Community College Workforce Alliance | The Mission of CCWA is to meet the workforce development needs of employers in the Greater Richmond/Crater regions through customized and open enrollment training programs, consulting, and a variety of other services, and to support the demands of employer and individual development. CCWA strives to create training solutions for area employers that are not being met by traditional academic programs.

Industry Recognized Credentials

For employers, nothing can better guarantee that a new recruitment has the skills necessary to be productive than an industry certification. For the individual looking for a new position, nothing gives you a better chance of landing that job than having the required credential.
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Custom-Designed Training

Need a customized training solution unique to your industry and culture? CCWA works with hundreds of organizations, offering custom-designed training programs tailored to your specific needs. Our industry experts and trainers have extensive experience in providing workplace solutions in a timely and effective manner.
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Individualized Training

CCWA offers training for individuals through open enrollment courses. These short-term courses and certifications allow you to learn it today and use it tomorrow to enhance your job skills or prepare for the next employment opportunity.
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Meeting and Conference Facilities

CCWA possesses more than 40,000 square feet of regional training and meeting facilities across three convenient locations. We offer facilities that accommodate small and large groups with on-site technology support and free parking.
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Consulting Services

CCWA assists clients with tailored consulting services, helping organizations achieve business objectives, uncover new opportunities for efficiency and overcome workplace challenges. We work with management teams to clearly identify strategic focuses and determine the gaps between desired and actual organizational performance.
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Teacher Training

Since 2004, the EducateVA Career Switcher program has trained over 1,400 individuals to become teachers. CCWA’s EducateVA program is much less costly than programs for licensure offered through traditional universities and colleges.
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Learners

Credentials Earned

Workforce Classes

Training Hours

Effective Presentations (10/24)

In this 2-day workshop, participants will learn techniques for creating effective professional presentations. Day 1 includes analyzing your audience, clarifying your ideas and information, providing structure, and creating visual aids.

Managing Job Stress (12/05)

This workshop will focus on managing your own stress level before helping with others. Learn the impact that stress has on workplace productivity and effectiveness. Learn to become more aware of your stress and new strategies for handling it. . Learn more

Excel Data Management (12/11)

Learn how to manipulate data in Excel, to query data and to do calculations on databases. Perform custom sorts; use the filter feature to narrow down your list, use database functions to do calculations based on certain criteria. Learn more

Our partnership with CCWA has proven to be a great success on every level. We are very proud of the enthusiastic response to the e-learning courses and pleased that the training meets the needs of child care providers throughout the Commonwealth.
Virginia Department of Social Services

Whenever I call on CCWA, I know I can count on them to provide a highly competent resource with deep expertise in a number of topic areas.
Sabra Dipping Company

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has utilized the training services of CCWA for over 10 years. CCWA consistently exceeds expectations with their professionalism and high quality instructors, and we look forward to continuing our relationship to meet future workforce development needs.
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Sun Chemical has been more than impressed with CCWA’s professionalism and custom training capabilities. We met with their representative, outlined our specific training needs and they delivered.
Sun Chemical Corporation

The service and talent that CCWA provided helped to enrich several online course and they provided exceptional, quality talent to meet our future training needs and projects.
Virginia Department of Emergency Management