Online Courses
As the pressure and demands of everyday life continue to build, it’s no wonder millions of students have chosen to become online learners, online courses are the fastest growing sector in higher education. Continuing Education / Workforce Training has a wide variety of on-line educational offerings which provide the knowledge you want in the convenience of your own home.
Our online partners and digital course library provides convenient, high quality online instruction in the areas of Computer Science, OSHA Safety, Health Care, Business Management, Professional Development and Personal Interest.
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Business
The face of business in the world is always changing. If you want to succeed in your career or as an entrepreneur, you need to keep improving yourself and your business. Our digital offers electronic classes that are a smart buy (sometimes even free!) which you can access whenever you have an opening in your busy schedule.
Health Care
Jobs for healthcare professionals are in constant demand. Whether you are looking for an entry-level job or want to update your current skills and knowledge, our online courses are available at your convenience--and for a great price.
NCLAB
In NCLab programs, short bite-sized lessons are followed by immediate self-assessment exercises, which ensure that trainees gain experience and confidence with each new concept before moving on. NCLab courses can only accomplish these tasks because they have taken thousands of hours to build and because they are presented through a powerful learn-by-doing platform. In contrast, lecture-based courses are typically built in a few dozen hours. Looking For A Better Future? Contact an Intake Specialist Now!
Personal Interest
Technology in the Classroom
Virtual Safety Training Center
Each year, in the United States, thousands of workers are injured in a countless variety of needless accidents. Our Virtual Safety Training Center provides you with the OSHA training to ensure a safe working environment. Everyone knows the most important thing is returning home at the end of the day, the same way you left in the morning. The Virtual Safety Training Center was Made Possible by the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program. “This material was produced under grant(s) SH20849SH0, SH22228SH1 and SH23590SH2 from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. It does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.” Help us celebrate September 17, Constitution Day. Click Here for a free course on the U.S. constitution. Safety Training Events Pocatello Safety Fest
Course Catalog
Phlebotomy Technician - Web Supplemented
The ISU phlebotomy program prepares you to take a national certification exam upon course completion. Topics range from blood draws and laboratory procedures to employability skills and safety. Students must be 18 years of age or over to take this course. Sixty hours of this 160-hour course are completed online. Students will meet twice per week for the skills portion of the course, followed by 40 hours of clinical experience and blood draws with a clinical agency. Clinical hours are likely to be outside of normal course hours due to agency operating hours, but a clinical schedule will be provided in advance. Total clinical hours are dependent on students completing at least 100 blood draws. In alignment with state requirements, students are required to attend 100% of the course to complete the program successfully. Clinical facilities may require proof of COVID vaccinations prior to clinical rotations. Additional costs: Textbook, uniform, immunizations, and BLS provider CPR certification course. Some clinical sites may require a drug screen. Additional requirements: Health Insurance: All students are required to have health insurance before entering the clinical setting. Background Check: All students will complete a background check. Failed background checks will prevent participation in this course.
Community Health Worker Advanced Course (CHW Advanced)
The Community Health Worker Advanced course expands student's knowledge and skills and offers experiential learning through community or clinical tracks with a rotation at a preceptor site. This course must be taken after The Community Health Worker Core Course has been completed. The 13-week core course consists of 48 hours of blended, live-online and asynchronous training, and 48 Clinical hours. CHW Advanced courses are offered in a hybrid online web-based classroom. The class will meet in live online classroom three times during the thirteen weeks; evenings, 6pm-9pm—on the first night of class, with the remaining 2 sessions announced during the first class. Weeks 2-6, 8-12, students will be working asynchronous (self-paced) and will also be required to choose from 25+ available asynchronous Health Specific Modules and must complete five new modules by end of class. This course will also consist of 48 clinical hours that can run simultaneously. Prerequisite: Students should have completed the CHW Core course before the Advanced class begins. Some sessions of this course will require an access code for registration. Please visit the ISU Community Health Worker Training Academy for more information, or email chw@isu.edu. Community health workers are a vital component of the state and national public health and health care workforce. "Community Health Worker" is an umbrella term for a number of different job titles, including community health advocates, outreach educators, peer leaders, promotores de salud, doulas, and patient navigators. For many decades, CHWs have made significant contributions to community-based health promotion, disease prevention and maternal child health support. They have also improved the rate of health insurance coverage for underserved communities and individuals. CHWs improve access to and increase utilization of primary health care, reduce costs of care, improve quality of care, and reduce health disparities. For more information about this training curriculum, contact the Department of Community and Public Health at Idaho State University, chw@isu.edu or call (208) 282-2729 or visit the website at: isu.edu/chw/ Idaho State University, in collaboration with the Idaho Statewide Healthcare Innovation Plan (SHIP) project originally developed this training. ISU is continuing to offer this training for those interested in becoming Community Health Workers. Interested applicants are not required to apply and become students at ISU in order to take the training.
