Continuing Education

Welcome to the Clover Park Technical College Continuing Education Department. We offer a wide variety of classes that can help you improve your career and enrich your life, at both our Lakewood, WA and South Hill, WA campuses.

If you want to make yourself more marketable in today's tough job market, you've come to the right place. Our courses can help you get the job skills, certifications and experience that you need in order to get on the fast track to a fulfilling long-term career.

If you have questions about Continuing Education classes or registration, please call us at 253-589-5575 and we'll be happy to help you.

We offer courses and certificate programs in these fields:

• Access
• Accounting
• Administrative Professional Certificate
• Airline Reservations – Amadeus
• Airline Reservations – Apollo
• Airline Reservations – Sabre
• Airline Reservations – Worldspan
• AutoCAD
• Automotive Hybrid Systems (offered based on demand)
• Basic Drawing
• Bellydancing
• BICSI
• Blueprint Reading for Construction (offered based on demand)
• Business and Office Management
• Ceramics (offered based on demand)
• CISCO (offered based on demand)
• CompTIA A+ Certification
• Computer Basics (including MS Word and Excel)
• Computer Networking
• Conflict Resolution
• Dealing with Difficult People
• Developing Performance and Development Plans for Staff
• Dietary Management
• Digital Photography
• Electrical
• ECG Monitor Technician (offered based on demand)
• Emergency 911 Call Taker
• Emergency Management
• Engineering AutoCAD I
• Entrepreneurship
• Excel
• Flagger Certification
• Floral Design (offered based on demand)
• Forklift Certification / Recertification
• Forklift Operation and Safety Certification and Recertification
• HAZMAT
• Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support
• Healthcare Provider First Aid and CPR
• Heating and Air Conditioning (offered based on demand)
• Heat Pumps (offered based on demand)
• HIPAA Training
• Hospitality and Tourism
• Human Resources Generalist Certificate
• Human Resources Management Certificate
• HVAC and Advanced HVAC (offered based on demand)
• Internet and Computers for 50+
• Interpersonal Communication Skills
• Leadership Essentials
• Lean
• Long-Distance Dads
• Managing Job Stress
• Marketing
• Massage Therapy CEUs
• Medical Assisting CMA/RMA Certification Prep
• Medical Billing and Transcription Certificate
• Medical Terminology I & II
• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
• Oil Painting
• Outlook
• Orthodontic Assistant
• Phlebotomy
• PHR Certification Prep
• Power Cooking
• Powerpoint
• Productivity / Time Management
• Project Management Certification
• QuickBooks
• Reasonable Accommodation Training
• Refrigeration Basics (offered based on demand)
• Refrigerant Recovery Certification (offered based on demand)
• Sales Training
• Scrapbooking
• Sexual Harassment Awareness & Training
• Sing and Sign for New Parents
• Six Sigma
• Social Networking for Professional Salespeople
• SPHR Certification Prep
• Supervisory Essentials for New Supervisors
• Team Building Training
• Train the Trainer
• Transportation Flagger Training
• Welding
• Woodcarving
• Word
• Workplace Violence Prevention
• Yoga

“The instructors at Clover Park Technical College are really dedicated to helping you succeed – not only in your training but also in real life.”

Megan Lyons, Cosmetology graduate, Now hairstylist at Angelo Mendi Salon in Tacoma.

Call Ed Jacobs at 253-589-5962 or e-mail Ed.Jacobs@cptc.edu to get your customized training scheduled today!  Thank you.