Current Trainings
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Current Offerings
3D Printing Series
BLS Healthcare Provider CPR
BPI Building Analyst Certification Course
EPA 608 Refrigerant Certificate
Forensic Phlebotomy Refresher
Google Career Certificates (FREE)
Heat Pump Installer Training
High Pressure Boiler
Phlebotomy (FREE)
Sustainable Landscape and Garden Management
Virtual Assistant Training (FREE)
Welding
Click a course above for more information or call 207-453-5083 to register over the phone.
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*COVID-19 Policy & Protocols*
BLS Healthcare Provider CPR
Fee: $75 *In-person or hybrid options available*
Hybrid (online course + brief skills assessment)
Hybrid option available at any time, click here for more information
In-person
October 7, Friday, 8:00am – 1:00pm, Fairfield
October 19, Wednesday, 4:00pm – 9:00pm, Fairfield
November 4, Friday, 8:00am – 1:00pm, Fairfield
November 16, Wednesday, 4:00pm – 9:00pm, Fairfield
This course is for students entering any of the several healthcare professions (EMT, Nursing, CNA, Residential Care, etc.). The course covers one and two person adult CPR, child and infant CPR, obstructed airway maneuvers for the conscious and unconscious adult, child and infant, barrier devices and disease transmission and prevention, introduction to the Automated External Defibrillator (AED), legal and ethical considerations, and special resuscitation situations. Students who have been certified in the past, and have let their certification lapse by more than 30 days will need to take this full class.
BPI Building Analyst Certification Course
Multiple start dates throughout 2022
FMI Contact: George – gcallas@buildgreenmaine.org
Designed to prepare industry professionals for careers in energy auditing, building diagnosis and inspection, air sealing & insulation installation, and high performance construction, Build Green Maine’s BPI (Building Performance Institute) Certification course covers everything a candidate needs to know and demonstrate in order to successfully obtain BPI certification. The curriculum addresses all the Testable Knowledge Items listed for the BPI Building Analyst and Envelope Professional certifications. Both certifications require passing both an online and a field test, and this course fully prepares a candidate to challenge and pass each or both of them.
Heat Pump Installer Training
Live on Alfond Campus
Grant Funding Available through the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce
Up to $1200 available for eligible frontline workers; organizations must join the Maine Workforce Development Compact to be eligible for funds.
Start the process here: Funding Process
EPA 608 Refrigerant Certificate (Self-Study)
EMT – Basic Course
Grant Funding Available through the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce
Up to $1200 available for eligible frontline workers; organizations must join the Maine Workforce Development Compact to be eligible for funds.
Start the process here: Funding Process
Forensic Phlebotomy Refresher
Grant Funding Available through the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce
Up to $1200 available for eligible frontline workers; organizations must join the Maine Workforce Development Compact to be eligible for funds.
Start the process here: Funding Process
Virtual Assistant Training
Fee: FREE
November 1 – April 15
*Online training with weekly self-paced assignments*
Meets one day per week for 1 hour via Zoom
Sign Up Here
Become a remote worker and work from home as a Virtual Assistant – these roles support businesses and companies in marketing, administrative, and/or management tasks. Through our program you will receive a certificate to specialize in Project Management or Digital Marketing, while also learning the basics of entrepreneurship, web-based tech tools, and successfully working remotely. Also, get connected to complete a portfolio project with a local Maine company. Virtual assistants work remotely and can find employment full-time with a company or work freelance with multiple clients, as an entrepreneur.
Google Career Certificates
Get free access to earn a Career Certificate from Google. These trainings are presented entirely online and can help you advance in your current field or gain a new skill altogether.
The available Certificates are:
Project Management
Digital Marketing & E-Commerce
IT Support
UX Design
Data Analytics
IT Automation with Python
3D Printing Series
Includes: 3D Printer, Roll of Filament, and 3D Printing Tool Kit
In this course you will learn how to set up, operate, and troubleshoot your 3D printer. At the beginning of class, you will open the box of your new 3D printer and within 30 minutes you will be printing your first model. This course looks to maximizing your experience with the 3D printer that you will take home with you at the end of the first workshop. This course is equivalent to 1 CEU.
Want to create your own models for 3D printing? This course will teach you the basics of designing with 3D printing in mind. Methods will include parametric design, sculpting, and scanning. We will survey a variety of free design programs, including Forger, Meshmixer, Tinkercad, and Shapr3D. This course is equivalent to 1 CEU.
