OUR PROGRAMS

Kind Works EDU creates practical pathways from learning to opportunity. Our programs combine workforce readiness, industry-specific training, professional development, apprenticeship, and career support to help people build the skills and credentials they need to move forward.

Whether you are entering the workforce, changing careers, advancing in your profession, or building specialized skills for a regulated industry, there is a place to start here.

Education That Leads Somewhere

POWER SKILLS ACADEMY™
Know myself. Know my options. Know my next move.

Power Skills Academy is Kind Works EDU’s signature workforce readiness and career development program. The eight-week Academy helps participants understand their strengths, explore career options, strengthen essential workplace skills, and create a realistic plan for what comes next.

Participants complete 48 hours of hands-on learning focused on career readiness, workplace communication, financial capability, professional development, and career exploration. Along the way, they build practical tools they can take with them, including a professional resume, LinkedIn profile, personal pitch, financial action plan, career pathway research, and individualized next-step plan.

8 Weeks | 48 Hours | Hands-On Learning | $350 Completion Stipend

What You’ll Leave With:

A clearer understanding of your strengths and career interests
A professional resume and LinkedIn profile
A personal introduction and professional pitch
Stronger workplace communication skills
A personal financial action plan
Primary and secondary career pathways
A next-step plan for employment, training, apprenticeship, or entrepreneurship

*Participants are expected to maintain at least 85% attendance and complete a final capstone to qualify for the completion stipend.

APPRENTICESHIP & OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING

Technical skills + work-based learning.

Kind Works develops industry-specific training pathways that connect classroom learning with the skills employers actually need. Rather than offering disconnected courses, we build occupational training around defined career pathways, employer input, and opportunities for work-based learning.

We have developed some of the nation's first apprenticeship programs for regulated industries. These pathways combine structured instruction with paid on-the-job learning so participants can build technical skills, gain experience, and progress toward recognized occupational competency.

Our Registered Apprenticeship Pathways

Regulated Products Lab Technician (RPLT)

A technical pathway preparing workers for laboratory operations, testing procedures, quality systems, documentation, and compliance within regulated product environments.

Regulated Products Compliance & Inventory Specialist (RPCIS)
A specialized pathway focused on inventory control, product tracking, documentation, regulatory compliance, and operational accuracy. This occupation is being developed as a stackable pathway that can support advancement into broader retail management roles.

Retail Management for Regulated Industries (RMRI)
A management pathway preparing workers to lead people, operations, compliance, inventory, customer experience, and performance within highly regulated retail environments.

Launching Spring 2027: Our registered apprenticeship programs are currently under review by the California Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS). We anticipate beginning program delivery in early Spring 2027, with enrollment and employer partnership opportunities opening following final approval.

Beyond Apprenticeship

Our workforce training model can also support employer-designed skill development, incumbent worker training, pre-apprenticeship preparation, and other industry-specific learning opportunities. As new employer and education partnerships are developed, Kind Works will expand training based on demonstrated workforce demand.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Keep learning. Keep leading.

Professional growth does not stop once you get the job.

Kind Works offers practical continuing education designed for working professionals, supervisors, managers, business owners, and industry leaders who want to strengthen their skills and grow in their careers.

Our professional development courses focus on real workplace challenges and practical application. Topics include leadership, communication, workforce management, compliance, workplace culture, and navigating the unique demands of regulated industries.

Kind Works EDU is a SHRM Recertification Provider, allowing eligible courses to award Professional Development Credits (PDCs) to SHRM-certified professionals.

Professional development opportunities include:

SHRM PDC-eligible courses
Live workshops and continuing education
Employer and team training
Conference and industry education
Customized professional development for organizations

Bring Kind Works to Your Team

Our courses can be delivered for employers, associations, conferences, and professional groups. We also work with organizations to develop training around specific workforce and industry needs.

PATHWAY SUPPORT
Knowing where you want to go is one thing. Knowing how to get there is another.

Career pathways are rarely a straight line. Kind Works helps participants connect the pieces between education, training, apprenticeship, employment, and career advancement.

Pathway Support provides individualized guidance to help participants understand their options, identify realistic next steps, and connect with the resources and opportunities that can help them move forward. Support can continue as participants transition between Kind Works programs and into their next stage of education or employment.

Pathway Support may include:

Career and education navigation
Training and credential referrals
Apprenticeship connections
Employment and workforce resources
Career pathway planning
Connections to community-based support
Referrals for specialized services when additional support is needed

While we do not have to provide every service ourselves. Our role is to help people understand what they need, where to find it, and how to keep moving forward.

Our Partners

The Social Impact Center

Our justice system navigation partner supporting record clearing and expungement.

City of Los Angeles (D6)

Our government contract partner that allows us to connect with regulated product employment partners.

Club Kindness

Our Cannabis Education Training Partner & curriculum design team.

Columbia Bank

Our community hub & financial literacy training partner.

UCLA Labor Center

Cal State University Long Beach

Our university research and policy partners advancing labor equity through collaborative studies.