Vocational Development & Training

“Providing an energized work force with staying power.”

Employment offers so much more than just an income. It engenders confidence, teaches responsibility, promotes flexibility, develops perseverance, and fosters dependability. Pre-vocational training services are unique in that it offers valuable opportunities to learn and develop job skills.

As an employee, our students receive:

  • Job skills training and development,
  • Individualized work schedules,
  • Fair wages and vocational progression,
  • Structured and safe working environments,
  • Support to develop professional work deportment,
  • Guidance in appropriate customer and coworker interactions, and
  • Coordination and assistance in transportation arrangements.

As an employer, they will receive:

  • A guarantee for completion of a job well done,
  • Continuous on-site supervision of employees,
  • Management of all payroll and other personnel issues,
  • Thorough training of employees to include good work skills and habits,
  • Recruitment and training of replacement employees,
  • A novel work setting which they can take pride in, and
  • Employees ready to work and willing to perform the required tasks.

This unique employment situation is a group effort, coordinated by a competent and skilled job coach. It recognizes that no matter how much or how little an individual is able to work, Placer ARC will ensure they are offered a schedule to meet their personal needs and goals.