Alamo Colleges District UpSkill Training for SA Ready to Work Program

With convenient, fast-track, and on-demand offerings from the Alamo Colleges District, quickly build your professional skills to return to work, advance your current job, or launch a new career.

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SA Ready to Work Approved Professional Certificates

Earn online, on-demand with dedicated support from a Completion Coach

With a valuable professional certificate from Google, Intuit, Salesforce, IBM, and more, you can gain the skills needed to compete for high-demand jobs in San Antonio and the surrounding area. Your Completion Coach will set you up for success and help you stay on track. Plus, if you successfully earn your professional certificate, you’ll unlock free 30-day access to two Google Generative AI trainings, giving you the opportunity to build in-demand AI skills and earn two additional Specialization Certificates to showcase your growth.

Completion Coaches are here to guide you

Completion Coaches are dedicated and supportive individuals who are here to guide you through your upskilling journey and help you succeed.

In our trainings, Ready to Work participants receive one-on-one completion coaching that provides:

A personal learning plan tailored to meet your needs and fit your schedule
Support to overcome barriers to success
Regular check-ins to help you stay on track for certificate completion

Note: Completion Coaches are external service providers, not Alamo Colleges faculty or staff. They are here to help you with academic success strategies and personal development but do not provide official academic advising.

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Offerings to showcase your skills

Choose a path to view our on-demand, online, and self-directed trainings that allow you to learn flexibly at your own pace from anywhere. Review our list of training opportunities below. To request training curriculums and enroll through Ready to Work, please email dst-skillslab@alamo.edu.

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IT and Cloud Computing

Google IT Automation with Python

This beginner-level, six-course professional certificate is designed to provide in-demand skills, including Python, Git, and IT automation, that can help you advance your career. No previous experience required.

IBM Data Engineering

This professional certificate will teach you the skills employers are seeking for entry level data engineering roles, no experience necessary. You'll learn Python, SQL, RDBMS, ETL, Data Warehousing, NoSQL, Big Data, and Spark.

IBM Full Stack Software Developer

In this professional certificate, you’ll learn in-demand skills and tools for front-end, back-end, and cloud native application development; no experience required.

Meta Database Engineer

This professional certificate will teach you the skills employers are seeking for entry-level backend development and database roles, no experience necessary. You'll learn SQL, Python, Django, database management, and web application development.

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Marketing, Sales,
and Business

CVS Health Call Center Customer Service

This professional certificate will teach you the skills employers are seeking for entry-level customer service roles, no experience necessary. You'll learn communication, problem-solving, customer interaction, and real-world service scenarios.

Google Digital Marketing and E-commerce

This professional certificate prepares you for entry-level digital marketing and e-commerce roles with no prior experience required. You’ll learn social media, email marketing, analytics, customer engagement, and e-commerce management using tools like Google Ads, Google Analytics, Shopify, HubSpot, and Canva.

Salesforce Sales Development Representative

This professional certificate will teach you skills for entry-level tech sales and sales development roles, no experience necessary. You’ll learn prospecting, customer engagement, lead generation, conversational selling, CRM tools, and sales workflows.

Salesforce Sales Operations

This beginner-level professional certificate prepares you for entry-level sales operations roles with no prior experience required. You’ll learn lead and opportunity management, customer success strategies, reporting, dashboards, and how to use Salesforce Sales Cloud and Service Cloud.

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Software Development and Product Design

Google UX Design

This beginner-level professional certificate prepares you for entry-level UX design roles with no prior experience or degree required. You’ll learn user research, wireframing, prototyping, usability testing, and design tools like Figma to create user-centered digital experiences.

IBM DevOps and Software Engineering

This professional certificate prepares you for entry-level DevOps and software engineering roles with no prior experience required. You’ll learn Python, Linux shell scripting, GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, cloud-native development, microservices, and DevOps methodologies like Agile and Scrum.

IBM Front-End Developer

This professional certificate prepares you for entry-level front-end developer roles with no prior experience required. You’ll learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, UI/UX design, Figma, Bootstrap, Git, GitHub, and front-end development principles to build responsive, interactive web applications.

Meta Android Developer

This professional certificate prepares you for entry-level Android developer roles with no prior experience required. You’ll learn Kotlin, Android Studio, mobile app development, UI design, data management, web technologies, and React Native for cross-platform applications.

Meta Back-End Developer

This professional certificate prepares you for entry-level front-end developer roles with no prior experience required. You’ll learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Bootstrap, Figma, Git, GitHub, version control, and UI design to build interactive, user-friendly websites.

Meta Front-End Developer

Meta iOS Developer

This beginner-level professional certificate prepares you for entry-level iOS developer roles with no prior experience required. You’ll learn Swift, SwiftUI, iOS programming concepts, mobile app development, data management, web technologies, and React Native.

To have Ready to Work cover your tuition:

Participants with a Case Worker

If you are an existing Ready to Work participant and have been assigned a Case Worker, please email the Coordinator of Student Success, at:

dst-skillslab@alamo.edu

Interested in becoming a Participant

If you are not an existing Ready to Work participant and would like more information, please visit:

Alamo—Ready to Work Registration

For more information

About UpSkill Trainings

Email dst-skillslab@alamo.edu

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Coursera?

Coursera is an online learning platform that offers a wide range of courses,
specializations, and professional certificates across various fields. Their
offerings are self-paced, allowing learners to complete their courses on their
own time and schedule.

How do I earn my professional certificate?

Each certificate is made up of several online courses available on Coursera.
When you complete all of the required courses in your chosen training, you’ll
earn a professional certificate to enhance your resume and showcase your
skills to potential employers. The certificate is awarded upon completion of
the final course, and you will receive steps in your course on how to
download and share your certificate with others.

How much time am I given to earn my certificate?

Our Ready to Work participants are given 6 months of access to Coursera to
earn their certificate. Our Completion Coaches help ensure learners stay on
track to complete within the given timeframe.

How long do I have access to a Completion Coach?

Access to Completion Coaches is included in your Ready to Work tuition cost
for the duration of your training. While you can choose not to work with a
Completion Coach, the benefit will remain available to you for the duration of
your training.