Center for Employment Training

Photo courtesy of Thom Wolf
A Business and Customer Relations student participates in hands on training at SomerCet Hotel and Suites, the Center for Employment Training's simulated hotel reception area.

The SOME Center for Employment Training's mission is to empower people out of homelessness and poverty and into living wage careers through marketable skills training, human development, basic education and job development. SOME offers three courses of study to prepare students for living wage careers in high-growth fields:

Business & Customer Relations Associate: students learn business fundamentals, customer service, promotional skills, and computer skills.

Medical Administrative Assistant: students learn Introduction to Allied Health, health care communications, medical records and billing, computer training, reception and clerical skills.

Building Maintenance Service Technician: students learn carpentry, electrical engineering, plumbing, HVAC, and safety standards.

Program Highlights

Watch an interview with Center for Employment Training Director Emily Price.

Sixty-two students graduated from the Center for Employment Training's intensive job training program in 2009.

Fifty-four students secured employment upon graduation at jobs paying an average wage of $12.06. Eighty percent of the jobs also provide full benefits.

How to Apply
Walk-in Application Hours are Wednesday or Friday, 8:30am - 11:00am or
call 202.583.4655 between 8:30am and 4:30pm to schedule an appointment.
Please bring a picture ID, Social Security Card and PPD test results valid within one year.

SOME Center for Employment Training
2300 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE
Fourth Floor
Washington, DC 20020
202.292.4460
cetinfo@some.org