CDO Workforce coordinates and focuses employment, training and education development resources across three counties, providing service to employed people, unemployed people and employers alike. Our goal is to improve the long-term growth and development of the work force.
This two-day seminar addresses different types of investigations and will give employers and investigators an understanding of the tools needed to plan and conduct interviews, gather, organize and review different types of evidence, draw appropriate conclusions, document an investigation and make the right recommendations for actions.
When: June 25th & June 26th
Where: MidYork Library System, 1600 Lincoln Ave., Utica, NY
To Register e-mail
Registration Deadline: Thursday, June 20, 2019
$145 per person | Advance Payment Required
Light Breakfast & Lunch Included
Check and Credit Card payments accepted.
Please make checks payable to “JSEC” or to arrange for a credit card payment email .
Send payment to: CDO Workforce, Attention: JSEC, 12 Dietz St., Oneonta, NY 13820.
Are you starting a business? Are you already in business and need an entrepreneurial “tune-up?” The Small Business Training Program is for you.
Learn from the experts how to build your idea into a profitable venture.
Classes take place on two (2) consecutive Wednesdays. Each session is a full day of classroom training beginning at 9:00 am and ending at 4:30 pm.
Both sessions are included in the price of $75.00. An SBDC Certificate of Completion will be awarded at the end of the 2nd session. This Certificate is a requirement of the Otsego County and City of Oneonta Microenterprise Grant Program. More importantly, you will walk away with valuable knowledge, ideas, motivation and resources.
When: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Where: Otsego Now Offices
189 Main Street
5th Floor, Suite 500
Oneonta, NY 13820
When: June 17th—June 27th - Monday—Thursday each week-9am—5pm
Where: ATEC Lab on SUNY Delhi Campus
Combination of lecture and lab classes, approximately 50% theory and 50% hands on learning activities.
Topics:
Safety
Tools of the trade and their use
Finding and interpreting information in the National Electrical Code
Trade specific mathematics Drawing and interpreting schematic, wiring, and one-line diagrams
Ohm’s Law calculations involving current, voltage, power, and resistance in electrical circuits
Recognize appropriate wiring methods used in residential installations
Installation of single pole, three-way, and four-way switches
Installation of duplex receptacles
Installation of ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) receptacles
Installation of dryer and range receptacles
Call Maggie Gilbert at 607—832—5776 for more information.
All students who complete program will receive basic electrical tools, a professionalresume and job placement assistance.Tuition Assistance may be available. Must be 18 and older.
Register today for this free, informative workshop brought to you by Springbrook, CDO Workforce, and The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce.
Sessions will include discussion and instruction on how to find and maintain employment in today’s competitive job market as well as information regarding financial literacy. Students will be provided with a training workbook and an opportunity to enroll in programs to assist in finding employment after course completion.
This training is open to persons of all abilities, with training content focused for Youth 18 - 24 years old with little work experience.
Class Schedule and Location
May 13, 16, 20, and 23 | 10:00am - 1:00 pm
CDO Workforce Offices | 12 Dietz Street, Oneonta, NY
Registration
You must register to attend.
Please contact Alan Sessions at 607-432-4800 ext 109 and sign up today!
When: Friday May 3rd | 11:30am to 3:30pm
Where: CDO Workforce, 12 Dietz St., Oneonta, NY
Many people with disabilities wait years before they are determined to be eligible for benefits. PASS plans,1619b, Medicaid Buy-In for Working people with a disability and some of the other underused mechanisms that will be covered. These free OMH workshops will show you the benefits and advantages by participating in Social Security entitlement programs.
• Workshop 1 – PASS Plans, 1.5 HOURS
• Workshop 2 – Medicaid Buy-in and 1619(b), 1 HOUR
• Workshop 3 – Social Security Forms and Resources, 45 MINUTES
These workshops will also teach you how to request a waiver for an overpayment; avoid spend-downs; use Social Security work incentives to help maintain SSI and SSDI eligibility as you explore returning to work; ease off cash benefits and into self-sufficiency; work full-time and maintain low cost (or even no-cost) health insurance; get expedited reinstatement of benefits.
If you wish to register for one and/or all of the workshops, please contact:
Kate Hewlett- Peer Engagement Specialist, Otsego County Community Services, 607-433-2343,
Our goal is to help job seekers not just find a job, but develop and manage a career. That means helping them when they have a job and when they are looking. We also strive to help employers find the workers they need quickly and the resources to improve training, workforce retention and workforce restructuring.
A DRC is a Disability Resource Coordinator, someone who helps individuals with disabilities find employment.
High School Equivalency (HSE/GED) A high school equivalency or GED/HSE is a recognized alternative to a high school diploma.
Work-Based Learning (WBL) provides students and job seekers with real-life work experience that compliments their academic studies. Typically they include job shadowing, mentoring, internships, and apprenticeships.
A Team Helper is anyone who is the lead support person to the job seeker with disabilities along their career journey. It can be a family member, friend, employment counselor, Disability Resource Coordinator (DRC), or case manager.
A stop-gap job is temporary employment until something better or more permanent can be obtained.
Basic needs refers to the goods and services necessary for a minimum standard of living. This includes access to food, safe shelter, clothing, and sanitation. Reliable transportation and education can also be considered a basic need.
A safe space is intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations.
Competitive integrated employment (CIE) is work performed by a person with an impairment or health-related disability (health impairment) within an integrated setting. Wages are at least minimum wage or higher and at a rate comparable to non-disabled workers performing the same tasks.
For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education.
