Regional Center For Workforce Education + Training, Northern Virginia Community College
Woodbridge, Virginia
client
Northern Virginia Community College
size
55,000 sf
certification
LEED Silver
type
New Construction
The Regional Center for Workforce Education and Training (RCWET) offers a convenient, local solution for highly specialized continuing professional education on the Woodbridge Campus of Northern Virginia Community College. The facility was designed to support new programs, attract new students, and create new partnerships by addressing rapid growth and change in the dynamic Prince William County region.
The Future Of Workforce Training
The RCWET provides a variety of flexible, technology-enhanced active learning spaces, as well as significant conference facilities to accommodate trade shows, banquets, and exhibitions.
These programs allow area employers and their incumbent workers the ability to expand their professional expertise and stay in step with the ever-changing advancements in today’s business environment. This center is also strategically located between Quantico and Fort Belvoir to serve the needs of federal and local governments.
In addition to housing training space for training Virginia’s workforce, the WRC houses a large Professional Testing Center that proctors hundreds of high-stakes industry certification exams for business professionals, employee candidates, career switchers, English-language learners, and many others.
Closing Thoughts
Given an overarching goal to be responsible to evolving workforce needs, these flexible, active learning labs in the RCWET can be adapted for all varieties of disciplines.
