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Professional Development

Professional Development, a division of Economic Development Services, offers lifelong training to individuals as well as customized training for businesses and industries. Our mission is to provide the highest quality training to enhance potential and current employee skills and effectiveness through a lifelong learning process. Please call the Professional Development Center for information and registration services:

Telephone: 706.649.1822.
Mailing address: 928 Manchester Expressway, Columbus, GA 31904-6572.
Email: community-education@columbustech.edu.

Our curriculum includes:

  • American Sign Language
  • ASE Exam Prep
  • Backflow Prevention Exam Prep
  • CDL Exam Prep
  • Conversational Spanish
  • Cosmetology Recertification CEUs
  • Forklift Training
  • Home Inspection
  • Industrial Electricity Home Inspection
  • Journeyman Plumber Licensing Exam Prep
  • Paralegal
  • Real Estate
  • Small Engine Repair
  • Spanish
  • WorkKeys Job Profiling and Assessments

Gatlin Education Services. Enroll anytime you like. Study when you want.

We offer online career training courses in partnership with Gatlin Education Services. These are career-focused online courses designed to give you the latest in learning, and to provide the skills necessary to acquire professional caliber positions in many in-demand occupations.

Our instructor-facilitated courses are available anytime, anywhere. All you need is a web-enabled computer and a desire to learn skills that will prepare you for a new career or update current skill sets. And even though you don’t have to attend class, you won’t be on your own. A team of available online professionals, anytime scheduling, and educational textbooks combine to give you a relevant, interactive learning experience.

We offer courses in

  • Healthcare
  • Business/Legal
  • Internet/Computers/IT Certification (Microsoft Official Curriculum)
  • Professional/Technical/Design
  • Construction/Automotive
  • Video Gaming Design and Development

View and/or register for courses offered in partnership with Gatlin Education

The Course by University Learning Institute: Our Project Managers Pass the PMP(r) Test
TheCourse is a complete 56-hour course that prepares project managers to pass the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification examination. The online edition is multi-media, comprised of approximately 650 web pages divided into sixteen segments, with voice plus numerous related linked papers. It can be started at any time and taken at the student's pace, so long as it is completed within six months. It has been tested with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6, Netscape versions 7 & 8, and Mozilla Firefox 1.0. See TheCourse Information Session and Online Demonstration at www.thecourse-online.us.

The cost of the course (including all materials) is $895. To register, contact Dr. Ellen Harvill at eharvill@columbustech.edu or Ray Mercer at rmercer@columbustech.edu.

ed2go
Ed2Go offers hundreds of engaging online courses for adults, covering every topic from Anatomy to Web Design. Each course comes equipped with a patient and caring instructor, lively discussions with your fellow students, and plenty of practical information that you can put to immediate use. The Ed2Go faculty includes some of the most well-known and trusted names in online education. Their dedication to customer service is second to none.

The cost for the training runs from $82 for a single six-week course to $998 for a complete Career Certificate program. What is even easier is that you can register and pay online at www.ed2go.com/colstech.

Americas Best Real Estate Education
  Courses

Now the convenience of real estate education courses delivered on CD software, online through your internet connection and downloadable to your computer. Real estate license training and exam prep for the state exam and continuing education for your renewals, all in distance education format.

Americas Best was one of the first schools in the USA to offer ARELLO certified courses beginning August 1999. Approved by real estate commissions, this is eLearning at its most economical and efficient. Instructors and technical support are available 7 days a week via email. Our reputation is built on our fanatical customer support.

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Whether you need a pre-license course to get your real estate salesperson's license, a post-license course, a broker's pre-license course, or continuing education courses to renew your license, Thomson CompuTaught courses provide the Fast, Convenient, Easy way to satisfy your real estate education requirements.

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Real estate licensing, appraisal and home inspection are some of the most popular careers taught online. Career WebSchool's online home study courses are professionally designed in an interactive, user-friendly format, to help you quickly master your State's licensing and professional qualification requirements to become a licensed real estate agent, broker, appraiser or home inspector.

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Southeastern Building Trades Association, Inc.

Online continuing education courses for licensed Electricians, Plumbers, Air-conditioning contractors, and Septic Tank Contractors.

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How to Register for Professional Development Courses

Telephone

  1. Call 706.649.1822 to reserve your place.
  2. Mail your check or money order, use your Visa or Mastercard, or visit our office to bring your fee payment.

Fax

  1. Call 706.649.1532 to reserve your place.
  2. Complete the form that we fax to you and fax it back to us, or download the registration form 64kb, pdf Get Adobe Reader, complete it and fax it to us.
  3. Mail your check, money order, or use your Visa or Mastercard.

In Person

You can register in the Professional Development Center during the weekdays. We are located on River Road, north of the campus, next to Carpet Mill Store.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

A CEU is a nationally recognized unit awarded to record satisfactory completion of approved occupationally related programs. All Community Education courses and earned CEUs become a part of the student's permanent record and transcript, which is maintained by the Registrar.

Please call the Professional Development Center for information and registration services:

Telephone: 706.649.1822.
Mailing address: 928 Manchester Expressway, Columbus, GA 31904-6572.
Email: community-education@columbustech.edu.

Last updated: May 13, 2008.