Hands-On Career Training. Thriving Educational Environment. All Offered at No Cost.
For over 50 years, Bidwell Training Center has changed lives by providing career training and academic enrichment to adults in transition. At Bidwell Training Center, we know how difficult it can be trying to make ends meet while pursuing your career goals. That’s why all our training programs are offered at no cost. With a strong relationship with industry leaders, Bidwell Training Center helps people just like you gain the skills, knowledge, and experience it takes to get a fulfilling career.
Bidwell receives funding from The State of Pennsylvania, private foundations, and individual donors, making it possible for all students who are residents of Pennsylvania and who also have their high school diploma or equivalent to receive full tuition, textbooks, uniform (if applicable), and any special supplies required for training.
With a variety of expert-taught programs including Culinary Arts, Horticulture Technology, and more, you can get career ready in as little as 7 months*.
Wondering if Bidwell Training Center is right for you? Take a look at our variety of career-oriented programs taught by expert instructors, with class environments that allow for hands-on training.
**Each trainee in the Spring 2025 Chem Lab Class will receive a paid stipend during training. Please call Admissions at 412-402-9761 to learn more!
Take a Virtual Tour!No-Cost Programs
At Bidwell Training Center, we know how difficult it can be trying to make ends meet while pursuing your career goals. That’s why all our programs are offered at no cost.
Tuition is not charged to students who are residents of Pennsylvania and also have their high school diploma or equivalent. Funding for Bidwell Training Center is received through the state, foundations, grants, and individual donors. The tuition, fees, uniforms, scrubs, knife sets, and textbooks are covered for all accepted students.
The Difference with Bidwell Training Center
If you are looking to take the next step towards a fulfilling career, here’s how Bidwell Training Center works for you:
- No-Cost Programs – Bidwell Training Center believes in investing your mind, not your money. That’s why all programs are offered at no cost to students, allowing you to focus entirely on graduating with career-ready skills.
- Programs Made to Meet the Needs of Today’s Employers – Each program at Bidwell Training Center is assisted by an advisory board made up of local members of each respective industry. They provide input that helps make each program reflect the changes in the career market.
- A Thriving Educational Environment – At Bidwell Training Center we recognize that environment shapes behavior. Students are surrounded by beautiful art, architecture, music, and delicious food to help fuel the mind and body.
- On Site Experience – Programs at Bidwell Training Center include on-site externships at local companies/facilities. You will get first-hand experience and training in your pursued field, getting you a head-start in a thriving industry.
- Hands-On Career Training – Smaller class sizes mean you will get the direct hands-on instruction you need to quickly get many career-oriented skills.
About Bidwell Training Center
Our goal is to provide you with the skills you need to change your life through hands-on career training taught by expert instructors.
Admissions
Ready to take the next step? Call us at 412-402-9761 or come in-person to see if Bidwell Training Center career training is right for you.
Career Services
We are dedicated to your career success. Bidwell Training Center supplies externships, placement staff, student advisors and counselors, and more!
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STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION
Bidwell Training Center affords every student all rights, privileges, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at BTC. BTC does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, genetic information, or any other protected category under applicable local, state or federal law in the admission of its students, administration of its educational programs, policies, activities, services, and other offerings.
It is the policy of Bidwell Training Center (“BTC”) to maintain an environment for students, faculty, administrators, staff, and visitors that is free of all forms of discrimination and harassment, including sex-based harassment. BTC has enacted the Sex-Based Harassment Policy & Grievance Procedures (the “Policy”) to reflect and maintain its institutional values, to provide for fair and equitable procedures for determining when this Policy has been violated, and to provide recourse for individuals and the community in response to violations of this Policy.
The Policy can be found at BTC’s website at bidwelltraining.edu or obtained in person from the Title IX Coordinator (see below).
BTC does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment. Sex discrimination is prohibited by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a federal law that provides:
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to BTC ‘s Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both. The following person has been designated as BTC’s Title IX Coordinator to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies, including Title IX:
Audra Pavloski, M.Ed.
1815 Metropolitan Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15233
Phone: (412) 323-4000, ext. 189
Email: apavloski@manchesterbidwell.org
Inquiries or complaints concerning BTC’s compliance with Title IX or other federal civil rights laws may be referred to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.
Office for Civil Rights, Philadelphia Office
U.S. Department of Education
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East, Suite 515
Philadelphia, PA 19107-3323
Telephone: (215) 656-8541
Facsimile: (215) 656-8605
Email: OCR.Philadelphia@ed.gov
To report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or make a complaint of sex discrimination under Title IX, please contact BTC’s Title IX Coordinator by email, by phone, or in person at the school.