WorkSource East

The environmental services class teaches students how to clean on a professional level. As a part of their training they participate in paid work opportunities at our facility. Hands on learning is the best way to learn and gives valuable experience to be successful on a job.

Memorial day is a time to remember all of those who gave their lives for our country so we would like to say thank you and we honor you today!

Each student at WorkSource East attends the Vocational Enrichment class for one hour a day. This class focuses on enhancing academic skills that will be needed on a job. Class curriculum is geared toward the training area of the students and may include:
• Measuring volume, mass, and length
• Basic math, paychecks, budgeting
• Fractions, angles, perimeter, and area
• Analog time, time elapse, timesheets
• Reading, interpreting, identifying, locating, and understanding information in work documents such as emails, memos, policies, procedures, instructions, graphs, and charts.
• How to communicate properly in written language – writing business emails, completing incident and accident reports, PCA reports, PCA patient notes, and childcare daily notes
• Also GED preparation

Robert Quick is a student in our Printing 2 class and he is currently the student council president at WorkSource East. He said his friend encouraged him to run for president telling him that she saw him as a leader because he is always giving people advice and encouraging them to be the best they can be.

He took the printing class because he had been designing and he wanted to learn more. So far he has created a logo, learned Photoshop and other software. He said coming to WSE has been a new journey and given him a new mindset.

In his free time he enjoys dancing and he even has a YouTube channel where he shares his dance choreography.

Our support services team has been busy visiting towns all over the state to participate in transition fairs and other events. We love sharing information about our training programs and meeting potential students and their families! We hope to see you in the community!

WorkSource East has 12 different vocational training areas and all of them provide hands-on training to prepare you for employment. Don’t know which area you want to train in? No problem! Come for a tour to learn more about each area, visit the classroom and meet the instructors. Contact us to set up a tour.

Our childcare program has openings for the fall semester so if you, or someone you know, is interested in training to become a childcare worker contact your local EIPD office.

Our students not only complete the WSE Childcare curriculum, they also have the opportunity to enroll in the EDU 119 class at Wayne Community College to work towards their NC Childcare credentials. Young woman sitting on the floor surrounded by babies in a childcare setting.

Every student at WSE participates in the customer service class. Once completing this 5 hour course that can be referred for a customer service work study. During the work study they will assist customers in our store (the Nook at WorkSource East), help with stocking, cleaning, prepping new items, displays and more. This gives students an opportunity to practice their customer service skills and they are paid for the time they work in the store. Recently, Pet Care student, Eden, completed her work study and she did a great job!!

All students who participate in training at WorkSource East are enrolled in 4 supplement classes that help them develop skills needed for success on a job. Self-Advocacy helps students learn how to speak up for themselves on a job, customer service teaches them how to interact with customers, succeeding in the workplace provides practice with interviewing skills and vocational enrichment enhances their academic skills.