The Warehouse and Safety Skills Training Program is a paid, six-week program that introduces trainees to the equipment, operations, and important safety considerations associated with working in warehouse or material-handling positions. Trainees are coached with equipment like pallet jacks, walk-behinds, and forklifts and cover inventory and OSHA standards topics. This program follows the RISE Up curriculum, established by big-box stores like Macy’s and Home Depot, to familiarize trainees with what it takes to be successful in the retail workplace. Upon course completion, trainees can test to receive the RISE Up credential.

With the mission of “making purposeful employment possible for all,” Goodwill Skills Trainer John Hasstedt is strengthening the abilities of those he serves. John started with Goodwill as a store clerk and progressed through Goodwill to become an operations supervisor in the warehouse. He has been the Warehouse and Safety Skills Trainer for six years.

“Participants come to us with various needs and barriers. We have developed over the years the need and understanding to meet participants where they’re at,” said John. John will adjust the program to fit the participants’ needs and abilities. “We assure them that they’re not doing this by themselves. Support is what Goodwill is about,” said John’s experience and our retail skills training program by clicking the button below.

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