This BLS course trains healthcare workers and other personnel to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. 

This class is for final year apprentices who will, as journey workers, soon be responsible for passing on their skills to new apprentices.  Developed by the Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards, this 8-hour course teaches soon-to-be journey workers how to serve as a mentor and job coach, how to provide hands-on skill training, how to give positive and effective performance feedback, and explores the characteristics of a positive and diverse work environment. Please note that this is a Blackboard online course. If you are not a current/former student of Blackhawk Technical College you will receive login credentials 3-5 days before class starts.

Upgrade your skills with hands-on, individualized instruction in welding techniques, processes, and materials—with a strong emphasis on safety. Before starting, students must sign the Acknowledgement of Risks/Acceptance of Responsibility Agreement and Release form.

Upon registration, you’ll receive your receipt by email—this will be your only copy.

Do you want to learn how to communicate with someone around you who utilizes sign language or a family member who has a hearing loss?  This class will help students learn basic sign language, have the ability to communicate in basic sign language situations and will help them initiate conversations in sign. 

Gain confidence in creating basic formulas and functions with relative and absolute references. Understand operator precedence and how it affects formulas. Learn about the different parts of a function and how to create arguments to calculate values and cell references. Excel includes common functions that can be used to quickly find the sum, average, count, maximum and minimum value for a range of cells

Learn the fundamentals of Microsoft Word in this beginner-friendly course. Explore key features including formatting text, creating documents, inserting images, and using templates. Perfect for those looking to build confidence and essential skills for personal or professional use.

Stepping into a supervisory role can be both exciting and overwhelming. This course provides practical tools, strategies, and insights to help you lead with confidence while maintaining balance and avoiding burnout. Designed for new and emerging supervisors, you’ll learn how to set clear expectations, build strong relationships, and develop effective leadership habits that will serve you well in your first year and beyond.

Develop your understanding of how Excel uses logic with functions like AND, OR, COUNTIF, IF, and Nested IF. Perform calculations with SUMIF, AVERAGEIF, OR COUNTIF when a specific condition is met. Use VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP to search for specific information in a table. Find out how to name cells and ranges, and then use them in formulas. Learn how to link cells within worksheets and workbooks, and how to create 3D formulas across worksheets and workbooks. Locate errors by utilizing Auditing to find precedents and dependents related to a function. Enable the Watch Window to view out of sight cells. Use Data Validation to limit the type of data that can be entered into a cell and to create a drop-down list.