Available Courses:

Pre-Licensing Real Estate 

Date: TBD
Located: TBD
Schedule: TBD 
Details: This course will prepare students to sit for the West Virginia Real Estate Salesperson licensing exam. David E. Chinn Jr., will bring his extensive experience and success in the field, offering students valuable insight into both the technical and practical aspects of the profession.
Cost: $540, eligible for HEAPS funding

Backyard Medicine Chest: 

Date: Sept. 29
Located: Nicholas County Campus 
Schedule: 5-8 p.m. 
Cost: $25 with an additional $10 paid to the instructor at the time of the class for the take homes from the class.
Description: The class will cover how to take 13 common backyard weeds and turn them into a medicine chest for all the bumps, scrapes and troubles that can happen in a household. We will discuss all types of medicines, compresses, salves, tinctures, electuraries, and others. Be able to cure bee stings, and stop minor bleeding, or smooth that upset stomach. Recognize the potential of the weeds in the backyard growing freely.
Instructor Information: Angle brings decades of herbal knowledge and experience to the classroom. She first became interested in herbal teas in her twenties after discovering she could not take certain pharmaceutical medications. Mentored by renowned author Dr. Judy Griffin, Angle now cultivates more than 100 herbs at Grassy Creek Farm in Leivasy, West Virginia. A WVU-certified Master Gardener, Angle also holds a Master of Business Administration
degree. She has shared her knowledge through her long-running column, “Bette’s Beds,” in
the Nicholas Chronicle and other regional publications.

Commercial Driving License 

Dates: 
• Learners Prep Session: TBD
• Class A CDL training: TBD
Located: Advanced Technology Center
Cost for Class: $4,135
Cost for Learners Prep Session: $4,824
• Tuition fees eligible for Workforce WV WIOA funding and Future Workforce Grant.
• Student still required to pay the $100 exam fee.
Schedule: This 8-week program meets on Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Times may vary when doing evening and night driving)
• Test for the CDL Class A learners permit must be taken at the end of the first week.
• Must complete DOT Physical and have a test card ready to test at the end of the week.
• Students who already have a CDL Class A learners permit, class will begin on week 2 with the Entry Level Driver Training required by the Federal Motor Carriers.
Details: All students are required to pay $100 to examiner at the time of the driver’s test.
• The driving test will be administered the last week of class. Hours of practice time are available if a retest is needed. Time will be scheduled individually.

For more information see the program fact sheet.

Heavy Equipment Operations

Date: TBD
Located: Advanced Technology Center
Schedule: Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Details: This course will address the growing demand for skilled heavy equipment operators in the construction, excavation, and site development industries. This program provides students with hands-on training in operating dozers, skid steers, mini excavators, and backhoes, combined with essential coursework in safety, equipment maintenance, and site assessment. By aligning with OSHA safety standards and the industry’s best practices, this program prepares students for high-demand, high-pay careers.
Cost: $3,264