CVTC launching college for working adults - WQOW TV: Eau Claire, WI NEWS18 News, Weather, and Sports

Eau Claire (WQOW)- A local college is targeting adults hoping to make it easier for them to get a degree.

CChippewa Valley Technical College is launching a new program for working adults. The program offers associate degrees and certifications in a more flexible format. Most classes will be eight weeks long instead of sixteen, and will be held from 6 to 9 p.m., others will be offered online. CVTC is hoping this will give job seekers the opportunity to learn skills that will make them better qualified.

"There's a mismatch between the skills that people have today and the openings that are out there. For example in manufacturing, whether it's in welding where now a two year training program is more inline with what the manufacturers need for more sophisticated equipment, robotics, laser cutters and things like that. So this gives people an opportunity to improve their skills, change their career paths, while they're still working," said Doug Olson, Chippewa Valley Technical College.

Some of the programs being offered include business management, human resources and marketing. 

Informational meetings are being held at 6p.m.Thursday, for those who have an interest in the program. Those meetings will take place on CVTC campuses in Chippewa Falls, Menomonie and River Falls.