Career Services

Brooklyn Networks: Free Cable Installation Training Program

Brooklyn Workforce Innovations (BWI) helps jobless and working  poor New Yorkers establish careers in sectors that offer good wages and opportunities for advancement.  BWI's mission is to empower low and  moderate income people by creating living wage employment opportunities and access to career paths.  BWI seeks to develop programs that counter prevailing market inequalities (especially those based on race or gender) and contribute to a broader movement for economic justice.

Currently BWI helps poor New Yorkers start careers in commercial driving, telecommunications cable installation, TV and film production, and skilled woodworking.  BWI also trains public housing residents for jobs at New York City Housing Authority (NYVHA) properties, and BWI also operates a job readiness and driver's license access program for women.  BWI recently launched a physical and programmatic expansion at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as well.  There, in partnership with other nonprofit job training and adult education providers, BWI will leverage its considerable workforce development experience and match training resources with rapidly-emerging job opportunities at the expanding commercial and industrial complex.

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Brooklyn Workforce Innovations' Brooklyn Networks offers Free Cable Installation Training Program

Now accepting applications for their March class.

  • 6 -week cable training
  • Internationally recognized cable certification
  • OSHA 10 Safety Certification
  • Job placement assistance
  • All services are free

Minimum Requirements

  • Must be a resident of NYC
  • 21 years or older
  • Must have a valid driver's license
  • Eligible to work in the U.S.
  • Qualify as low income OR receiving public assistance
  • MUST pass a drug test 
  • Must pass a reading & math test at an 8th grade level
  • MUST speak fluent English
  • Must be able to pass a color blind test

In order to apply, you must attend an information session held on Tuesday's at 10 am sharp at 621 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217.  

(NO RSVP required)

Location details:

Accessible by the R train to Union Street.  From Union Steet station go 2 blocks down 4th towards the clock tower and make a left on Degraw Street.  Or the 2, 3, 4, 5, N, B, D,Q Trains to Atlantic Avenue/Barclays Center.  From Atlantic Avenue / Barclays  Ctr. station go 8 blocks down 4th and make a right onto Degraw Street.

For information please call 718-237-2017 ext. 149 or ext. 182.

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