Earn AWS Certification At Asnuntuck CC Under New State Program

ENFIELD, CT — Connecticut residents can now take classes on the technical skills that will land them in high-paying jobs at tech companies — and Enfield residents won't have to go far to do so.

State officials have collaborated with Amazon Web Services to provide training to Connecticut residents, Gov. Ned Lamont announced on Monday, and Enfield's Asnuntuck Community College is one of four schools that will offer that education this fall.

Connecticut's program aims to train 2,000 workers by 2024 the website said. AWS Academy Cloud Foundations classes will begin at Asnuntuck in early December, according to the CSCU website.

Tech companies like Infosys "badly need" workers for cloud-based, coding positions, the Hartford Courant reported.

These jobs can pay more than $100,000 a year, and about 40,000 of them have been advertised in Connecticut over the past year, according to the Courant.

"I can virtually guarantee you that if you get this AWS certification, you’re going to have a job," Gov. Ned Lamont said while unveiling project, as reported by the Courant. "Infosys is standing right by. Amazon Web Services has dozens of major customers right here in the state and all over the region — all looking for people with just this certification."

Manchester, Housatonic and Three Rivers Community Colleges will also start teaching AWS classes this fall, and the rest of Connecticut's community colleges will follow in spring 2022.

To enroll in an AWS class at Asnuntuck, email Schampagne@acc.commnet.edu or jpoirier@acc.commnet.edu, or call (860) 253-3034.

Classes run for five to seven weeks. They cost $795 and financial aid is available, according to the Courant.