More Free & Low-cost Training Opportunities

  • Emergency Communications

    Employees receive paid on-the-job training and earn MCC credits in their first year of employment as telecommunication or public safety dispatcher trainees

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  • Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center (FWD Center)

    The FWD Center is designed to focus on rapid training, retraining and upskilling of technical middle-skilled workers in demand by local employers. Through innovative partnerships and technical programming, the FWD Center is a catalyst in developing our region’s economy.

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  • Job Corps

    With over 120 campuses across the United States, Job Corps provides free career training and education for low-income 16- through 24-year-olds. Here, students get the experience they need to begin a career or apprenticeship, go on to college, or join the military. The best part? It’s free.

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  • Phlebotomy Training at URMC

    Free 6-week-long workforce training program includes 2 weeks of classroom instruction and 100 hours of clinical training. Upon completion, graduates are no longer considered trainees and are eligible to fill positions in our UR Medicine Labs Outpatient Service Centers.

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  • REOC (Rochester Educational Opportunity Center)

    REOC offers tuition free programs to students who qualify in fields like health care, business, IT, childcare, and occupational trades

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  • Rochester General College of Health Careers

    Programming in Surgical Technology, Radiologic Technology, and Nursing (no cost if you work for Rochester Regional Health for 3 years post-graduation)

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