The Workforce Education and Business (WEB) Partnership is a community linking Nassau County School Districts – their students and fast-growing industries on Long Island.

Services Resources to School Districts:

• Presentations to Career Curriculum classes, College Career Fairs/Nights, Career Days, etc. on the career resources of HempsteadWorks — including:

  • Summer Youth Employment Program summer paid work internships

  • Financial support for post-secondary technical training leading to a post high school job

  • In-school and Out-of-school youth employment programs

  • NYS registered Apprenticeship programs

  • CEO utilizes its Business contacts in the areas of Manufacturing, Healthcare, Biotech, Cleantech and Renewable Energy to advance ongoing relationships between these growth sectors and Town of Hempstead School Districts

  • Develop School-Business Partnerships

  • Specialty Career Days

  • STEAM/STEM Symposiums

  • Career based Guest Speakers

  • HempsteadWorks Virtual Solution a Career Exploration Virtual Reality resource

Other Resources useful to graduating High School Students

• Opportunities Long Island: a 240 hours apprenticeship training program preparing young adults for a career in union construction trades

• Island Harvest Workforce Skills Development Institute:  grant funded training programs in Warehousing & Inventory, Repacking Operations, and Culinary Basics

• NYSDOL United Way Power Up: Wind, Solar & Renewables Career Training. A free training program to prepare graduating students, or recent graduates, to obtain good jobs in the growing wind, solar and renewable energy industry. 

• NYSDOL Registered Apprenticeships: A small, but growing, resource for graduating students on Long Island: https://dol.ny.gov/apprenticeship/apprenticeship-trades;

• Nassau County Community College – Workforce Development Training: potential scholarships and assistance with certificate programs in areas such as: Data Analysis, Certified Personal Trainer, Pharmacy or Dialysis or Phlebotomy or EKG Technician, Commercial Driver’s License, etc.

• Suffolk County Community College Advance Manufacturing Training Center: certificates in CNC operator, welding, IPC Certification, PLC/Industrial Automation, Mastercam, Soldering and Electronic Assembly.