive. The organization acts as a partner to a company's human resource department during business start-ups and business expansions, and its services are offered at no cost.
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Florida Community College (FCCJ)
Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ) is linking technology, training and growth through two centers: the Advanced Technology Center and the Urban Resource Center. The Advanced Technology Center will provide an available workforce that is ready when needed and trained in the right skills to work with technology-dependent employers. Programs support aviation and aerospace; medical equipment and technologies; motor vehicle parts and accessories; biotechnology; and electronics and semiconductors. For more information about the Advanced Technology Center, contact Mr. Gary E. Krupa, director, at (904) 598-5699.
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The Urban Resource Center, also through FCCJ, offers an unmatched capability to meet the workforce training needs of existing and potential employers. By working for, with and through the private sector, the Urban Resource Center delivers educational opportunities to a segment of the community that would otherwise be excluded from educational advancement. The Center's services include assessment, workforce readiness, job placement, custom training, computer education, medical programs, dual enrollment, electronic classrooms and the office of the future.
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Aviation/Aerospace Center of Excellence
Cecil Commerce Center is the site of the Aviation/Aerospace Center of Excellence, designed to train secondary and community college-level students in airframe and power plant certification. This program prepares students to maintain and repair aircraft, which results in the strengthening of the aviation industry in Northeast Florida.
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Higher Education
The Northeast Florida region has numerous colleges and universities for higher education. Students can obtain an associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, or law degree, or just take a class for career advancement. Opportunities for higher education are plentiful on the First Coast, both at public and private institutions.
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