Career Development in Gwinnett County

Gwinnett Technical College, one of Georgia's largest technical colleges, offers more than 45 associate degree, diploma and certificate programs, and hundreds of seminars and workshops that provide specialized training each quarter. Gwinnett Tech’s program offerings include degrees, diplomas and certificates in areas such as business management, computer information systems, horticulture, marketing and a variety of health sciences. Gwinnett Tech’s continuing education seminars and workshops build skill and expertise in areas such as business management, computer certifications and software, languages and bilingual skills, manufacturing and industry, professional development and quality improvement.

For business challenges that are too specialized for standard training solutions, Gwinnett Tech also provides customized training that is targeted to a company’s specific needs. In fact, the college is the county’s largest single provider of corporate training programs. Training is offered on-site or in the Busbee Center, the college’s advanced training and events facility for corporate gatherings of 20-400 persons. The center includes a 350-seat Scientific-Atlanta auditorium, flexible classroom and meeting space, an exhibit hall, and the Siemens banquet hall which seats up to 350.

Gwinnett Technical College
770-962-7580
www.GwinnettTech.edu

The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education at Gwinnett offers continuing education and lifelong learning opportunities for individuals and businesses. The Georgia Center for Continuing Education provides a wide array of non-credit educational programs at the University of Georgia at Gwinnett campus and beyond in order to meet the professional and personal learning needs of adults.

Business people who want to increase their skills will find a variety of programs. The Georgia Center provides face-to-face and online certificate programs in several emerging fields including health care management, Spanish medical interpretation, personal property appraisal, conference and meeting management, and paralegal training.

The Georgia Center also designs training programs for the business community—customized and tailored programs meant to directly address the specific training needs of any organization, profit or non-profit. Experienced instructors assist companies to find practical solutions to support the continual growth of their workforce.

For further details, please contact the Georgia Center’s Office of Certificate Programs at 706-542-6692 (toll free at 800-325-2090) or e-mail certificate.programs(at)georgiacenter.uga[dot]edu.

Course descriptions and registration information are available at www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/is.

Other educational opportunities are available in Gwinnett County. Refer to the Education section of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce Membership Directory for details.