Advanced Opportunities at NIC Workforce Training Center
The Advanced Opportunities program provides every student attending an Idaho public school $4,625 to use toward eligible expenses in grades 7-12 to explore, advance and gain experience. The funds can be used for a variety of opportunities, including to pay for regionally approved Workforce Training courses. The approved NIC Workforce Training Courses are listed below.
Idaho High School students interested in using Advanced Opportunities funds should discuss this with their high school counselors.
Parents and students can find more information about Advanced Opportunities funding for workforce training, dual credit, and more on the Idaho Department of Education’s Advanced Opportunities webpages.
High school students may be eligible for other sources of funding to help pay for NIC Workforce Training Center courses. You’ll find links to some of these sources in the menu on the right side of this page.
You may also call the NIC Workforce Training Center at (208) 769-3214 for information about or assistance in using Advanced Opportunities funds for programs at the center.
Courses approved for Advanced Opportunities funding at the NIC Workforce Training Center are:
- Assistance with Medications
- Certified Restorative Assistant
- Construction Exploration Pre-Apprenticeship
- Construction Apprenticeship Year 1
- Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
- Construction Apprenticeship Year 2
- CORE: Pre-Apprenticeship Exploration
- Dental Assistant
- Dental Assistant: KTEC Semester 1 – Foundations
- Dental Assistant: KTEC Semester 2 – Application
- Electrical Apprenticeship 1A
- Electrical Apprenticeship 1B
- Electrical Apprenticeship 2A
- Electrical Apprenticeship 2B
- EMT
- Fire Fighter 1
- Heavy Equipment- Year 1
- Heavy Equipment- Year 2
- HVAC Apprenticeship 1A
- HVAC Apprenticeship 1B
- HVAC Apprenticeship 2A
- HVAC Apprenticeship 2B
- Medical Assistant Apprenticeship
- Mental Health Certification
- Nursing Assistant (CNA)
- Patient Care Coordinator – Advanced CNA Program
- Patient Care Technician – Advanced CNA Program
- Plumbing KTEC 1: 1 Semester A
- Plumbing KTEC 1: 1 Semester B
- Plumbing KTEC 1: 2 Semester A
- Plumbing KTEC 1 2 Semester B
- Plumbing Apprenticeship 1A
- Plumbing Apprenticeship 1B
- Plumbing Apprenticeship 2A
- Plumbing Apprenticeship 2B