Customized Training Solutions

Customized training is powerful training.

In working with you, we will:

  • Partner with you to identify the training needs of the organization or team
  • Build training that addresses your strategic goals
  • Tailor the content to your industry, organization and employees
  • Offer flexible delivery options
  • Create a custom solution that is affordable and convenient

How We Customize…

Working in partnership with you, we will:

  • Meet with you to talk about your needs and objectives
  • Propose a training solution that is specific to your needs
  • Provide course descriptions as a starting point
  • Work with you to ensure that content is added, changed or deleted as needed
  • Provide opportunities for direct communication between instructors and clients
  • Incorporate real world scenarios and case studies from your customer
  • Address your corporate culture and teach in a way that supports your employees

Sample of Customized Training Courses

The training available through Economic and Workforce Development covers the full spectrum of subjects relevant in today’s world of business and industry. Here is a sampling of the hundreds of topics we offer. For more information – or to learn how we can customize training programs to fit your specific business needs – contact the experts at Economic and Workforce Development.

Computer and Information Technology

  • IT Service Management
  • Analysis and Design
  • Unix and Linux
  • Mainframe
  • Programming Languages
  • Oracle (Programming, Administration, Forms and Reports)
  • Database Software, Creation and Management
  • Cisco
  • Network Security – MSITP
  • Web Design
  • Social Media
  • Microsoft
  • Quickbooks
  • Customer Relations Management
  • Sharepoint
  • Content Management
  • Healthcare Technology – E-Records
  • Cisco – HIN

Process Improvement / Quality

  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Six Sigma
  • International Standards
  • Statistical Process Control
  • Total Productive Maintenance
  • Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GDandT)
  • 5S
  • Failure Mode and Effects Analysis for Design and Process (FMEA)
  • Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
  • ISO/TS
  • Lean Office
  • Lean Warehouse
  • Total Quality Manufacturing
  • TL9000
  • Seven Step Corrective Action Process
  • PPAP
  • Problem Solving – Root Cause
  • Lean Healthcare/Six Sigma

Assessment

  • Needs Assessment/Gap Analysis
  • Personality/Team Assessment
  • Myers Briggs Type Indicator
  • DiSC

Vocational Skill Enhancement

  • Welding
  • Land Surveying
  • Environmental Health and Safety
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Builders License
  • Plumbing Code Update (Certification/License Prep)
  • Refrigerant Recovery Certification
  • Electrical Code/License Prep
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • CPR/AED
  • First Responder
  • HazMat/HazCom
  • Holistic

Manufacturing Technology and Processes

  • Material Sciences/Nanotechnology
  • Machining/CNC
  • Environmental Systems
  • Mechatronics
  • Manufacturing Simulation
  • Robotics
  • Welding
  • Fluid Power
  • PLC Programming/Maintenance
  • Vision Systems Operation
  • Vibration Analysis Certification
  • Packaging and Shipping Materials
  • Logistics
  • Metrology
  • Hydraulics
  • Pneumatics
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Crane Safety
  • Supply Chain Management

Computer Aided Design

  • AutoCAD
  • AutoCAD Inventor
  • CATIA
  • Unigraphics NX
  • SolidWorks
  • Chief

Business Consulting / Organizational Development / Human Resources

  • Professional Business Consulting
  • Employee Engagement
  • Continuous Improvement Methods and Strategies
  • Outdoor Team Challenge
  • Business Law and Compliance
  • Workplace Violence Prevention
  • Sexual Harassment Awareness
  • Succession Planning
  • Writing Job Descriptions
  • Interviewing / Screening Skills

Professional Leadership and Career Enhancement

  • Customer Service
  • Financial Skills for Non-Financial Managers
  • Professional Sales Skills
  • Change Management
  • Negotiation Skills
  • Presentation Skills
  • Leadership Essentials
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Conflict Resolution Skills
  • Generational Differences
  • Motivating Others
  • Writing a Business Case
  • Competencies for Supervision, Management and Leadership
  • PMP Certification and Training

Instructional Design

  • Web Based Curriculum and Instruction
  • Distance Learning Methods and Technology
  • Blended Learning Solutions
  • Classroom Curriculum Development

Global Communications and Culture

  • Workplace Diversity
  • Foreign Languages
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Diversity Awareness
  • International Business Etiquette

CONTACT INFORMATION

Economic & Workforce Development
2900 Featherstone Rd
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
Phone 248.232.4100

Joe Petrosky
Associate Vice Chancellor
Phone 248.232.4179

 

Sandra Bachert
Director
Phone 248.232.4173