This workshop will introduce you to advanced techniques in 3D printing and design. Topics will include design for 3D printing, print orientation, converting file formats, modeling by programming, creating a 3D topo map, 3D scanning, embedding a 3D model on a website, web-based slicers, printing on fabric, compliant design, and specialty filaments. In addition to the software used in 3D Printing Software, you will be introduced to other free design programs, including Meshlab, MorphoSource, OpenSCAD, Codeblocks, TouchTerrain, Polycam, Kiri Moto and more. This course is equivalent to 1 CEU.
Grant Funding Available through the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce
Up to $1200 available for eligible frontline workers; organizations must join the Maine Workforce Development Compact to be eligible for funds.
Start the process here: Funding Process
Welding I, II or Aluminum
Welding I will introduce students to the basics of welding. This foundation course will focus on safety and principles of welding. Students will use the SMAW welding process (stick welding) and will learn to make minor repairs and start your own projects.
Welding II is more advanced and will build on the SMAW welding process and also learn FCAW and cutting with Oxy-Acetylene torches. Successful students will be ready to take one AWS Certification Test at the EMCC Test Center.
Grant Funding Available through the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce
Up to $1200 available for eligible frontline workers; organizations must join the Maine Workforce Development Compact to be eligible for funds.
Start the process here: Funding Process
High Pressure Boiler
*Free training available, see Grant Funding below*
Online Course via Zoom
Fee:$625
September 8 – December 22: Thursdays, 6pm – 9pm – FULL
OR
September 14 – December 28: Wednesdays, 6pm – 9pm
This is a 45-hour course which provides participants with the knowledge and techniques to operate a boiler steam generating plant in a safe and efficient manner. Basics of boiler design and control are emphasized as well as the importance of feed water treatment. Topics include day-to-day operations, steam turbine control, power generation, and environmental control parameters to meet emission requirements. The safe handling and combustion of natural gas, fuel oil, coal and wood fuel is covered. This course will also place emphasis on code requirements. The course offers a practical approach to power plant operation and is designed to prepare the student for the Maine licensing exam. This course will give the student 450 hours towards the 900 hours need to sit for the Maine Licensing Exam. An additional 450 hours in the field is required in order to sit for this exam. This class will also be beneficial for individuals preparing for their 4th or 3rd class engineers license.
Grant Funding Available through the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce
Up to $1200 available for eligible frontline workers; organizations must join the Maine Workforce Development Compact to be eligible for funds.
Start the process here: Funding Process
Sustainable Landscape and Garden Management
3 live Saturday classes (9/24/22, 10/15/22, 11/12/22) in Blue Hill, ME
Marechal Brown (Lead Instructor) got her start in horticulture as a public garden volunteer in New York City, going on to study botany, horticulture and landscape design at the New York Botanical Garden. She had the great fortune to work for NYC Parks for over 20 years.Marechal started her Parks career as a gardener in Morningside Park, designed and built in the late 1800s by Fredrick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. She developed a horticultural training program for her staff, worked with thousands of volunteers, and developed gardening curriculum for local elementary school students in collaboration with NY Audubon. During her tenure, Morningside Park received landmark status as a Registered Historic Landscape. Marechal went on to direct horticulture operations in North Manhattan Parks—600 acres of parks large and small, including Fort Tryon Park designed by the Olmsted Brothers.
Grant Funding Available through the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce
Up to $1200 available for eligible frontline workers; organizations must join the Maine Workforce Development Compact to be eligible for funds.
Start the process here: Funding Process
TIPS Alcohol Certification
*Free training available, see Grant Funding below*
9:00am – 1:30pm
TIPS is a dynamic, skills-based training program designed to prevent intoxication, drunk driving and underage drinking by enhancing the fundamental “people skills” of servers, sellers and consumers of alcohol. TIPS gives individuals the knowledge and confidence they need to prevent alcohol-related tragedies and to create a safer work environment.
Grant Funding Available through the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce
Up to $1200 available for eligible frontline workers; organizations must join the Maine Workforce Development Compact to be eligible for funds.
Start the process here: Funding Process
Phlebotomy
Fee: FREE
October 3 – December 23
Online from 10/3 – 10/16
Live labs start week of October 17th (one weekday per week from 2pm – 5pm)
Register Here
Become a certified phlebotomist that will transition from the classroom into the workforce. This course consists of a three-phase sequence dealing with the theory, practice, lab and clinical experience. Phase 1: online learning will focus on infection control and safety practices, phlebotomy equipment and techniques, anatomy and physiology of the circulatory system, specimen preparation and handling and the ethical and legal aspects of phlebotomy. Practice proper procedures in the collection of blood specimens by venipuncture in a classroom (lab) setting. Phase 2: students will perform venipuncture and the associated labs at a hospital or a practice-based laboratory for 100 hours. Phase 3: prepares each student to sit for the ASCP Certification.