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Business and Technical Training

We provide the strategic training that you need, when you need it most. We deliver customized training solutions that can increase employee effectiveness and positively impact your bottom line. We work together with you to craft particular training solutions that best fit your business objectives. On our campus or yours, we deliver the trainings you need to accomplish your “mission critical” goals.

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

Business and Soft Skills:

  • Customer Service

            Customer Service:  Providing Extraordinary Service
            Customer Service:  Maintaining a Positive Attitude
            Dealing with Difficult People
            Effectively using Order Taking or Work Order Systems
            Excellent Telephone Customer Service

  • Efficiency and Productivity

            Data Collection and Research
            Lean Philosophy and Implementation
            Process Improvement Methods
            Six Sigma
            Time and Productivity Management

  • Entrepreneurial and Sales Topics

            Accounting I and II
            Bookkeeping I and II
            Entrepreneur’s Survival Kit for a Bad Economy
            Financial Management for Entrepreneurs
            How to Market your Business Using Social Networking
            Personal Branding for Entrepreneurs
            Secrets of Successful Sales Professionals
            Social Networking for Sales Professionals
            Web 2.0 Marketing – What Every Entrepreneur Should Know
            Writing your Business and Marketing Plan

  • Facilitation

            Effective Meeting Management
            Facilitating Transference:  How to Make Sure your Training Provides ROI
            Group Dynamics
            Making Effective Presentations
            Train the Trainer

  • Human Resources Development and Management

            Correct Hiring Practices
            Conducting Lawful Human Resource Investigations
            How to Write Social Networking Policies for your Company
            Investigator Training
            Navigating Union Negotiations from Start to Finish
            Reasonable Accommodation
            PHR/SPHR Certification Exam Prep
            Understanding Just Cause

  • Interpersonal Communication and Teambuilding

            Assertive Communication
            Building Effective Teams
            Communication Styles and Skills:  Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
            Communication Styles and Skills:  DISC
            Conflict Resolution
            Crucial Conversations
            Interpersonal Communication Skills
            Teambuilding (in classroom, or low/high ropes course)

  • Management and Leadership Development

            Change Management
            Coaching for Performance
            How to Conduct a Successful Performance Review
            Language of Leadership
            Leading Highly Effective Teams
            Leadership Mastery
            Leading and Managing for Performance & Accountability
            Managing a Multi-Generational Workforce
            Managing Difficult Employees
            Resolving Interpersonal & Organizational Conflict
            Sexual Harassment Awareness & Prevention for Supervisors & Managers
            Strategic Planning
            Supervisory Essentials I (for new managers)
            Supervisory Essentials II
            Understanding Budget Planning & the Budget Process

  • Personal Skill Development

            Critical Thinking
            Diversity / Cultural Competency
            Building Confidence, Competence and Credibility
            Is Supervision for Me?
            Managing Job Stress
            Mediation Skill Development
            Negotiation
            Success Habits
            Project Management Essentials (CAPM or PMP prep)
            Time and Productivity Management

  • Risk Management and Safety

            Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (includes First Aide and CPR)
            HIV Training
            Proper Lifting Techniques
            Sexual Harassment Awareness & Prevention
            Workplace Violence Prevention
            Workplace Safety

  • Written Communication

            Effective Policy and Procedure Writing
            Editing Skills Review
            Grammar Review
            Proofreading Skills Review
            Punctuation Review
            Written Business Communications
            How to Write Meeting Agendas and Minutes

Technical Skills Training:

  • Information Technology, Graphic Design and Software Applications

            Adobe Illustrator
            Adobe InDesign
            Adobe Photoshop
            Adobe GoLive
            AutoCad
            BICSI Certification
            CompTIA A+ Certification
            Digital Photography
            Dreamweaver
            Keyboarding
            MCSE Certification
            MS Access
            MS Excel
            MS Front Page
            MS Outlook   
            MS PowerPoint
            MS Publisher
            MS Project
            MS Word
            Quicken
            QuickBooks
            Rivet
            Windows 2003 Server Environment

  • Construction, Warehouse, Facilities Maintenance and Security

            Aerospace Composite
            Automotive Electric
            Basic Electricity I and II
            Materials and Methods – Construction Best Practices
            Cabinetry and Countertops
            Concrete
            Confined Space Entry
            Custom Tile Making
            Drywall
            Electrical
            Exterior Painting
            Fans/Blowers
            Flagger Certification
            Forklift Operation Certification and Recertification
            Framing
            Hardwood Floor Installation
            How to be a General Contractor
            Hazmat
            HAZWOPER
            HVAC (with or without Boiler Certificate)
            Interior Painting
            Interior Trim/Moulding
            Inventory Control/Management
            Landscape Maintenance Basic
            Landscape Maintenance II
            Lock out, Tag Out
            Locksmithing
            Materials Management
            Mower Operations and Safety
            OSHA 10 Certificate
            OSHA 30 Certificate
            Plumbing
            Residential Electricity
            Roofing
            Security Guard
            Showers and Tubs
            Siding
            Tile Setting
            TMOST Operation and Safety
            Tool & Equipment Utilization and Maintenance
            Welding – Basic, and Mig & Tig
            Weatherization Technician
            Window and Door Installation

CPTC also offers customized trainings to meet the specific business needs of our customers. Call Ed Jacobs at 253-589-5962 or e-mail Ed.Jacobs@cptc.edu to get your customized training scheduled today!  Thank you.

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


4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood, WA  98499 - Phone: 253-589-5678