We can help. Contact or visit us:
Flint River Campus
1533 Highway 19 South
Thomaston, GA 30286
Community Development Center
Economic Development Division
115 East Main Street
Thomaston, Georgia
706.646.6161
706.646.6151
Griffin Campus
501 Varsity Road
Griffin, GA 30223
Community Services Center
Economic Development Division
501 Varsity Road
Griffin, GA 30223
770.228.7364
Option 1: May 8th & 15th (Tuesday - Griffin Campus) |
9am - 12pm |
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
| TBD (Saturday - Griffin Campus) | 9am - 4pm |
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
Option 1: June 19th (Tuesday - Griffin Campus) Option 2: August 9th (Thursday - Griffin Campus) |
6pm - 9pm 9am - 12pm |
TBD (TBD - Griffin Campus) |
9am - 12pm |
Learn the tips and tricks to selling your "treasures" on Ebay as well as safely purchasing new treasures.
| Option 1: May 5th (Saturday - Griffin Campus) Option 2: June 7th & 14th (Thursday - Griffin Campus) Option 3: August 14th & 21st (Tuesday - Griffin Campus) |
9am - 4pm 9am - 12pm 6pm - 9pm |
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
Option 1: May 12th (Saturday - Griffin Campus) Option 2: June 21st & 28th (Thursday - Griffin Campus) |
9am - 4pm 9am - 12pm |
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
Option 1: TBD (TBD - Griffin Campus) |
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Option 1: July 19th (Thursday - Griffin Campus) |
6pm -9pm |
Already using Excel and just want to learn some of the shortcuts to spead things up? Come learn the tricks of using the spreadsheet.
Option 1: May 3rd (Thursday - Griffin Campus) |
6pm - 9pm |
*NEW* Introduction to Digital Cameras or Digital Camera Basics
Option 1: July 12th (Thursday - Griffin Campus) |
6pm - 9pm
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This course serves as an excellent introduction to new and current digital camera owners.
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
*NEW* Introduction to Facebook and other Social Media
Option 1: June 12th (Tuesday - Griffin Campus) Option 2: Aug 16th (Thursday - Griffin Campus) |
6pm - 9pm 9am - 12pm
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-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
Option 1: July 24th & 31st (Tuesdays - Griffin Campus) |
9am - 12pm |
Option 1: June 9th (Saturday - Griffin Campus) |
9am - 4pm |
This class is designed to teach the software functions of QuickBooks, not accounting.
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
Option 1: May 10th & 17th (Thursday - Griffin Campus) |
6pm-8:30pm |
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
| Option 2: July 10th & 17th (Tuesdays - Griffin Campus) |
9am - 12pm |
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
Option 1: (TBD- Griffin Campus) |
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-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
Option 1: August 1st (Wednesday - Griffin Campus) |
9am - 12pm |
Already using Word and just want to learn some of the shortcuts to spead things up? Come learn the tricks of using the word processor.
| Option 1: June 13th, 20th & 27th (Wednesdays - Griffin Campus) |
9am - 12pm |
Overcome your fear and get started! Become familiar with basic computer terms and learn how to use the mouse and keyboard. Learn about finding websites, reading a web page, and creating bookmarks for those sites to visit again. 9-hour course, $80
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
| Option 1: July 11th, 18th & 25th (Wednesdays - Griffin Campus) |
9am - 12pm |
“Windows” is a Microsoft program that allows a computer user to communicate with the computer and “point and click” his way around his computer without having to know any complicated “computer language”. This course is for beginners or previous users of Windows. 9-hour course, $80
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
Want to brush up on your high school or college Spanish? Are you interested in learning another language? Is your church planning a mission trip to a Spanish speaking area? Is your company hiring more and more Spanish speaking people? Would you and/or your supervisors like to be able to communicate more effectively? This is your course. 24-hour course, $99 + Book
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These courses are offered through the Pegasus Riding School in Milner and are taught by their knowledgeable and experienced staff. Please call (770) 228-3865 for more information.
