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non – credit courses
Workforce Training and Continuing Education
Continuing Education
Saint Paul College offers several options for those looking for non-credit courses. Individual classes and certificate programs are open to community members who want to learn a new skill, maintain credentials, or start/change careers.
Workforce Training
Workforce Training provides quality customized solutions delivered on our site, at your location, or online. Saint Paul College has been helping businesses and organizations throughout the metro area stay informed and educated about advances and best practices pertinent to workplace skills, leadership, organizational sustainability, and business practices. We will customize a training program based on your specific needs.
Spring/Summer 2025 Course Schedule
In this Continuing Education course schedule, you’ll find classes to enhance your workplace skills and career opportunities or simply for personal enrichment.
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Continuing Education
Saint Paul College offers several options for those looking for non-credit courses. Individual classes and certificate programs are open to community members who want to learn a new skill, maintain credentials, or start/change careers
Business & Soft Skills
Saint Paul College offers non-credit courses in business programs like Marketing, Communications, Customer Service, Bookkeeping/Accounting, Leadership, and more.
Cannabis
Saint Paul College offers non-credit training in the fast-growing cannabis industry! Join our online courses in new and emerging fields as a wide range of positions are steadily becoming available in the cannabis industry
Child Development & Educator Professional Development
Saint Paul College offers non-credit training in child development and education. This field is in high demand, with several options for prospective students to join the industry!
Criminal Justice & Legal
Saint Paul College offers trainings in Criminal Justice and Legal industry. Many of these courses are great options for students new to the industry and looking for training that can lead to an impactful career in justice-involved job opportunities.
Computers & Technology
Saint Paul College offers non-credit training in computers and technology! Many of our courses are designed for students who are beginner/intermediary experienced.
Language, Culinary, Arts
Saint Paul College offers non-credit trainings in language, culinary, and arts. Many of our trainings are designed for both personal enrichment, as well as career-based training that can lead to receiving an industry recognized credential to work in the field.
Health, Wellness and Services
Saint Paul College offers non-credit trainings for the healthcare industry. These courses are designed as short-term training programs that can lead to direct-to-employment careers. All of our healthcare courses meet State and National standards for credentialing to provide students quality education and training for students to receive certification.
Home & Auto Repair
Saint Paul College offers non-credit training in home and auto repair. Whether you are wanting to learn how to repair a small engine machine at home, fix your motorcycle, learn basic automotive care, or how to manage a DIY project at home, we have expert instructors on campus that will teach you basic and intermediary repair skills that are handy around the house!
Hospitality
Saint Paul College offers non-credit training in the hospitality industry. Our hospitality courses are generally self-paced, online.
Manufacturing & Skills Trades
Saint Paul College offers non-credit training in the manufacturing industry. Our manufacturing courses focus on skills needed to work in the field. Many of our courses are in-person based training, such as our popular Forklift Training and Welding courses to provide hands-on experience.
Transportation and Safety
Saint Paul College offers non-credit training in the Transportation and Safety industry. Our courses will teach students behind-the-wheel skills; food safety; and other vehicle license/certifications.
Water Utility Treatment & Technology
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Ideas?
Would you like to teach a continuing education course or do you have an idea for a new class?
Saint Paul College is committed to equitable access to education for all students. If you have or suspect a disability and need accommodations, please contact Access & Disability Resources at AccessResources@saintpaul.edu or 651.350.3008, or visit room 1405. Alternative formats of materials are available upon request.
Workforce Training
Workforce Training provides quality customized solutions delivered on campus, at your location, or online. Saint Paul College has been helping businesses and organizations throughout the metro area stay informed and educated about advances and best practices pertinent to the workplace. We will customize a training program based on your specific needs.
Our Customized Training Representatives can develop new training programs in just about any field of study, but also specialize in contract training in the following fields:
- Information Technology
- Computer Skills
- Truck Driving
- Manufacturing & Welding
- Healthcare (Certified Nursing Assistant, Sterile Processing, and many more…)
- Workplace Safety
- Leadership and Professional Development
- Customer Service and Professionalism Training
- Culinary Training
- Water Utilities Treatment Technology
Grant and Funding Programs for Training
Grants can pay for a significant amount of your organizations training needs. Saint Paul College will be your training partner and consultant for available funding programs.
Below are two popular grants that Saint Paul College’s Workforce Training and Continuing Education Department utilizes for Minnesota based Companies:
- Minnesota Dual Training Pipeline Grant
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Health Care Services
- Information TechnologyLegal Cannabis
- Transportation
- Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Grant (MJSP)
- Focuses on providing training for both new and existing employees of participating businesses. Grant awards “short form” up to $50,000 and “long form” up to $400,000. Projects average one to three years in duration.
We are open to partnering with you on any other funding opportunities as well!
Contact Workforce Training and Continuing Education for more information on our Workforce Training programs and funding opportunities!
Plumbing on Non-Credit
Plumbers Local 34 contracts with Saint Paul College to administer the Accuplacer exam as one of the entrance requirements to their training program.
Accuplacers are offered during the following dates/times:
Mondays & Wednesdays
8am – 3pm
Saint Paul College – room L587
$25/exam
*Please note – this is not a Saint Paul College Academic Program. Plumbers Local 34 hosts their training at our location but they maintain all other aspects of the program.
Workforce Training and Continuing Education provides space for the Plumbers Local 34 JATC*. For more information regarding this Plumbing Training Program please direct your questions to the email listed below:
