Professional Development at PNC focuses on the knowledge, abilities, and skills necessary to develop the new insights you need to reach advanced levels of your career.
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Real Estate Pre-Licensing for Salespeople
If you want to have a career that you can do full time or part
time, real estate may be just the thing you need. Or, you may
simply want to learn more about how real estate transactions
happen, the legal aspects of these deals, and the changing industry.
Take this class to prepare you for the Indiana State Real Estate
Licensing Exam for Salespeople.
Pre-Licensing Course for Home Inspectors Indiana is a state where home inspectors must now be licensed professionals. This class will get you started. This prelicensing class will teach you the investigative techniques you need when going to a home or business to complete an inspection. Home inspectors are highly trained individuals who are objective parties in the intricate process of buying and selling property. Take this class to learn the intricacies of building structures and systems and become part of the exciting and fast-paced real estate profession.
Registration Fee: $1050
(Books and Materials included)
ServSafe® Examination Exams scheduled at PNC - Porter County.
For your customers, safe foodservice is a matter of trust. For you, it is a matter of survival. Successfully passing the ServSafe® food safety exam fulfills the Indiana statutory certification requirement. Having ServSafe® Certified employees assures that you and your establishment are meeting the requirements of the new Food Handler Certification Rule of the Indiana Food Code. Call to purchase a textbook and practice exam or to schedule an exam.
Study Guide/ Test Prep Materials: $95
Exam Fee: $55
Sign up for one of these Computer Courses!
They are great for individuals or for businesses!
ComputerBasics
Come and join us, and learn to use that computer! Using a computer is easier than ever, but you still need to know where to start. This course will introduce you to the basics – understanding the equipment, hardware and software, how to use the mouse, an introduction to Windows XP®, making the backgrounds look the way you want them to look, how to create, save, delete, open and close files and much more. This is an effective introduction that will get you started on your path to computer literacy.
Expanding the Basics of Using Your Computer Although browsing the internet and using email are fun and easy ways to learn to use computers, you will need more skills to be able to competently use your computer at work and at home. In this class, you will learn to find programs, use different types of storage devices, understand menus and file folders, and how to customize your work space. Take the next step toward computer literacy with this short but effective course.
Registration Fee: $99
Book Fee: $28 (same book as Basics)
The Basics of Microsoft Word 2007 (Level 1)
Prerequisite: "Expanding the Basics of Using Your Computer" or proven understanding of basic computing. Find out how easy it is to create unique documents with this most popular word processing program. No more having to retype something on that old typewriter because you forgot a work or omitted a space. No more of asking your co-workers for help when you are typing a letter or amending a document. It's not as hard as you think.
PNC Main Campus - Westville
Tuesdays, Nov. 2-16, 6-8pm
Registration Fee: $99 Book Fee: $28
Beyond the Basics of Microsoft Word (Level 2) Prerequisite: "The Basics of Microsoft Word (Level I)" or practical MS Word experience. Don't be stuck with just the basics of Microsoft Word. Explore more of what this powerful word processing program can do for you. Create tables within your documents, set up documents that use columns and clip art, and more, including the powerful mail merge. You can learn to make special professional looking documnents and forms that reflect the professionalism of your office.
Registration Fee: $99
Book Fee: $28 (same book as Word 1)
Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2007 (Level 1)
Prerequisite: "Expanding the
Basics of Using Your Computer" or proven understanding
of basic computing.
Microsoft Excel is the most popular and most widely used spreadsheet program. It is an essential tool for those going back into the job market, those wishing to update their computer skills, or those who are trying to find easier ways to organize information. In this class, learn how easy it can be to create a basic spreadsheet. Understand how to set up a spreadsheet, use basic formulas so the computer can do the math for you, learn to format your spreadsheet, and create a tool that helps you have access to information more quickly and easily.
PNC Main Campus - Westville Thursdays, Oct. 7-21, 6-8pm
Prerequisite: "Introduction to MS Exel (Level I)" or practical MS Excel experience.
Take the basic skills you learned in Excel Level 1 and expand them in this class. Delve deeper into using formulas and functions, create more complex spreadsheets, learn how to set up workbooks, how to sort and filter information, and format more complex cells.
