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Our Workforce Development (WFD) department provides hundreds of short-term training programs in a wide range of topics. You don't need to complete the college application process to take a WFD class. Simply click on one you're interested in to find out more class information and register directly from there!

Scholarships and funding opportunities are available to most students. Public Safety students (fire, EMS, paramedic, law enforcement) may be eligible for 100% fee waivers after registering for classes. Visit our Fee Waiver page for more information. Several programs are also eligible for VA benefits. Visit our VA Benefits page for details on eligible classes, contact hours, and upcoming schedules. 

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Contact Information

Workforce Development
Brock Administration Building
New Bern Campus
252-638-7248

Course Dates Price
This hands-on cooking class will guide you through creating 3 make ahead appetizers: Savory Stuffed Mushrooms with Italian Sausage and Cream Cheese, Whipped Brie with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes and Pine Nuts, Mini Crab Cake.
Meeting time:
Fri 11/22/24 9a - 12p
Volt Kitchen , Room 104
Volt Center
205 First St, New Bern NC 28560
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This 8-hour course offers initial/renewal certification for vehicle safety inspectors in accordance with state law. The instructor will provide course materials.
Meeting time and location:
12/10/24 - 12/12/24
Tue, Thur 6p - 10p
Ward Hall , Room 129
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Auto Safety Inspection ‌‌
This 8-hour course offers initial/renewal certification for vehicle safety inspectors in accordance with state law. The instructor will provide course materials.
Meeting time and location:
01/14/25 - 01/16/25
Tue, Thur 6p - 10p
Ward Hall , Room 131
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Auto Safety Inspection ‌‌
This 8-hour course offers initial/renewal certification for vehicle safety inspectors in accordance with state law. The instructor will provide course materials.
Meeting time and location:
02/11/25 - 02/13/25
Tue, Thur 6p - 10p
Ward Hall , Room 131
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Auto Safety Inspection ‌‌
This 8-hour course offers initial/renewal certification for vehicle safety inspectors in accordance with state law. The instructor will provide course materials.
Meeting time and location:
03/11/25 - 03/13/25
Tue, Thur 6p - 10p
Ward Hall , Room 131
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Auto Safety Inspection ‌‌
This 8-hour course offers initial/renewal certification for vehicle safety inspectors in accordance with state law. The instructor will provide course materials.
Meeting time and location:
04/15/25 - 04/17/25
Tue, Thur 6p - 10p
Ward Hall , Room 131
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Auto Safety Inspection ‌‌
This 8-hour course offers initial/renewal certification for vehicle safety inspectors in accordance with state law. The instructor will provide course materials.
Meeting time and location:
05/27/25 - 05/29/25
Tue, Thur 6p - 10p
Ward Hall , Room 131
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Auto Safety Inspection ‌‌
This 8-hour course offers initial/renewal certification for vehicle safety inspectors in accordance with state law. The instructor will provide course materials.
Meeting time and location:
06/17/25 - 06/19/25
Tue, Thur 6p - 10p
Ward Hall , Room 131
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Auto Safety Inspection ‌‌
This 8-hour course offers initial/renewal certification for vehicle safety inspectors in accordance with state law. The instructor will provide course materials.
Meeting time and location:
07/22/25 - 07/24/25
Tue, Thur 6p - 10p
Ward Hall , Room 131
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
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This course is designed to provide entry-level aircraft structural training. Topics include but are not limited to aircraft terms and nomenclature, types of work accomplished at a repair station, aircraft blueprint reading, types of rivets and other hardware, tool selection, structural units (including fuselage, wing, flight control, etc.), major structural stresses (tension, compression, shear, etc.), aerodynamics, types of aluminum and temper designations, forming and fabricating techniques, rivet layout requirements, use of the structure repair manual, hands on fabrication projects, and the repairing of mock-up units.
Meeting times and locations:
03/03/25 - 05/15/25
Mon, Thur 5:30p - 10p
Redd Classroom Bldg , Room 00120
Havelock
Sat 03/08/25 8a - 12:30p
Redd Classroom Bldg , Room 00120
Havelock
Sat 03/22/25 8a - 12:30p
Redd Classroom Bldg , Room 00120
Havelock
Sat 04/05/25 8a - 12:30p
Redd Classroom Bldg , Room 00120
Havelock
Sat 04/26/25 8a - 12:30p
Redd Classroom Bldg , Room 00120
Havelock
Sat 05/10/25 8a - 12:30p
Redd Classroom Bldg , Room 00120
Havelock
View course details for Aviation Sheet Metal ‌‌
Are you looking for a career that helps people look their best? Barbering Concepts will assist you in becoming a professional barber-stylist. Full-time and part-time programs are available to accommodate your schedule and require no prior experience. When you complete the 1,528 clock hour program, you’ll be prepared to take the North Carolina Board of Barbering Examiners exam to qualify as an apprentice. The 1528 Clock hours are completed over 3 to 4 terms/courses. Scholarships are available.
Meeting time and location:
01/06/25 - 05/12/25
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri 5p - 9p
Kelso Hall , Room 101
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Barbering Concepts ‌‌
Are you looking for a career that helps people look their best? Barbering Concepts will assist you in becoming a professional barber-stylist. Full-time and part-time programs are available to accommodate your schedule and require no prior experience. When you complete the 1,528 clock hour program, you’ll be prepared to take the North Carolina Board of Barbering Examiners exam to qualify as an apprentice. The 1528 Clock hours are completed over 3 to 4 terms/courses. Scholarships are available.
Meeting times and locations:
05/19/25 - 08/08/25
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri 9a - 12p
Kelso Hall , Room 101
