Vocational Training ProgramsThe Vocational Training Programs are part of an integrated rehabilitation package. Trainees spend part of their day learning specific occupational skills as well as other complementary activities such as: individual and group counseling, job search skills and adult basic education. All the above listed classes are supplemented by Adult Basic Education, survival skill, job-related mathematics, reading, writing, etc. up to the acquisition of High School Graduate Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D).
Need our Services?Would you like to receive free training and become employed in your area of training? Goodwill Industries offers a variety of vocational opportunities to assist individuals with disabilities to obtain as well as retain employment within the community. For those individuals who have the capabilities and necessary aptitudes and interests, there are vocational training programs available in areas such as:
Office Careers - that provides all the knowledge necessary to work as an entry level Data Entry Clerk, receptionist, telephone operator, mail clerk, secretary, office clerk, typist, etc.
Industrial Sewing - (basic sewing, industrial machine operation, etc.) Prepares individuals fo reemployment as a Power Machine Operator, principles in the management and effective use of time, money, space, energy and material resources; select appropriate tools and equipment fo reach task; operate the commercial machine to perform mass production skills in the preparation of work sections; basic sewing operation; care and maintenance of equipment and tools efficiently and safely.
Custodial/Janitorial Services - teaches basic cleaning procedures and equipments, in dusting and dust mopping; stairway cleaning; wet mopping floor; restroom cleaning; dry cleaning floors; scrubbing machine; furniture cleaning; glass cleaning; aluminum and tile leaning; heating, cooling and ventilating equipment maintenance; use of hand shipping and patch waxing equipment and supplies; and buffing machine.
Bank Encoding - Banking structure and operation; the federal Reserve System; the Savings and Investment process; intensive calculator or 10 key adding machine studies; encoding practical.
The main purpose of these programs is to focus on a particular skill and to prepare the individual for an entry level job. The average length of time for each training curriculum is from 12 to 24 weeks. However, all training are open-ended to accommodate each individual learning style according to his/her individual abilities.
The program provides participants the opportunity to become proficient in a particular occupation and open doors to career opportunities. The above skills are taught by Miami-Dade County Public School teachers certified by the State of Florida. A principal advantage of this program in Goodwill Industries is the large number of work stations which are available for work experience so that the individual can later be referred to a job having not only the training but the actual work experience.