PNC Main Campus - Westville Thursdays, Nov. 4-18, 6-8pm
Registration Fee: $99 Book Fee: $28 (same book as Excel 1)
Microsoft Office Triple Play Interested in learning the basic fundamentals of Microsoft Office applications? Then this class is for you. You will learn how to create a simple text document, spreadsheet and a slide show presentation. The focus of the course for each application is using the Home tab, which contains the most commonly used options. This course will prepare you for the more detailed courses individually offered for these applications
PNC Main Campus - Westville Tuesdays, Oct. 5-26, 6-8pm
Registration Fee: $99
Introduction to QuickBooks (Level 1)
Prerequisite: "Expanding the
Basics of Using Your Computer" or proven understanding
of basic computing.
QuickBooks is becoming an industry standard. Learn how QuickBooks makes it easy to set up a chart of accounts, reconcile your checking account, create and print invoices, receipts, and statements, and track your payables, inventory, and receivables.
PNC Porter County - Valparaiso
Tuesdays, Oct.12-26, 6-8pm
Registration Fee: $99 Book Fee: $38
Intermediate QuickBooks (Level 2)
Prerequisite: "Introduction to QuickBooks" or practical QuickBooks experience.
Do you need to be able to do more with QuickBooks? Sign up for this class and you will learn to customize your forms, create reports and graphs, use other QuickBooks accounts, track and pay your sales tax, as well as process your payroll, and much more. Learn how to make QuickBooks work for you and your business.
PNC Main Campus - Westville
Mondays, Nov. 16-30, 6-8pm
PNC Porter County - Valparaiso
Tuesdays, Nov. 16-30, 6-8pm
Registration Fee: $99 Book Fee: $38 (same book as Q.B. 1)
Bookkeeping Best Practices with Quick Books
Prerequisite:Practical QuickBooks experience.
This course is designed for small businesses, bookkeepers, accounting personnel or anyone who wants to turbo-charge their QB expertise. The course goes into an in-depth discussion of recording assets and depreciation, managing loans and balances, recording business equity, federal tax preparation, using online features, and customizing the program for your specific needs. You will gain practical advice and discuss the tools you need to take your expertise to the next level.
PNC Main Campus - Westville
Mondays, Dec. 6-20, 6-8pm
PNC Porter County - Valparaiso
Tuesdays, Dec. 7-21, 6-8pm
Registration Fee: $99 Book Fee: $38 (same book as QB I & II)
The Basics of PowerPoint 2007 (Level 1)
Prerequisite: "Expanding the Basics of Using Your Computer" or understanding of basic computer commands and word processing.
Your presentation says a lot about you; how professional your organization is, how you pay attention to detail, and how well you are able to use technology.
PowerPoint helps you creat professional looking presentations. It's much easier than you may think! Learn to use templates to easily organize information, add pictures and movement to your slides to add interest, and how to have handouts for your audience to use as they follow along with your presentation and take notes.
PNC Porter County - Valparaiso Wednesdays, Dec. 1-15, 6-8pm
Registration Fee: $99
Book Fee: $28
Digital Darkroom
Prerequisite: Familiar with computer basics and already using digital cameras. No prior Photoshop required.
Learn how to use Adobe Photoshop CS2 to touch up and manipulate your digital photos, create special effects, add text, and prepare photos for e-mail and the web. Adobe's powerful tools let you create, design, and make your photos stand out!
PNC Porter County - Valparaiso
Thursdays, Nov. 4-18, 6-8:30pm
Registration Fee: $139 Mandatory Book Fee: $28
The DISCOVER Career Exploration Program
Some adults have found themselves in a position of needing to change careers. The reasons for this may vary from person to person. The Discover Career Exploration Program may help guide you with the decisions you need to make and give you a fresh perspective. You may have lost your job, or you may be unhappy with your career and want to find a better fit for your personality. Through inventories designed to place you in certain career fields that best suit your interests, abilities and values, you are placed in an area on the World of Work Map. This in turn leads you to investigate careers that fit your primary work task.
Perhaps you want or need to return to college to either begin, or complete a degree, or change your degree completely. This program can give you valuable information about colleges, and the majors they offer. These majors are also linked to the careers that would be available through the course of studies.
To help you in any of these situations, a series of workshops is being offered to introduce you to the Discover Career Planning Program. The workshops are free. Please click here to see the time place and dates of these workshops. You must register as the space is limited.
Email aburke@pnc.edu or call Deb Kohler at 219-531-6500.
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