Professional Development
You can count on The BEST Center to present the latest in noncredit classes, development programs and community training!
The BEST Center was established to serve the workforce and community needs of local businesses and community members. Our mission is to provide high quality training at a reasonable cost to improve business and individual job skills performance. You can count on The BEST Center to present the latest in noncredit classes, workshops, business development programs, and community training.
Explore Programs and Courses
Technical Programs
Enrich your technical skills and reach your professional goals! Mechatronics, Electric, HVAC, CNC and more great opportunities.
Driving Programs
Choose between defensive driving, pre-licensing, driver education and the impaired driver programs to perfect your driving skills.
Career Enrichment Courses
Learn valuable new skills, prepare for a new career, or take a course just for the fun of it. We offer a wide range of seminars and courses.
Certificate Programs
Looking to upgrade or gain skills for a promotion or even change careers? View our non-credit healthcare and supervisory certificate programs to get started!
Rural Police Training Academy
Since 1985, the RPTA has accepted recruits from the entire area of Western New York. The RPTA offers a yearly basic course for police and pre-employment recruits, which lasts from early April to the following early March. In addition, the RPTA offers various police in-service courses throughout the year, many of which are in cooperation with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.
The BEST Center’s Refund Policy
- No refunds will be granted for requests less than 3 business days before a course start date. Example: For a Thursday evening course, request must be made by close of business Monday.
- Requests must be made by email, phone or walk-in during normal business hours. Please call 585-345-6868 or email: bestcenter@91ciba.com.
- Refund requests with extenuating circumstances after a course starts will be evaluated on a case-to-case basis.
- The College reserves the right to cancel a course due to inadequate enrollments or emergency.