There is no rapid solution to this. Suggest while still working, take a lab course so student can at least learn his/her way around a lab, and God willing, learn to use a micropipettor.
Then, take another lab course to learn a technique. HPLC, or molecular biology.
Someone who can say "I can make solutions, I can pipette, I can pour and run gels, I can ligate, I know how to pH things" is in a much better situation than someone with no skills.
I have a dear friend who got her PhD by starting out as a part-time glassware washer/autoclaver. She used that to jump to a lab tech positon, which led to grad school.