General
Resource Materials and Providers
Labor Market Information

General

The Adult Basic Education Program (ABE) of the West Virginia Department of Education allows adults to acquire and improve functional skills such as speaking, listening, reading, writing, thinking, and math skills as well as English as a Second Language.
     URL: http://wvabe.state.k12.wv.us/

Resource Materials and Providers

The West Virginia Workforce Investment Board serves as the lead agency on all statewide workforce matters.  The Board coordinates the local workforce investment boards, negotiates statewide performance standards and ensures quality improvement of workforce investment programs and activities.
     URL: http://www.wvwib.org/default.html

The Office of Vocational-Technical Education (West Virginia) provides vocational-technical education programs and services to youth and adults.
     URL: http://wvde.state.wv.us/

The Governor's Workforce Investment Office maintains a searchable list of provisional training service providers for the State of West Virginia.  The Office also provides a list of WORK4WV regional self-access points.
     URL: http://www.wvgwio.org/

West Virginia Tech Prep prepares students for a highly skilled technical occupation that allows either direct entry into the workplace as a qualified technician or continuation with further education.
     URL: http://www.wvtechprep.wvnet.edu/

Contact the West Virginia Workplace Education Program for on-site, customized basic skill training in areas such as applied math, teamwork, and communication.  Also, business and industry pre-hire assessment development and pre-hire basic skills classes are offered statewide.
    URL: http://resavii.wvlink.com/

Workplace Education classes are provided under the direction of the State ABE Program and are designed to provide customized basic skill programs, ACT WorkKeys job profiling, and/or pre-employment LINKS (Lifelong Instruction in New Knowledge and Skills) programs for new or expanding industry. 
     URL: http://wvabe.org/workplace.htm

The Center for Business and Industry Clearinghouse provides a statewide centralized database and resource center for workforce education providers and those in need of training or retraining. The Center is a partnership between West Virginia State College and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
     URL: http://wvclear.wvsc.edu/cbi/index.html

Workforce Development and Technical Training programs at the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) at Marshall University are custom designed to meet the needs of manufacturers.  RCBI provides statewide and regional access to advanced technology and technical training to small and medium sized companies. 
     URL: http://www.rcbi.org/content/workforce.asp

The Electronic Campus of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) is an “electronic marketplace” for courses, programs and services. All courses and programs are offered through distance learning by accredited colleges and universities in the SREB states.
     URL: http://www.electroniccampus.org/

Labor Market Information

The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce provides business leadership to meet state and regional issues.  The Education Committee provides a forum for promoting education and good schools and is particularly interested in workforce development issues.
     URL: http://www.wvchamber.com/

Employment statistics from the West Virginia Bureau of Employment Services include employment and wage data, occupational data and projections as well as occupational safety and health statistics.
     URL: http://www.state.wv.us/bep/LMI/default.htm

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Last updated: July 19, 2002.