Advanced Computer Technology offers classroom and hands-on instruction for students considering employment in the IT field.

Description:

The Advanced Computer Technologies Trade here at Shriver is designed in such a way to allow each student the opportunity to achieve a high level of technology based certifications. The IT industry is ever changing and employers are continually looking for the best and the brightest. Having in-demand certifications from industry leaders such as Microsoft, Sun and Novell will help you meet employers needs.

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Prerequisites:

• A+ Certified Required, A+ and Network + Preferred
• 560 or higher TABE scores
• High School Diploma or GED
• Motor Vehicle License (or obtain one at trade completion)
• 18 years of age
• Center Director Recommendation
• Letter of Interest
• Additional Information as requested

Advanced Computer Training Certifications

• MCP
• MCSA
• SCSA Solaris 10
• Linux +

Opportunities:

• Computer Operator
• Customer Service Technician
• Field Support Technician
• Hardware Installation Coordinator
• Help Desk Technician
• Information Systems Administrator
• Internet Network Specialist
• Internet Systems Administrator
• Network Administrator
• Network Analyst
• Network Operations Analyst
• Network Support Technician
• Network Technician
• Operating Systems Specialist
• PC Technician
• Software Quality Assurance Specialist
• Sun Solaris System Administrator
• Systems Administrator
• Systems Analyst
• Systems Engineer (Computer Networking / IT)
• Technical Support Specialist.
• UNIX System Administrator

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Advanced Transportation-Clerical Training

Description:

Transportation Communications International Union (TCU) is part of a multi-billion dollar industry involving railroads, mass transit, and airline companies. Good employees are needed now! You, too, can be a part of this industry and receive a great starting salary, excellent benefits, job security, and a chance for advancement. The average railroad wage after five years is $19.40 an hour! For those who like to travel, passenger railroads and airlines often have travel benefits!

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Transportation Training

• Transportation – learn to identify types of equipment, reservations, and ticketing
• Safety
• Keyboarding – learn to type fast and accurately
• Word Processing – use correct words and punctuation in a business letter
• Office Communication Skills
• Business/Consumer Math
• Customer Service Skills
• Spreadsheet and Database Applications
• Internet Applications Basics
• Job Search and Survival Skills – learn how to build a resume; how to find a job; how to develop interviewing skills

Some opportunities are...

• Airline and Railroad Customer Service Representatives
• Airline and Amtrak Marketing and Sales Representatives
• Amtrak On Board Service Attendants
• Airline Flight Attendants
• Airline and Amtrak Ticket Agents
• Airport TSA Screeners
• Airline and Amtrak Baggage Handlers
• Railroad Brakemen and Switchmen
• Passenger and Freight Railroad Conductors
• Barge Deck Hands
• Government Careers

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Automotive

Our shops provide students with modern electronic diagnostic equipment. This allows all students to see the correct diagnosis and repair procedures for electronic automotive systems

Training:

• Environmental management (EPA/Safety issues)
• Ignition systems
• Fuel induction systems
• Automatic and manual transmissions
• ABS Brakes Operation and Testing
• Electrical Testing and Diagnosis
• Four-wheel alignment
• Automotive heating and air-conditioning
• Supplemental restraint/Theft-protection systems
• Theft-protection systems

Opportunities:

• Automotive Service Technician
• Service Manager
• Auto Parts Sales
• Small Engine Repair
• Automotive Sales
• Preparation for advanced training

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Business Technologies

Business offers classroom and hands-on instruction for students considering employment in the Business field.

Description:

Business Technologies, also known as Office Assistant, offers training in many different fields. It prepares the student to work in an office setting, hotels, and banking industry.

