Vocational Training Programs

Business Technologies training prepares you for employment as a receptionist, data entry operator, word processor, MOUS certification, hotel clerk, and accounting clerk. You learn keyboarding, basic word-processing and spreadsheet functions, 10-key operations, and other business office skills on modern personal computers and other office machines.

Health Occupations trains you to become a Certified Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide. In addition to the book work involved to learn terminology and procedures, this course includes 50 to 60 hours of clinical experience (performed at local community nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals). We provide you with professional uniforms and pertinent equipment required for clinical duties.

Dental Assisting training prepares you to become a chairside Dental Assistant. With this rigorous and study intensive course you will need high TABE scores and the ability to study independently. You learn radiology, sterilization, how to make dental impressions, procedures for passing instruments to the dentist, and routine etiquette observed in a dental practice.

Medical Assistant training prepares you to perform both adminstrative and clinical duties in a medical setting. Clinical duties may include EKG technician, phlebotomy, specimen collection, taking and recording vital signs, and assisting a physician with patients. The prerequisite for this course is completion of either the nursing assistant program or the medical receptionist program.

Medical Office Specialist training prepares you for work in a variety of positions in the medical office. You may learn to become a medical records technician, medical receptionist, transcriptionist, medical insurance billing and coding specialist, or a health unit coordinator. You will learn basic office procedures, keyboarding, word processing, medical terminology, and health information management systems.

Culinary Arts trains you in Food Preparation, serving, display, baking, equipment use, and cleaning and sanitation. Your training prepares you to assume a variety of positions in a cafe or restaurant from soup, salad, and sandwich maker, to line cook and ultimately, chef. Training is conducted in a setting that mirrors an actual restaurant.

Facilities Maintenance is operated by the Home Builders Institute (HBI). You learn a variety of skills and procedures for maintaining and repairing buildings and associated equipment, including electrical repair, plumbing techniques, minor carpentry, patching walls, painting, and landscape maintenance. We provide uniforms and all associated safety equipment.

Electrician is operated by the Home Builders Institute (HBI). You learn electrical theory, basic residential wiring, wire pulling, conduit bending, plus you will gain knowledge of circuitry, electrical code, proper safety practices, receptacles, and switches.

Carpentry is operated by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA). You learn to identify and safely use hand tools and power equipment in actual construction of framed walls using metal and wood studs. You will learn to apply roofing, build forms, install drywall and imperial board, and frame and install doors. You also learn basic cabinetry. Math, plans, and blueprint reading are also a part of the training. The safe use of ladders, and the proper assembly and use of scaffolding is paramount in this vocation. We provide uniforms and safety gear.

Cement Masonry is operated by the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Association (OPCMIA). You will learn to place and finish concrete. Included in the training are identification and safe use of hand and power tools, math calculations for mixing and pouring concrete, safety precautions in working with cement and concrete, and building forms for foundations, paving, and walls. We provide uniforms and all required safety equipment. This is the most physically demanding of all the vocations.

Painting is operated by the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades (IBPAT). You learn a variety of skills in the use of white and color pigments, thinner, dryers, oil and latex paints, clear and masonry coating, and stains. The proper identification and use of appropriate tools and equipment are essential teachings in the use and application of particular coatings. Mandatory safety lessons include hazardous materials awareness, lead abatement, and safe positioning and use of ladders and scaffolding.