Customized Training & Registered Apprenticeships

Customized Training:

Make your business stronger and develop your employees by collaborating with Iowa Western’s training staff. Iowa Western will help develop customized instructional plans ensuring that your unique training needs can be met.

Iowa Western can assist in offering most training requests.

Frequent training areas:

  • Management and Supervision
  • Computer Skills
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Entrepreneurial Management
  • Basic Skills
  • Language/Communication
  • Technical/Maintenance/Mechanical
  • Operations/LEAN
  • Health & Safety

Iowa Western has developed short term non-credit certificates focused on advanced manufacturing skills. The Centers of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing (CEAM) programs originated in Clarinda, and now is also offered in Harlan, IA and Council Bluffs, IA

Center of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing – Clarinda

Center of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing – Shelby


Registered Apprenticeship Training:

Registered Apprenticeship is an employer-driven model that combines on-the-job learning with related classroom instruction. Registered Apprenticeship is a proven solution for businesses to recruit, train, and retain highly skilled workers.

Apprenticeship can be customized to meet the needs of any business and integrated into current training and human resource development strategies. Apprentices can be new hires, or businesses can select current employees to join the apprenticeship program.

Registered Apprenticeship can help address the following workforce challenges and more:

  • Jobs where it is difficult to find workers with the right skills.
  • Occupations where a highly skilled workforce is retiring soon.
  • Positions with high turnover.
  • Challenges helping workers keep pace with continuing industry advances.

Benefits to Employers:

  • Highly skilled employees
  • Reduced turnover costs
  • Higher productivity

Benefits for Workers:

  • Increased skills
  • National Credential
  • Career advancement

Registered Apprenticeship Flyer

Learn more about our Iowa Health Careers 2.0 Program

If you are a business and want to explore developing a Registered Apprenticeship with Iowa Western, please contact us.


Contact us for more information  •  BCE@iwcc.edu  •  712-325-3376