Hinds CC

Workforce Training

Workforce – 21st Century Skills

Our objective is to provide workforce training as well as career and technical education to the people located in Hinds CC’s district. It is our goal to ensure our population has the 21st century skills needed to secure, retain and advance in their chosen career pathway providing an improved quality of life.

Commercial Truck Driving

Train for employment with KLLM or for stackability paired with other Career and Technical programs.

Electrical Line Worker

This 16-week electrical line worker program will be an intensive training course designed to prepare students for careers in the electrical utility industry

Electrical Skills Basic

The 96-hour Eliectrical Skills Basic Training course is designed to provide participants with the foundational knowledge and hands-on experience needed to begin a career as an electrician.

Fiber Fusion

This in-depth training blends classrooms instruction with practical lab exercises, covering the latest techniques and tools used in the industry.

Forklift Operator Training

Our comprehensive 1-day Forklift Operator Training program is designed to equip you with the skills and certification needed to safely and efficiently operate a forklift.

Logging Academy

The Logging Academy is an 8 to 12-week program designed to equip students with little or no experience to become logging equipment operators with safety certifications.

Machining

We offer two machining workforce trainings: CNC Machine Operator and Quality Technician. Both programs have a Level 1 for entry level participants and a Level 2 for participants that would like to further their knowledge and training.

Manufacturing Skills Basic

This 96-hour program is designed to equip you with essential knowledge and hands-on experience needed to succeed in today’s modern manufacturing environment.

Maritime

The Maritime Training Center at Hinds Community College is your gateway to a rewarding career in the maritime industry.

Service Parts Component Warehousing

This 4 to 6-week Service Parts Component Warehousing program is designed to broaden the participant’s knowledge base of the warehouse and parts market industry.

Training Calendar

We offer a wide variety of training courses to meet the needs of today’s workforce. Take a look at our current courses and register today.

Innovative Student Support

MIBEST

Gain foundational skills for careers by mixing career training with additional educational support.

Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA)

Assistance for qualifying students for approved Career-Technical Programs.

Work-Based Learning

Providing paid, on-the-job work experience or Career and Technical students at Hinds CC.

SNAP E&T Skills2Work

The SNAP E&T Skills2Work program is intended to give SNAP recipients help with financial assistance.

Further Your Employability

Increase your employability skills by transitioning into college-level programs.

National, state, and professional certifications, licensure, admissions, and credentialing exams are given here.

Required testing for all Career and Technical students; the (CRC) is a credential that measures workplace skills.

Contact

Lee Douglas
Executive Director for Workforce Development
601-857-3319
Adrienne Ard
Director of Workforce Training
601-857-3773
Josh Bower
Dean of Agriculture and Transportation
Director of Talent: Workforce and Economic
601-857-3875