Thursday, August 22, 2024
CVTC Workforce Solutions trainers help businesses train employees
Claire Lindstrom’s brain is always noodling through the possibilities.
As Chippewa Valley Technical College’s Business Development and Continuing Education Specialist, she said offering workforce solutions opportunities is important for local businesses and community growth.
Her role at CVTC is two-fold. Lindstrom works to connect businesses to customized contract trainings and oversees and plans a large portion of the College’s Continuing Education Open Enrollment seminars.
“Our Workforce Solutions Training Programs fulfill a need in our community for short-term, customized training with stackable credentials that can lead to other programs at the technical college,” she said. “We offer the flexibility in training that our local employers are looking for, offering everything they need and nothing that they don’t.”
To make that happen, people like Lindstrom make it a point to do research and meet with business partners in west-central Wisconsin to make sure the training programs at CVTC are hitting the mark.
“Our training programs span the depth and breadth of offerings that we have at the technical college, allowing us to provide incumbent worker training to our local business community on Microsoft Office technology, industrial safety, welding, leadership, and everything in between,” she said.
Lindstrom and other business development employees at CVTC have years of experience in the fields that businesses need to upskill their employees. Businesses that take advantage of offerings at CVTC will likely work with one of the trainers below:
- Rich Stangl, Program Director and Industrial Safety Trainer, has more than 25 years of occupational safety and fire/emergency services experience. Specialties: Confined Space Training, Fall Protection Training, Fire/Emergency Response Training, Training for Construction Industry
- Matt Lind, CVTC Industrial Safety Trainer, has experience creating and implementing company policies and procedures that meet government regulations and codes, including initial creation, updating, re-evaluating, pre-visit planning, post-visit action planning, and follow-up. Specialties: HAZWOPER Training, MSHA Training
- Connie LeCleir-Meyer, CVTC Leadership & Organizational Development Trainer, is an experienced leader with over 35 years of experience in electronics manufacturing, legal, health insurance, healthcare, education, and training. Specialties: Leadership Coaching and Development, Certified Facilitator for Everything DiSC, Certified in Gallup Strengths Training/Coaching, Emotional Intelligence (EQi) certified
- Bill Swanson, CVTC Industrial Safety Trainer, brings over 30 years of manufacturing and industry expertise to CVTC. His journey has spanned various roles, from line production technician to management positions. Specialties: CPR Training, Quality/Root Cause Analysis Training
- Erin Trowbridge, co-owner of Four Peas Consulting. She has worked in various organizations as a marketing leader over her 15-year career and now consults with a small number of clients to help them solve their marketing challenges. Specialties: Digital Marketing, Social Media Marketing, SEO
- Jason Schmitz, full-time Business Management Instructor at CVTC has several years of management experience from working at Inclusa and A&J Mobility. Jason has worked in workforce solutions for many years as an adjunct instructor, prior to becoming a full-time instructor at CVTC. Specialties: Leadership Training and Development
- Laurie Simon, full-time instructor at Northwood Technical College, works with CVTC as an adjunct instructor to fulfill our business technology training needs. She has been training for over 24 years and is skilled in Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Distance Learning and E-Learning. Specialties: Microsoft Office- Excel, Word, Outlook
