Central Portland Workforce Training Center
1626 SE Water Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97214, 503-731-6600 | directions | trimet | contacts
The Central Portland Workforce Training Center, a 31,000 square foot facility, is located near OMSI in central eastside Portland. The three-story structure was built in 1996 for $4.4 million thanks to the passage of a bond measure in 1992, and it traditionally serves more than 10,000 students in day, evening and weekend course offerings every year. The facility also has a 158-space parking lot and is near many of Portland's largest streets and freeways.
The center houses a 100-seat auditorium and catering kitchen, which is set up for groups to hold meetings and seminars. The architects from the Zimmer, Gunsul, Frasca Partnership feature a design of expansive windows on the southwest side, which highlights an open, circular staircase, designed the red brick façade structure. The building, which overlooks the Willamette River in the city's industrial core, has been outfitted with the instructional technologies of modem- and-delivered instruction, interactive television and teleconferencing.
The state-of-the-art center's location allows its programs to conduct business and education courses near many of the professionals it serves. For example, every quarter the Central Portland Workforce Training Center is home of the Institute of Health Professionals' Advanced Cardiac Life Support provider training and certification classes. The workforce training center also offers courses in management and professional development, health care continuing education, computer training, life enrichment, small business development, English as a second language, senior studies and distance education.