Information for Counselors

Lane Community College Career Skills Training (CST) was developed in response to the need for short term training for injured workers. CST now serves a broader range of students who have the aptitude, basic work skills, physical ability, and motivation to begin a new career. The core of CST is supervised lab work (following a curriculum provided by the counselor) with a cooperating employer. In some cases, appropriate classroom instruction compliments the job-site training.

CST staff members are available to meet with you and your client as you select a training plan goal. We are happy to explain how the training works as well as to discuss possible career goals, potential jobsites and past experiences with students having different vocational goals.

After you have identified a training site and developed a training plan you can refer your client to CST. Please follow these guidelines:

• Submit a CST referral form and Authorization (AFP)
• Provide a jobsite curriculum
• Maintain open communication with student, jobsite supervisor and CST coordinator/staff
• Notify CST coordinator/staff of any problems from the student or jobsite

Lane Can Help You and Your Client!

• Collaborative approach to providing individualized client support that results in successful training plans
• Proven track record placing people in training plans that lead to successful new careers
• Approved for Workers' Compensation, State of Oregon Vocational Rehabilitation, Trade Act and Veteran clients
• Balanced plan which includes extensive supervised lab experience at training sites resulting in marketable skills for clients

These counselors had this to say about CST:

"As a private vocational counselor working with workers' compensation clients, veterans and other persons in rehabilitation programs, I have been using Lane's Career Skills Training for over twenty years. Their ability to create successful outcomes for everyone involved is a direct result of their long experience, careful detailed planning, their incredible follow through, and a well developed system that really works. The hands-on approach to training results in a remarkable placement rate of graduates. I rely on LCC's CST to partner with me, my clients and employers in creating a successful real-world training placement."
-John MacLeod, MacLeod Career Management

"CST is a good fit for me and my clients. The CST staff is responsive to my needs and offer constructive support to the students during training."
-Doug Smith, Career Directions Northwest

For more information on Career Skills Training, please feel free to call the CST staff at (541) 463-5078.