Employment Training & Placement
Columbia Basin College
Columbia Basin College
Address:
2600 North 20th Ave
Pasco,
Hours: Vary
Phone: (509) 547-0511
Worker Retraining/Displaced Homemaker- (509) 542-4446
Work First - (509) 542-4719
Resource Center - (509) 542-5525
Several programs designed to help adults and youth develop job skills, and assistance in finding employment.
Columbia Industries
Address:
900 S Dayton
Kennewick,
Hours: M-F | 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Phone: (509) 582-4142
Website: www.columbiaindustries.com
Provides vocational services and on-the-job training for people
with physical and/or mental disabilities who are able to work with supervision. Including: evaluation, training, development, placement, and follow-up.
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Address:
500 N Morian St
Suite 2104
Kennewick,
Hours: M-F | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Phone: (509) 374-2151
A statewide resource for people with a physical and/or mental disability that impedes employment. Provides assistance in preparation for, obtaining and retaining employment.
Goodwill Industries
Address:
815 N Kellogg St, Suite A
201 Wellsian Way-Richland
Kennewick, Washington
Hours: M-F | 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Phone: (509) 735-0400- Kennewick
Website: www.goodwillotc.org
Provides community employment services, occupational skills training and sheltered employment for people with disabilities and/or barriers to employment. Pasco location is the Employment Connections Center which is a free walk-in job search Center.
Also located in Pasco - 3521 W. Court St -509-460-4704
Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC)
Address:
2211 West Court Street, Suite E
Pasco,
Hours: M-F | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Phone: (509) 248-6751
Website: www.yvoic.org
Provides quality job training, education, and other services for eligible farm workers and their dependents. Their Washington Farm Worker Investment Program provides eligible farm workers and their dependents with training and assistance to obtain year-round, full-time employment in living wage jobs.
People Ready
Address:
3180 W. Clearwater Ave
Suite Q
Kennewick,
Hours: M-F | 5:30 AM -6:00 PM; Sat | 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM Sunday closed
Phone: (509) 222-1180
www.peopleready.com
Previously known as "Labor Ready"
Provides same-day employment for people interested in temporary work. Jobs range from landscaping to construction to occasionally- retail inventory. Workers are paid the same day that they work.
Tri-Tech Skills Center
Address:
5929 West Metaline
Kennewick,
Hours: M-F | 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Phone: (509)222-7300
Website: www.tritech.ksd.org
Technical Skills Center -Career and technical training for high school Juniors and Senior to gain employable skills while earning their high school diploma.
Teen Parent Education -Curriculum includes issues of pregnancy
and its special problems for the pregnant teen; communication
techniques, money management, prepared childbirth, practical baby care, community resources, marriage and family life decisions.
WIC Program (509) 460-4202 Sept-May, 1st Tue of the month 8:30 am-noon & 1:00pm-3:00 pm.
- Provides nutrition assessments, education and vouchers for specific nutritious foods for pregnant and post-partum women, infants, and children under 5 years of age.
WorkSource Columbia Basin
Employment Services
Address:
815 N Kellogg St
Suite D
Kennewick,
Hours: M-F | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Phone: (509)734-5952
Website: www.go2worksource.com
Unemployment Information (509) 734-5900 Provides assistance and information regarding unemployment.
Job Center (509) 734-5952 Provides job hunter workshops, helps acquiring a job, and finds candidates for job opening
Adult Program- Assists low-income job seekers (over 18 years of age) with job search, resume writing, and interview training, among other services.
Veterans Program-Provides job placement assistance, on-the-job training opportunities and limited job-skills training.
Youth Program (509) 734-5922 Prepares low-income individuals (ages 14-24) for success in school and at work.
Dislocated Worker Program -Helps workers who lost jobs due to plant closures, company downsizing, or some other significant change in market conditions.