Scholarships Available! With support from the Cotton Center for Real Estate Studies, we are able to offer a $400 scholarship based on student need. The scholarship reduces the cost per student to $99.

Massachusetts requires 40 hours of pre-license training prior to the real estate salesperson exam. This course will prepare students for the license exam. It is approved by the MA Board of Registration for fulfilling its licensing requirements. 

Who Should Attend?
Anyone who wishes to sit for the Massachusetts Real Estate Salesperson Exam.

Course Format: This program is offered in person. 

The Massachusetts Approved Hoisting 2A/1C Test Prep classes are designed to prepare students for the 2A and 1C hoisting exams. These classes cover essential topics, including safety protocols, equipment operation, maintenance, and regulations. With industry experience instructors (who hold valid hoisting licenses) and our comprehensive study materials, students gain the knowledge and confidence needed to pass the exams and obtain their licenses. Whether you are new to the field or looking to upgrade your skills, these test prep classes provide the support and training necessary for success.

 2A hoisting license allows the holder to operate crawler and rubber-tired excavators, backhoes, and loaders, including combination loader/backhoe machines, front-end loaders, bobcats, and uni-loaders and compact hoisting machinery with a gross vehicle weight not exceeding 10,000 pounds (excluding Class 1, Class 3, and Class 4 Hoisting Machinery) 

1C license allows the holder to operate equipment with hydraulic telescoping booms and any other hydraulic equipment designed for the purpose of hoisting, excluding those with wire rope hoist lines and all equipment listed in class 1D. (General industrial warehouse Fork Lift equipment primarily used in indoor facilities.) 

Hoisting license applicants must be 18 years old, complete an application, and successfully pass an exam, administered by the OPSI (Office of Public Safety and Inspections). To pass, you must earn a minimum grade of 70%. This exam will cover all working parts of hoisting machinery, safe operating practices, hand signals, and inspection procedures. Licenses must be renewed every 2 years.

Ready to take your gardening skills to the next level?

Join our exclusive Horticulture Lecture Series with expert Diane Guidebeck and discover professional techniques to elevate any garden!

Each session includes:
· Engaging classroom-style lectures and presentations
· A live Q&A to get all your gardening questions answered
· A 2-hour, topic-driven field trip featuring in-person demonstrations and expert guidance 

In this interactive session, you’ll learn:

• The difference between pruning and trimming, plus expert techniques for roses and hydrangeas
• The best times to prune (with a seasonal calendar handout!)
• How to compost effectively and enrich your soil
• The importance of soil testing and how to improve plant health
• Mulching techniques to protect and nourish your plants

Lecture dates: Wednesdays, 5/7 & 5/14; from 5pm - 7pm
Location: 4Cs Hyannis Center, 540 Main St., Hyannis

Field trip date: Saturday, 5/17 from; 9am - 11am
Location: TBD

Grow your knowledge and your garden—reserve your spot today!

This introductory course will expose first time supervisors/managers to the fundamentals and intricacies of this new role and responsibility. Attendees will learn how to define their role and themselves as supervisors and explore current challenges they will face in this role.

Additional learning points will include:

• Techniques for managing time and priorities
• Communication challenges and solutions
• Constructive feedback
• Maintaining and boosting team morale
• Change management FMLA

Course format: This course isoffered using Zoom.

Come listen and learn how to be more efficient entering data, creating functions, formatting and laying out a spreadsheet.  This session will help give you more time back in your day to accomplish other tasks.

Course format: This program is offered using Zoom.

Step into the world of modern marketing with Marketing in Action, led by industry expert Cesar Rodas. This dynamic course explores the core principles of marketing and how they drive successful business strategies and influence consumer behavior. Learn to think critically, communicate effectively, and collaborate on real-world marketing challenges while developing strategies rooted in ethical decision-making.

From analyzing market trends to navigating global markets, you’ll gain hands-on experience that prepares you to make smart, data-driven marketing decisions. Whether you're building a brand or evaluating business strategies, this course equips you with the tools to lead with confidence and integrity.

What You’ll Learn:

• Understand and apply foundational marketing concepts in real-world global contexts
• Explore the role of marketing within a business and its connection to other disciplines
• Make sound marketing decisions using critical thinking and collaboration
• Communicate marketing insights clearly and persuasively
• Recognize and evaluate ethical dilemmas using a structured decision-making framework
• Weigh strategic options and make informed tradeoffs in competitive environments

Course format: This course is offered using Zoom.

Do you feel like you're burning the candle from both ends? Are you craving time to feel more balance, energy, and excitement? During this zoom session we will explore what burnout is, how it is affecting you, how to acknowledge and manage these feelings, and how to set priorities and boundaries.

We will look at how to notice and reframe the narrative you may be experiencing, and ways to integrate personal time into your daily life so that you feel refreshed and engage with renewed energy. You will leave this session with a plan that includes reframing your thoughts, and goals and strategies for change.

Goal: To understand and manage burnout for renewed energy

You will learn:

• What burnout is and ways to change and manage the narrative
• How burnout affects you
• How to set boundaries and priorities
• Strategies to become refreshed with renewed energy

Course format
This class is offered using Zoom.

We encounter difficult people in various places – at work, at the grocery store, at school, everywhere. At times, we are difficult ourselves. When difficult behavior arises, performance, morale, and relationships are negatively impacted. This course will give you the proper tools to deal with difficult people effectively. Additional learning points will include:

• Understand what makes people difficult
• Identify and examine your role in the behavior
• Build better relationships

Who Should Attend?

This course is an excellent introduction or refresher for supervisors/managers, executives, owners, and HR professionals. Attend this course as part of the bundle program for a well-rounded learning experience and a plethora of information to set a foundation for success. 

About the Instructor:

For over 10 years, Monet Viens has been helping a wide variety of businesses with their HR and employee needs. As an adaptable and innovative HR professional, she has a keen ability to translate visions and strategies into actionable goals, strengthen processes, and increase efficiencies. 

Monet’s favorite aspect of human resources is training and development. Having been an HR department of 1 for her entire career, she enjoys coaching, mentoring, and guiding other professionals through the tricky waters of HR so they don’t have to learn the hard way. Monet’s initiatives extend beyond HR, as she also provides training and development in topics such as communication, supervisor skills, management, leadership, and much more. Monet currently teaches per-diem at Cape Cod Community College and Bristol Community College. She has also been a keynote speaker for NEHRA, SCORE, and the One SouthCoast Chamber.