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Licenses: these courses at Beaufort County Community College can help a vehicle-based business maintain or gain a required license to operate. To register, call 252-940-6375 or email continuingeducation@beaufortccc.edu.

North Carolina Vehicle Safety Inspection

This course will prepare auto technicians as safety inspectors for motor vehicles. Course topics include regulations and test inspection procedures required by the NCDMV Enforcement Section for safety inspectors. Upon completion, a student should understand the rules, regulations and procedures for safety inspections and be able to inspect a vehicle properly. This class will take place on March 13-14 from 5-9 p.m. and costs $70.

 

Auto Dealer License Refresher

The annual renewal course satisfies the continuing education requirement for non-franchised auto dealers to retain their dealer’s license. This class will take place on March 10 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and costs $75.

 

Initial Auto Dealer License Course

This course is required for those who want to become auto dealers. Students will review the Dealer Regulations Manual, Title Manual and FTC Codes. This course will take place on March 8-9 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and cost $75.

 

Initial Vehicle Escort Certification and Recertification

This course is required for those who wish to escort large vehicles and have an escort vehicle endorsement added to their driver’s license. Students must be either 21 years of age, or 18 to 21 years of age with a current Class-A license to attend. All students must have a driver’s license that has been valid for at least 12 months. It will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 11 and costs $70.

 

Business Seminars: these free seminars at Beaufort County Community College can help a business take off. To register, call 252-940-6375 or email continuingeducation@beaufortccc.edu. All of them except for the Six Sigma Yellow Belt are free, but participants are encouraged to register.

Advertising and Marketing for Your Small Business

Drawing attention to a business is challenging. Large chain stores, a challenging economy and the internet have made the small-business venture often times frustrating.

Discover what can be done to bring in customers. In this seminar, students will learn low-cost advertising and marketing strategies, create a marketing plan and study how to score greater sales with current customers.

Brian Cooke is a former instructor of management and entrepreneurship at East Carolina University. Cook has experience in business ownership, business consulting, business planning, product design, manufacturing and supply chain management. This seminar will take place on March 6 from 3-5 p.m. It is free, but participants are encouraged to register.

 

Succession Planning 101

This seminar ensures success of any succession planning effort by providing tips, tools and examples of world-class succession planning. This seminar will teach identifying critical positions that will be needed to support business continuity, selecting the competencies individuals will need to be successful in positions and to meet identified business challenges, developing a pool of talent to step into critical positions, reviewing potential position vacancies and capturing the knowledge that individuals possess before departing the agency. This fast-paced session provides participants with an understanding of the key concepts and tools for developing an integrated succession management process. It is free and will take place on March 15 at 2 p.m.

 

Managing People in a Small Business

Managing other people in a small business can be stressful. This class offers a wide range of practical information that helps small business owners and managers to manage more effectively. In the program, participants will discover how to find good people, how personality styles affect leadership and management styles, how to “catch people doing things right” and retain good employees, how to interview for good work ethic, how to deal with under-performing employees and how to be a better teacher. It focuses on the fact that management is about getting more done through others, profitably.

Mike Collins, author of “The Perfect Workday Book,” and president of The Perfect Workday Company, has presented “The Perfect Workday” seminar for more than 20 years for organizations such as IBM, American Express, Pepsi-Cola and the Duke University Medical Center. This seminar will take place on March 21 at 2 p.m. and is free.

 

Fueling Your Small Business in NC

The N.C. Rural Center is offering a free seminar for seasoned and prospective business owners who want to learn more about how to access credit and capital for their businesses. It will review the six basic principles many lenders use to make credit decisions and provide an overview of the resources available in North Carolina for small businesses. The seminar will cover the Rural Center’s Microenterprise Loan Program and provide details about its lending criteria and application process.

Participants will learn more about how lenders judge a borrower’s credit risk, ways rural businesses can access start-up capital and helpful resources available to small business owners. This seminar will take place on March 23 at 3 p.m. It is free, but participants are encouraged to register.

 

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Presented by N.C. State’s Industry Expansion Solutions staff, Yellow Belt training is used by many organizations to introduce Lean Six Sigma as a means for preparing project team members, or as part of a larger LSS deployment. This session covers important tools and techniques for process improvement, including the DMAIC problem-solving methodology. By building a common language and a basic understanding of key tools and techniques, the attendee is better prepared to support their organization via Lean Six Sigma improvements.

This course requires no special software and minimal math skills. Successful completion of the end-of-course exam results in a NCSU Yellow Belt training certificate. This course provides an excellent introduction to LSS, so participants can determine if they want to advance to Green Belt/Black Belt training.

This all-day class will take place on April 27 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and costs $130.

 

WASHINGTON COUNTY CAMPUS

The following classes are available at the Washington County Center in Roper through the Continuing Education Department at Beaufort County Community College. To register, call 252-940-6375 or email continuingeducation@beaufortccc.edu.

Introduction to Computers (Windows 7)

From education, work and even daily functions, computers are an ever-growing presence. In this course, students will learn basic computer navigation and basic skills that will allow them to open and create documents, work through different programs and safely navigate the internet. The instructor will also work with students to answer questions that they may have with their own computers. This can benefit either the casual computer user or those learning for employment. This class will start on March 9 and take place on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon. It costs $75.

 

Tablets

In this workshop, attendees will learn about basic navigation on both Apple and Android tablets. The instructor will begin with a basic introduction and move into a time to allow for questions from the group. This class will take place on April 6 from 9 a.m. to noon and costs $25.

 

HYDE COUNTY

The following seminar is available at the Hyde Davis Center in Engelhard through the BCCC Continuing Education Department. To register, call 252-940-6375 or email continuingeducation@beaufortccc.edu.

Facebook Basics for Your Small Business

Participants will learn how to leverage Facebook for a small business. Facebook is a major resource, and businesses need to focus on their target market or miss out on valuable customers. This seminar will explore page basics, additions to a page to make it seem more like a website, creating interactive posts, marketing resources to enhance a presence on Facebook, getting “likes” and engaging a target audience and using “groups” as a marketing avenue.

Christina Williams is a Microsoft Office specialist, educator and a small business owner. She has taught computer classes for the last 10 years, and now has geared her trainings to small business owners across North Carolina. This free seminar will take place on March 30 at 2 p.m.