Worker Retraining
Retrain for a New Job or Career
Are you unemployed? The Worker Retraining Program can help you with resources to retrain for a new job or career.
You could be eligible for Worker Retraining support for any of the following reasons:
- Receiving—or eligible to receive—unemployment benefits
- Have exhausted unemployment benefits within the past four years
- Formerly self-employed and currently unemployed due to general economic conditions
- Unemployed veteran discharged within the past four years
- Unemployed or underemployed after having been dependent on another family member’s income, but no longer supported by that income due to separation, divorce, death, or permanent disability of the main wage-earner.
- A vulnerable worker (at risk of being unemployed) who meets two of the following three
requirements:
- Your job is not in demand. (See the Local Area Demand/Decline Occupations list.)
- You do not have 45 college credits.
- You must upgrade your skills to remain employed in your current job.
Non-transfer degrees:
- Accounting
- Agriculture
- Automotive Technology
- Business, General
- Business Computer Technology
- Chemical Dependency Studies
- Computer Technology - Network Administration
- Criminal Justice
- Early Childhood Education
- Environmental Systems and Refrigeration Technology
- Fire Science
- Graphic Design
- Industrial Technology - Aerospace Electronics
- Industrial Technology - Electronics
- Industrial Technology - Machining
- Natural Resources
- Pharmacy Technician
- Medical Laboratory Technology
- Radiologic Technology
- Registered Nursing
Transfer degrees:
Certificates or trainings without corresponding degrees:
- Medical Assistant
- Digital Design
- Welding and Fabrication
- Flagger Certification
- Forklift Certification
- Emergency Medical Technician
- CNA Fast-Track
4-Year degrees:
- Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Technology
- Bachelor of Applied Science in Teaching
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
The Worker Retraining Program provides educational and career planning to help dislocated
and unemployed workers retrain in a vocational field and return to work. Students
may qualify for assistance with tuition, fees and books, and continue to receive unemployment
benefits while attending one of WVC's many occupational programs.
Worker Retraining Application:
For more information and eligibility requirements contact:
Wenatchee campus:
Erika Schenkvonstauffenberg
Workforce Education Grant Coordinator
Grants House; 1337 Fifth Street, Wenatchee WA
(509) 682-6964
eschenkvonstauffenberg@wvc.edu
Riva Morgan
Workforce Education Pathways Director
Wells Hall 1070
rmorgan@wvc.edu