Workforce Development

CT State's Business and Industry Services department is entrepreneurial business development and training department and is part of the statewide Business and Industry Services Network (BISN). We provide client companies with a variety of services which include customized training, business consultation services, data gathering and referral, plus seminars and workshops.

The Business and Industry Services department cultivates and actively works to build long-term partnerships with local chambers of commerce, business and industry clients, other state agencies and 501©3 organizations. 

For more information or to discuss personalized training for your business, contact Gary Carra, Director of Business and Industry at gary.carra@ctstate.edu or John Fiorello, Coordinator of Career and Entrepreneurial Center at john.fiorello@ctstate.edu.

• Profit-driven businesses become more prosperous in direct proportion to the skills of their employees.
• A highly skilled workforce allows businesses to both retain valuable employees and promote from within.
• As more businesses complete training, the regional workforce as a whole becomes more employable.

We can provide a wide range of training topics customized to your company and employee development needs. Customized courses will be facilitated exclusively for your company. This is a convenient and cost-effective option for any company looking to train incumbent workers! Courses can be offered at your location, at one of our campuses' state-of-the-art educational facilities or virtually! Give us a call to discuss your specific training needs. We’ll find the right facilitator to develop and implement training that meets your employee needs.

• ABC’s of Business Writing
• Blueprint Reading
• Bookkeeping and QuickBooks Certificate
• CAD – Solid Works
• Chemical Safety
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Communications
• Conflict Resolution
• Drone Pilot Certificate Program
• Effective Communications
• Giving and Receiving Motivational Feedback
• Green Belt/Six Sigma
• Intergenerational Communication Styles
• Leadership Styles
• Leading The Difficult Employee
• Lean Process Innovation
• Managing Change and Conflict
• Manufacturing Math
• Meetings without Misery
• Metrology and GDT
• Microsoft Office Suite Training
• MS Office 2013
• OSHA 10 and 30
• OSHA General Industry
• Project Management
• Self Awareness and Supervisory Skills
• ServSafe Quality Food Operator Certificate
• Shop Math
• SolidWorks 3D Modeling
• Supervision, Leadership, Team Building
• Supply Chain Management