The purpose of the two-part course is to teach English as a second language for beginners targeting the business vocabulary. While learning English you will also have an introduction to finances, learning how to do a balance sheet, a budget, and financial goals.

Student Materials
Books and handouts will be provided to students. 

Class Format: In-person. Masks are required indoors at Cape Cod Community College. 

Spanish
El curso Empower Through Business Language tiene una duración de 6 horas. El propósito de la clase es enseñar inglés como segundo idioma para principiantes enfocados en el vocabulario comercial. Mientras aprende inglés, también tendrá una introducción a las finanzas, aprenderá a hacer un balance, un presupuesto y metas financieras. Se le proporcionarán los libros necesarios para la clase y folletos.

Portuguese
O curso Empower Through Business Language tem duração de 6 horas. O objetivo da aula é ensinar inglês como segunda língua para iniciantes voltados para o vocabulário de negócios. Enquanto aprende inglês, você também terá uma introdução às finanças, aprendendo como fazer um balanço, um orçamento e metas financeiras. Serão fornecidos os livros necessários para a aula e apostilas.

Are you interested in starting your career path to become a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach?

The Center for Corporate and Professional Education at Cape Cod Community College is hosting an information session through Zoom to explore our FREE Addiction Recovery Coach Pre-certification and Wellness Training Program.

This program is grant-funded through the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. All costs; tuition, course fees, and books are covered by the grant.

Who Should Apply?
This training program was developed and designed for individuals in recovery (with at least 9 months of sobriety) and individuals with lived experience.

The goal of this program is to start you on the process of becoming a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach in Massachusetts. Students will build foundational skills and practices with a focus on career coaching and navigation, mental health, addiction, whole health approaches and peer coaching, cultural competencies, recovery coach academy, ethical considerations, and personal finance and budgeting skills. Forty (40) hours of fieldwork with a local employer is included in the program. 

More information on the program schedule will be available during our virtual information sessions.  

Information Session Format: Zoom (virtual).

Application Process

• Attendance at our Virtual Information Session.
• Complete a program application.

Important note: If you have completed a program application in the past, a new application submission is required to be considered for enrollment in this program.  

Questions? Call Stephen McCleod, Program Quality Coordinator, at 508-375-5004 or email workforce@capecod.edu. 

All students will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination to participate in this course. 

This introductory 2-day, 24-hour (*Approx.) fiber optic technician course is designed for anyone interested in becoming a Certified Fiber Optic Technician. This Fiber Optic Training combines theory and 85% hands-on activities to prepare the student to take the CFOT (Certified Fiber Optic Technician) test that is sanctioned by the FOA (Fiber Optic Association) and given and graded the final class day.

This course also introduces the student to industry standards governing FTTD (Fiber To The Desk), FTTH (Fiber To The Home), and Distribution Cabling. Students will learn how to identify fiber types, recognize various connectors used in fiber installation; and install, terminate, splice, and properly test installed fiber cable to existing standards. This program explores the history and future of fiber optics and fiber optics capabilities, and basic testing and troubleshooting. Anyone interested in becoming a Certified Fiber Optic Technician should attend this class.

Note: The student must pass both the written and hands-on exams to successfully pass this course.

Course Format
This course is offered in-person at Cape Cod Community College. All students will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination to participate in this course. 

Certified Fiber Optics Programs are offered in partnership with BDI Datalynk. 

All students will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination to participate in this course. 

This 2-day, 16-hour (actual hours may vary depending on number of students) program is designed to offer advanced training to anyone involved with the testing and maintenance of fiber optic networks. A focal point in the program is to offer a general, easy to understand, approach to fiber optics testing standards with little theory and considerable hands-on activities. This comprehensive program explains the variety of testing standards, equipment and technological approaches used in fiber network testing and splicing and how to choose among them. This 85% hands-on course explores the overall spectrum of testing and maintenance of singlemode fiber optic networks, and provides a detailed overview and demonstration of various pieces of equipment used in testing and maintenance. Subject matter includes a detailed study of ANSI/TIA/EIA-526-(7)A, OTDR fundamentals and uses, OTDR vs. Insertion Loss Testing, Return Loss Testing, and Attenuation testing using the Power Source and Light Meter.

This course is recognized by The US Department of Labor and is sanctioned by the Fiber Optic Association (FOA).

Prerequisite
FOA CFOT course. As of January 1, 2015, the student MUST have successfully passed the basic CFOT course within the preceding 12 months or have renewed their FOA membership within that time frame prior to attending the CFOS/T, CFOS/S, and/or the CFOS/O FOA Specialist courses offered by BDI Datalynk. There are no exceptions. Students are encouraged to register for all courses being offered at the individual locations with the understanding that the CFOT is the prerequisite for all other courses and it must be successfully completed first prior to attending any of the other specialist courses.

Course Format
This course is offered in-person at Cape Cod Community College. All students will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination to participate in this course. 

Certified Fiber Optics Programs are offered in partnership with BDI Datalynk. 

All students will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination to participate in this course. 

This 1-day, 16 hour (actual hours may vary depending on number of students) Splicing Specialist Training includes a complete PowerPoint presentation explaining the importance of high-performance splicing and further details the points necessary to achieve these splices. The depth of this presentation is much greater than most textbooks and provides background information about splicing that is very important to the student. An overview of OTDR functions and trace understanding is also provided during this presentation. 85% hands-on classroom activities will provide training in both fusion and mechanical splicing of either single or multimode fiber optic cables.