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
05/19/25 - 08/08/25
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri 1p - 5p
Kelso Hall , Room 101
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Barbering Concepts ‌‌
Are you looking for a career that helps people look their best? Barbering Concepts will assist you in becoming a professional barber-stylist. Full-time and part-time programs are available to accommodate your schedule and require no prior experience. When you complete the 1,528 clock hour program, you’ll be prepared to take the North Carolina Board of Barbering Examiners exam to qualify as an apprentice. The 1528 Clock hours are completed over 3 to 4 terms/courses. Scholarships are available.
Meeting times and locations:
08/18/25 - 12/18/25
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri 9a - 12p
Kelso Hall , Room 00101
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
08/18/25 - 12/18/25
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri 1p - 5p
Kelso Hall , Room 00101
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Barbering Concepts ‌‌
Are you looking for a career that helps people look their best? Barbering Concepts will assist you in becoming a professional barber-stylist. Full-time and part-time programs are available to accommodate your schedule and require no prior experience. When you complete the 1,528 clock hour program, you’ll be prepared to take the North Carolina Board of Barbering Examiners exam to qualify as an apprentice. The 1528 Clock hours are completed over 3 to 4 terms/courses. Scholarships are available.
Meeting time and location:
08/18/25 - 12/18/25
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri 5p - 9p
Kelso Hall , Room 00101
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Barbering Concepts ‌‌
Are you looking for a career that helps people look their best? Barbering Concepts will assist you in becoming a professional barber-stylist. Full-time and part-time programs are available to accommodate your schedule and require no prior experience. When you complete the 1,528 clock hour program, you’ll be prepared to take the North Carolina Board of Barbering Examiners exam to qualify as an apprentice. The 1528 Clock hours are completed over 3 to 4 terms/courses. Scholarships are available.
Meeting times and locations:
01/06/25 - 05/12/25
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri 9a - 12p
Kelso Hall , Room 00101
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
01/06/25 - 05/12/25
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri 1p - 5p
Kelso Hall , Room 00101
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
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In this class, you’ll learn about composition and visual storytelling through still photography. Bring your camera to class and a basic knowledge of the settings. There will be a mixture of classwork and hands on photo work. You will be introduced to focus, lighting, basic posing, juxtaposition, macrophotography and angles, landscape, photo editing and playing with colors to create a visual story.
Meeting time and location:
02/05/25 - 03/12/25
Wed 6p - 8p
Brock Administration , Room 205
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Basic Digital Photography ‌‌
This course number may be used to report any occupational extension course that is funded with receipts, and that will not generate budget FTE.
Meeting times and locations:
11/23/24 - 11/24/24
Sat, Sun 8a - 12p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
11/23/24 - 11/24/24
Sat, Sun 1p - 7p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Basic Rider Motorcycle Safety ‌‌
This course number may be used to report any occupational extension course that is funded with receipts, and that will not generate budget FTE.
Meeting times and locations:
12/14/24 - 12/15/24
Sat, Sun 8a - 12p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
12/14/24 - 12/15/24
Sat, Sun 1p - 7p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Basic Rider Motorcycle Safety ‌‌
This course number may be used to report any occupational extension course that is funded with receipts, and that will not generate budget FTE.
Meeting times and locations:
01/11/25 - 01/12/25
Sat, Sun 8a - 12p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
01/11/25 - 01/12/25
Sat, Sun 1p - 7p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Basic Rider Motorcycle Safety ‌‌
This course number may be used to report any occupational extension course that is funded with receipts, and that will not generate budget FTE.
Meeting times and locations:
02/08/25 - 02/09/25
Sat, Sun 8a - 12p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
02/08/25 - 02/09/25
Sat, Sun 1p - 7p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Basic Rider Motorcycle Safety ‌‌
This course number may be used to report any occupational extension course that is funded with receipts, and that will not generate budget FTE.
Meeting times and locations:
03/08/25 - 03/09/25
Sat, Sun 8a - 12p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
03/08/25 - 03/09/25
Sat, Sun 1p - 7p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Basic Rider Motorcycle Safety ‌‌
This course number may be used to report any occupational extension course that is funded with receipts, and that will not generate budget FTE.
Meeting times and locations:
03/22/25 - 03/23/25
Sat, Sun 8a - 12p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
03/22/25 - 03/23/25
Sat, Sun 1p - 7p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Basic Rider Motorcycle Safety ‌‌
This course number may be used to report any occupational extension course that is funded with receipts, and that will not generate budget FTE.
Meeting times and locations:
04/05/25 - 04/06/25
Sat, Sun 8a - 12p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
04/05/25 - 04/06/25
Sat, Sun 1p - 7p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Basic Rider Motorcycle Safety ‌‌
This course number may be used to report any occupational extension course that is funded with receipts, and that will not generate budget FTE.
Meeting times and locations:
04/12/25 - 04/13/25
Sat, Sun 8a - 12p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
04/12/25 - 04/13/25
Sat, Sun 1p - 7p
Bender Center , Room 121
Main Campus
800 College Ct, New Bern NC 28562
View course details for Basic Rider Motorcycle Safety ‌‌

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