Administrative Assistant Fundamentals
Learn what is needed to be an administrative assistant. Topics range from managing office functions to the proper use of office equipment. This online course will give you the essential skills you need to be successful in an administrative environment. Topics Included: Managing Business Functions Understanding the Proper Use of Office Tools and Equipment Legal and Ethical Issues that Impact Business Understanding How Businesses are Organized Managing Paper and Digital Records Business Writing Phone Etiquette Business Accounting Business Mail Ethics *This class is fully online, registered participants will receive 60 days to watch, review, and complete. A certificate will be available upon completion and successful submission of course work.
Basic EKG Interpretation
This class covers concepts including basic heart anatomy and physiology, cardiac, conduction, rhythm interpretation, distinguishing EKG from cardiac monitoring, and practice interpreting rhythm strips! Students will complete twelve hours of online training. At the completion, an online exam is required with 80% competency to pass. This online course is self-paced. After successful registration, the student will have 90 days to access and review the course. A certificate will be generated after successful completion of course work.
Behavior Based Safety Training
Behavior-Based Safety is a component of Human Performance--An Organizational Learning Enterprise Human error is normal, a natural part of being human and in one form or another, is the primary reason for events in industry. Human error is often provoked by conflicting management and leadership practices, weaknesses in the organization, processes, and culture and the behaviors of the individuals in the organization. Understanding human error helps one recognize complexities and limitations to performance. As one begins to understand the dynamics of the organization and the individual capabilities of the individuals that make up the organization, organizational learning can begin. With ongoing attention and focus of organizational and personal limitations and the lessons of day-to-day events, an organization can one day be that of an Organizational Learning Enterprise. Course will introduce the Idaho National Laboratory's (INL) Behavior-Based Safety process and as a component of Human Performance has become an Organizational Learning Enterprise that has supported bringing about the INL's lowest injury/illness rates in history. *This class is fully online, registered participants will receive 30 days to watch, review, and complete. This material was filmed as part of Safety Fest, to learn more about Safety Fest please visit the official site at: http://safetyfest-easternidaho.org/
Best Customer Service Practices
Think you know all there is to know about Customer Service? Think again. Just as there is a broad array of new ways to gain a customer, there are new, different ways to build clientele loyalty. Make sure you treat your customers as well or better than your competition. *This class is fully online, registered participants will receive 30 days to watch, review, and complete.
CNA Skills Videos: Your Keys to Success
Our CNA Skills Videos thoroughly demonstrate each of 22 testable skills that Idaho requires for the CNA manual skills test. There are a variety of ways to safely perform nursing assistant tasks, but only ONE technique matching Idaho’s testing requirements. In these CNA Skills Videos, a skills test evaluator/instructor is filmed while performing and discussing the overall exam and the twenty-two testable skills. Use these CNA Skills Videos to freshen your knowledge on the manual skills you will need for state certification. Register now for your 180 day, all-access pass to the Idaho CNA Skills Video library.
Chemical Labeling - The HMIS Hazard Label
Description coming soon. This presentation is available in English and Spanish -A Spanish Transcript is available here This new online series is made possible by the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program. “This material was produced under grant SH23590SH2 from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. It does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.” *This class is fully online, registered participants will receive 30 days to watch, review, and complete.
Chemical Labeling - The NFPA 704 Hazard Label
Description coming soon. This presentation is available in English and Spanish -A Spanish Transcript is available here This new online series is made possible by the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program. “This material was produced under grant SH23590SH2 from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. It does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.” *This class is fully online, registered participants will receive 30 days to watch, review, and complete.