Paladin's
Program of College Credit for Industry Training
Makes Opportunities Available for Kitsap and Olympic Peninsula Businesses
and Professionals
Local Workforce Will Develop Valuable Skills, Businesses
Gain Competitive Edge
Poulsbo, WA - Paladin Training, a division of Paladin Data Systems
Corporation, today announced it has been approved for affiliation with the
renowned benchmark Industry Training Credit Approval Process (ITCAP)
Program, the first and most acclaimed nationwide program through which
students enrolled in commercial workforce and professional training courses
can obtain college credit for their coursework.
"As an Authorized ITCAP Center, Paladin will bring crucial financial
and career benefits to a major segment of employers, employees, and
independent students throughout the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas,"
said Peggy Roy, Director of Paladin Training.
Paladin sought to find a solution for area businesses, which need to
maintain a highly skilled workforce to keep up with the growing complexities
and demands of new technologies and new business paradigms.
"To remain competitive with the rest of the country, it is
imperative for Kitsap and Olympic Peninsula businesses to develop and
maintain knowledgeable, highly-competent workforce talent," said Roy.
"That's best done by going straight to the commercial sector where
business and technology innovations originate, and making sure employees get
vendor-authorized training from certified training professionals."
Paladin Training course offerings that qualify for college credit under
ITCAP include Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, and A+ certification classes.
"We found that many area businesses and government agencies need to
pay for employee training using tuition reimbursement funds," said Roy.
"In order to meet most benefits plan eligibility requirements for these
funds, the employee receiving the training must earn college credit."
Corporations prefer college-accredited training for good reason: training
that is accredited must conform to rigorous academic standards for teaching
excellence, student achievement, and performance verification. This
coursework validation is good for both the employee/student and the company.
Through the ITCAP Program, students at Paladin
Training can earn
college credit for successful completion of vendor-authorized training
programs - many of which lead to highly regarded industry certification -
and the respective ITCAP challenge exams. Pima Community College, the
nation's fourth largest multi-campus community college, confers the college
credits.
"This puts much-needed tuition funds into reach, and provides
critical training opportunities to a broad base of workers who otherwise
would not be able to afford this type of industry training," said Roy.
"Best of all, ITCAP empowers Kitsap companies to grow their own
highly-trained talent pools and to gain a competitive advantage not just
locally, but nationwide and globally as well."
Paladin Training, a Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center, VUE
and Sylvan Prometric Authorized Testing Facility, and Authorized ITCAP
Center, has been providing Oracle, Microsoft, Cisco and A+ education and
training services to the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsula business communities
for over five years.
For more information on how you and your organization can benefit from
connecting college credits to industry training, contact Peggy Roy at
1-800-532-8448 or training@paladindata.com
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