| Option 1: May 21, 2012 (Monday - Griffin Campus) |
6 - 9:30pm |
If you yearn to experience the joy of playing piano, but you don’t want years of weekly lessons, this short course is for you. In just one enjoyable evening, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to make piano playing a part of your life, learning chords, not notes. You’ll learn all the chords needed to play any pop song, any style, any key. And you’ll get a healthy dose of insider secrets, how to embellish songs. This is a beginning class in chord piano techniques, and if you can find middle C and know the meaning of Every Good Boy Does Fine, you already know enough to enroll. If not, send a self addressed stamped envelope for a free pamphlet to Music Masters, 90 Milly Lane, Ringgold, GA 30736. Then register with confidence. Instructor will collect $25 for a book and a 68-minute practice CD in class. 3 ½ -hour course, $50 + Book
Option 1: May 14th & 15th (Mon & Tues - Butts Center) |
8am - 3pm
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Need a refresher before taking the exam? Come get hands on training for pre-trip inspection of all items using Section 11 of the Georgia Commercial Drivers Manual. Students will be introduced to the six basic control skill exercises and practice each one. This course does not teach you how to drive. The Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Road Skills Test is scheduled when the training is complete. 14-hour course, $350
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
If you have been out of work or haven't driven in the last two (2) years, this class will help you get back in the driver’s seat. Come and sharpen the skills needed to be a Commercial Truck Driver. Current Commercial Drivers License required. 48-hour course, $750
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
Last Saturday of every month Thomaston - CDC |
National Safety Council Defensive Driving Course
Approved for Mandatory 10% reduction in insurance with no prior traffic violations or fault claims
Cost $25 - 6-hour course
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Flint River Campus at (706) 646-6151.
*NEW DATES
| Dates | Locations |
April 02-07, 2012 May 28-June 02, 2012 April 23-28, 2012 June 11-16, 2012
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Thomaston Thomaston Griffin Griffin |
April 09-14, 2012 |
Jackson |
| June 25-30, 2012 | Jackson |
| February 13-18, 2012 | Monticello |
| July 09-14, 2012 | Monticello |
| Cost: $325 | Start Time 8:00 am |
Complies with Requirements for "Joshua's Law"
Cost: $325.00
Pre-registration and payment required! Cash, Money Orders, and Credit Cards accepted.
(No Checks) Payment is due within two weeks of the start date of the class. Call the Community Education Office at the Flint River Campus at (706) 646-6151.
Call for more information (TBD - Griffin Campus) |
TBD |
Want to take the State's License Course but need a little help. This 8-hour course will help prepare you to take the test. $200
Option 1: May 8 & 9 (Tues & Wed - Griffin) Option 2: (Tues & Wed - Griffin) Option 3: (Tues & Wed - Griffin) |
Each 2-day course meets 8 am - 5 pm Griffin Campus Begins in Building 100 |
This OSHA compliant course is designed for individuals needing to learn or update skills for operating a forklift. It includes classroom instruction and supervised hands-on operation of a forklift. 16-hour course, $150
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364.
| Option 1: May 8th Option 2: Option 3: |
Each course meets 8 am - 3 pm Griffin Campus |
This course is for forklift operators seeking to gain certification allowing them to train others in forklift safety and operation. Proof of current Forklift Certification is required at the time of registration. 6-hour course, $75
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Griffin Campus at (770) 228-7364
TBD |
8 am - 4 pm
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This course is designed to meet the refresher training requirement. Employees are mandated to possess either the Hazwoper 24 or 40 hour initial training. Some of the topics covered in this course shall include, but not be limited to:
Cost per person is $175.
TBD |
8 am - 4 pm |
Are you compliant with OSHA and NFPA 70E mandates? Let our custom course help get you there! $175
TBD |
8 am - 4 pm
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Topic include the following and more!
Cost per person is $400.
This course is for all plumbers that need yearly
TBD
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Each course meets 6 pm - 10 pm Flint River Campus |
recertification. The class is a lecture five-hour
course. This year's course of study will be
Back-Flow Prevention. Snacks are provided
and included in the cost. 5-hour course, $75
-For more info, call the Community Education Office at the Flint River Campus at (706) 646-6151.