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Short-term Classes

Business changes. Fast. Professional, high-quality training from the Corporate Education Center can keep you, your employees, and business ahead of the curve with short-term classes.

We have many different varieties of short-term classes:
  • One-day computer classes
  • Customer Service
  • Forklift Safety
  • Leadership
  • Computer-Aided Drafting
  • Lathe Operation
  • Basic Welding
  • And Lots More!

Our list of short-term classes changes throughout the year. If you do not see the training you need below we can customize a class for you. 



WDTC is now a Host Training Organization for the Mountain West OSHA Education Center.                                                                                                                           
WDTC is not an OTI Education Center but serves as a host training organization for Mountain West OTI Center. As a Host Training Organization, WDTC holds OSHA classes offered through the Mountain West OSHA Education Center on our campus. Up-to-date course schedules and registration information can be found on their website.
2024 Schedule
Course Title
Dates
Schedule
Fee
OSHA 510: Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry
February 26-29, 2024
Monday-Thursday from 8:00-4:30
Room: Pennington County
$795
OSHA 6005: Collateral Duty Course for Other Federal Agencies
March 18-21, 2024
Monday-Thursday from 8:00-4:30
Room: Dakota Hall
$795
OSHA 7215: Silica in Construction and General Industries
April 25, 2024
Thursday from 8:00-4:30
Room: Dakota Hall
$185
OSHA 7100: Introduction to Machinery and Machine Safegaurding
April 26, 2024
Friday from 8:00-12:00
Room: Dakota Hall
$125
OSHA 3015: Excavation, Trenching, and Soil Mechanics
May 20-22, 2024
Monday-Wednesday from 8:00-4:30
Room: Dakota Hall
$705
OSHA 502: Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers
July 24-26, 2024
Wednesday-Friday from 8:00-4:30
Room: Dakota Hall
$705
OSHA 7410: Managing Excavation/Trenching Operations
August 14, 2024
Wednesday from 8:00-3:30
Room: L226
$185
OSHA 510: Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry
August 26-29, 2024
Monday-Thursday from 8:00-4:30
Room: Dakota Hall
$795
OSHA 500: Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry
September 24-27, 2024
Tuesday-Friday from 8:00-4:30
Room: Dakota Hall
$795
OSHA 7215: Silica in Construction and General Industries October 23, 2024 Wednesday from 8:00-4:30
Room: Dakota Hall
$185
OSHA 7205: Health Hazard Awareness October 24, 2024 Thursday from 8:00-4:00
Room: Dakota Hall
$185
OSHA 7505: Introduction to Incident (Accident) Investigation October 25, 2024 Friday from 8:00-4:30
Room: Dakota Hall
$185
Click HERE to register.



FSA Borrower Training

This course is for Farm Service Agency (FSA) Borrowers and the Farmer/Rancher who has been farming for less than 10 years. This course meets the requirements set by the FSA for direct loan borrowing and WDT is approved as a multi-state provider of the FSA Borrower Training Course.

Rapid City, SD
Dates: Monday nights, Training Dates TBD

Time: 5:30-9:00 pm
Location: Western Dakota Technical College
800 Mickelson Dr. Rapid City, SD

Cost: $400 per person.
Discount available for additional participants from the same operation.


Please call 605-718-2410 or fill out the form below to register.

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American Sign Language for First Responders

Course Description: This course focuses on first responders, nurses, receptionists, and other professions that encounter Deaf or hard of hearing individuals before an interpreter is available.  Areas of focus will be how to identify communication breakdown, how to calm Deaf and hard of hearing individuals, first levels of communication, request interpreter.  Individuals will have an opportunity to work through mock first responder case scenarios experienced by Deaf individual’s past experiences.

Course Dates: TBD - please complete the registration form if you would like to be contacted when course dates are scheduled

Time: 6:00-8:00pm each night

Cost: $175 per person

Instructors: Cyndi Fisher, Sign Language Interpreter
                 Callista Powell-Cline, M.Ed.

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