Inside or outside plant fiber optic cable types will be utilized at the instructor's discretion during these hands-on sessions along with fiber optics enclosures and splice trays. The student will be responsible for successfully making and testing both mechanical and fusion splices. In addition to the basic splicing activities outlined above, the student will further be required to correctly and efficiently install spliced fibers into splice trays and enclosures. The student will further be required to achieve a splice loss of less than 0.15 dB for all splices and demonstrate proficiency in interpretation of splice loss using OTDR splice traces.

This course is recognized by The US Department of Labor and is sanctioned by the Fiber Optic Association (FOA).

Prerequisite
FOA CFOT course. As of January 1, 2015, the student MUST have successfully passed the basic CFOT course within the preceding 12 months or have renewed their FOA membership within that time frame prior to attending the CFOS/T, CFOS/S, and/or the CFOS/O FOA Specialist courses offered by BDI Datalynk. There are no exceptions. Students are encouraged to register for all courses being offered at the individual locations with the understanding that the CFOT is the prerequisite for all other courses and it must be successfully completed first prior to attending any of the other specialist courses.

Course Format
This course is offered in-person at Cape Cod Community College. All students will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination to participate in this course. 

Certified Fiber Optics Programs are offered in partnership with BDI Datalynk. 

All students will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination to participate in this course. 

The purpose of the two-part course is to teach English as a second language for beginners targeting the business vocabulary. While learning English you will also have an introduction to finances, learning how to do a balance sheet, a budget, and financial goals.

Student Materials
Books and handouts will be provided to students. 

Class Format
In-person. Masks are required indoors at Cape Cod Community College. 

Spanish
El curso Empower Through Business Language tiene una duración de 6 horas. El propósito de la clase es enseñar inglés como segundo idioma para principiantes enfocados en el vocabulario comercial. Mientras aprende inglés, también tendrá una introducción a las finanzas, aprenderá a hacer un balance, un presupuesto y metas financieras. Se le proporcionarán los libros necesarios para la clase y folletos.

Todos los estudiantes deberán proporcionar prueba de la vacuna COVID-19 para participar en este curso.

Portuguese
O curso Empower Through Business Language tem duração de 6 horas. O objetivo da aula é ensinar inglês como segunda língua para iniciantes voltados para o vocabulário de negócios. Enquanto aprende inglês, você também terá uma introdução às finanças, aprendendo como fazer um balanço, um orçamento e metas financeiras. Serão fornecidos os livros necessários para a aula e apostilas.

Todos os alunos deverão fornecer comprovante de vacinação COVID-19 para participar deste curso.

Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1/25/22-2/17/22, 8 sessions
Time: 6:30-8pm
Format: Remote/Virtual streaming via Zoom

Course Description:

This basic conversational Brazilian Portuguese course is designed to introduce the non-native speaker of Portuguese to the four basic skills necessary to develop a working knowledge of Portuguese: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing.

This course is offered in a remote learning capacity. Zoom guidance and instructions will be provided in advance of the first session. 

Who Should Attend?

Non-native speakers of the Brazilian-Portuguese language who would like to have an understanding of every day words and phrases to communicate with our Brazilian Portuguese community.

About the Instructor:

Teaching people to build communication bridges through learning a new language is a passion for Poliana (Poli) Bellan Wilson. Born and raised in Brazil, she immigrated to the US in 2017. Back in Brazil, she first started as an ESL instructor in 1996, and in 2014, when living in São Paulo city, she added to her teaching repertoire  Portuguese to non-native speakers who were expatriates in the big city. Nowadays, besides joining our team of instructors, she also records weekly PSAs in Portuguese for WMVYRadio.

The pace of work today has accelerated. With easier ways to communicate, connect, and meet,  work time feels compressed. Add to that potential staff shortage, and it leads to what is called “attention residue,” which develops when the pace of work requires leaving one task for another. Although trying to be present in the new task, the brain keeps the other task alive. With old and new tasks intertwined, leaders and employees alike feel overwhelmed. 

Productivity is also affected as teams become more distributed instead of working in traditional office environments. Distributed teams require individual self-leadership to manage and communicate about their workload in different ways than before. Without these skills, individuals feel unaccomplished at the end of the workday.

Through presentations, group discussions, and small group activities participants will gain a feeling of control over their time. Between sessions, they will be encouraged to use the tools, resources, and supplemental provided during their workday. When they return, they will have opportunities to problem-solve with the group. 

Topics included:

• Challenges to being productive in today’s workplace
• Myths of multitasking
• Prioritizing tools and tactics
• Leveraging tools already in place 
• Communicating about workload with others

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding the risk of multitasking and what it means to mindfully multitask
• Learn and practice how to effectively prioritize tasks
• Learn how to tap into the power of their calendars
• Understand the limitations of the brain as a productivity tool
• Learn ways to communicate about workload in today’s workplace
• How to leverage the time available to get work done 

By investing your time in this session, and committing to use some of the tactics, you will see a life-long return on that investment that will not only benefit you today, but in the weeks, months, and years to come.

Who Should Attend
This virtual, instructor-led course is designed for business owners, managers, team members, and employees struggling to maintain boundaries between professional and personal time. They also may struggle to find the time during the day to get work done because of the increased number of meetings or unplanned interruptions.  

Course Format
Take this course from the comfort of your office! This course is offered remotely using Zoom. Zoom guidance and instructions will be provided prior to the start of class.

Attention Employers: This Training is Eligible for Reimbursement!
This course is eligible for the Commonwealth Corporation Express Program funds. Danielle Dupuis, Program Coordinator, will help employers complete an Express Program application at least three weeks prior to the start of training. Additional training topics and group training rates are also available for Express Program reimbursement. To learn more about qualifying for Express Program funds, please contact Danielle at 508-375-5015 or ddupuis@capecod.edu. We promise you, the application process is quick and simple!