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Customized Training

Job Skills Training Course

job skills training

   -  This course is a partnership between Minnesota West and the Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council.

Other helpful information:

   -  View Career Pathways to learn how Minnesota West can help you.
   -  Ask about our FastTRAC partnerships.

 

How to Register for the Job Skills Training Course

*If you already have a Minnesota West student account and activated StarID, skip to Step 3.

**If you already have a Star ID at a different Minnesota State campus, please follow this link and be sure to choose the institution to which your Star ID is connected. At that point, you should be able to move forward with the registration instructions. If it has been more than six months since you used your Star ID, you will need to reset your password.

  1. Set Up a Minnesota West Student Account

    1. Go to Create a Minnesota State StarID Account.
    2. Enter Personal Information. Choose Next.  **Fields marked with an asterisk are required to submit the form.
    3. On the Contact page, enter your contact information. Choose Next.  **Fields marked with an asterisk are required to submit the form. 
    4. Under Citizenship, choose Yes or No.  Then choose Next. **You must answer the question to continue.  
    5. Enter Residency. Choose Submit. **You must enter residency information to continue.
    6. The next screen should let you know that you have been successful and will include your StarID number. Please write it down or print the page and keep in a safe place for future use.
    7. Press Continue.

  2. Activate StarID with Personal Email Address

    1. Go to StarID Self Service
    2. Choose Activate StarID.
    3. On the Activate Your StarID screen, under Students, choose: Personal Email Address.
    4. On the next screen, enter your Personal Email address. 
    5. Choose Continue.
    6. You will receive the response that your Verficiation Code will be sent to your personal email address.
    7. Go to your email and retrieve the Verification Code.
    8. You are now ready to register for your class.

  3. Register for the Job Skills Training Class

    1. Go to your Student Account Registration page. You will need to login with your StarID and password.

    2. Your selected course will display on the next screen.

    3. Select Add on the left. The course has been added to your Wish List.  Select ok. Then select Continue to Review My Plan.

    4. On the Wish List screen, verify that the correct course is listed.

    5. Check the box to the left of the course. Then press Select Course to Proceed to Register.

    6. On the next screen, enter your password and press the "Register" button.

    7. Wait until you see the message, "Your request was processed successfully" along with a schedule of your selected class.

    8. Print a copy of your schedule by selecting the Print icon near the bottom of the page. Verify that the correct course is listed on the printout.

  4. Access Your Job Skills Training Class

    1. You will need to login to our online course software, D2L Brightspace, to access your class.

    2. Please note that after registering, you will not be able to access your class in D2L immediately. It will take 24 hours to process your class so that it will appear in D2L.

    3. For easy access, the D2L link is available on the Quick Links menu of all Minnesota West website pages.