NC Workforce Credentials Application is now open! The application must be completed online. Applicants may wish to view a PDF of the application prior to working on the submittal. New this year is a template to ensure that employer letters include the information necessary for review. This template is available as a PDF or a WORD document.
With an increasing demand for employees in frontline careers essential to North Carolina’s future, take advantage of a wide variety of affordable training to earn certifications and credentials that can help you advance in a career and open up greater opportunities in your field, faster.
Industry-Valued Credentials can be earned quickly, and sometimes alongside other education programs.
Kick-start or up-skill your career with industry-valued credentials and practical, hands-on programs that will give you the skills you need to be ready in weeks, not years. Earn credentials for high-demand industries through in-person and online training programs available through our state’s career & technical education programs in high schools and our 58 Community Colleges.
$3k | 2/3 | 2X | ||
| Earning a non-degree credential typically boosts yearly income by at least $3k and sometimes much more1 | More than 2/3 of workers with non-degree credentials report very high job satisfaction2 | Jobs in NC requiring a post-secondary non-degree credential are projected to grow twice as fast as those that only require a HS diploma |
[1]Source: Association of Community College Trustees, The Value of Community College Short-Term Credentials
[2]Source: Strada Center for Education Consumer Insights
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