Microsoft Office Specialist certification:

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification, the premier Microsoft desktop certification, is a globally recognized standard for demonstrating desktop skills. The Office Specialist program is helping meet the demand for qualified and knowledgeable people in the modern workplace. The Microsoft Office Specialist certification is the globally recognized standard for validating expertise with the Microsoft Office suite of business productivity programs. Earning Office Specialist certification acknowledges you have the expertise to work with Microsoft Office programs. Office Specialist-certified individuals report increased competence and productivity with Microsoft Office programs as well as increased credibility with their employers, co-workers, and clients. Office Specialist certification

IC³ Certification:

IC³ is designed to validate an individual’s basic computer skills and Internet knowledge to promote success in school, work, and life. The IC³ program enjoys worldwide recognition as the global standard for digital literacy

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Training:

• Filing skills
• Data Entry
• Business Math Skills
• Business English
• Ethics
• Safety
• Keyboarding
• Telephone procedures
• Accounting
• Hotel
• Microsoft Office
• MOS Certification
• IC³ Certification

Opportunities:

• Hotels
• Doctor, Lawyers, and Insurance offices
• Corporations
• Administrative Assistants
• Data Entry Clerks
• Front Desk Clerks
• Bank Teller

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Carpentry

• General Safety
• Math
• Trade Terminology
• Hand and Power Tools
• Ladders and Scaffolding
• Lumber Identification
• Fasteners
• Finish Carpentry
• Form Work
• Framing Metal Studs
• Drywall
• Ceilings Roofing Siding/Exterior Trim

Opportunities:

Becoming an Apprentice - An apprentice is someone who is learning the trade by working under the guidance of journeyworkers. It is on-the-job-training. You earn while you learn and are paid a wage from the first day you become a working apprentice. As an apprentice your wages will start at about 50% or higher of the journeywork rate of pay and will increase periodically until you reach the full journeywork.

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Cement Masonry

Cement Masonry offers classroom and hands-on instruction for students considering employment in the cement industry.

Description:

This course covers basic heavy construction with an emphasis on placing and finishing all types of concrete flatwork, concrete repair, chaulking, basic stucco work and formwork . Classroom work is included so students understand the basic principles of the trade. This course is labor intensive so students should be prepared to work. Fulltime students can expect to complete trade in 8 months, part time students 12 months.

Training:

• Concrete flatwork includes sidewalks, patios and hard trowelled slabs such as garage floors and basements.
• Formwork for slabs and walls.
• Site preparation including layout, excavation, grading, compacting and Bobcat training.
• Basic Hawk and trowel skills (stucco).
• Concrete restoration including drypacking, rubbing and patching walls and floor resurfacing
• Stampcrete (decorative concrete flatwork )
• Training with a Bobcat (small front end loader), 90 pound Jackhammer, power trowel and basic hand power tools.

Opportunities:

Entry level jobs such as :

• Apprentice cement masons
• General construction laborers
• Landscape laborers

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Computer Technology Brochure

Training:

• Computer Basics Tools of the Trade Computer
• Safety System
• Computer Components
• Removable Storage Systems
• Peripheral Devices
• Managing Applications
• Installing Network Components
• Implementing Local Security In Windows NT
• Implementing Virus Protection
• Preparing for Disaster Recovery
• Recovering from Disaster
• Installing Client Operating Systems
• Network+ certification

Opportunities:

• Service Tech
• Help Desk
• Remote Tech
• Entry level for IT positions

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Culinary Arts

Culinary Arts offers classroom and hands-on instruction for students considering employment in the food industry.

Description:

Students learn the skills and acquire the knowledge for an entry level position in the food service industry through production of food items and baked goods with a focus on large volume, speed, accuracy and safety. A Foundations course is required and is provided prior to the Culinary Curriculum. The training provides is outlined by the prestigious American Culinary Federation and provides education and certification in The National Restaurant Associations, ServSafe Program. In addition the program is enhanced with catering on and off center, and with guest Chefs, and related field trips.

Training

• Employability Skills
• Safety and sanitation
• Standardization
• Use, Care, and Clean all equipment, (large and small)
• Prepare Meats Poultry, Fish and Shellfish
• Prepare, Vegetables, Starches, Salads, and Soups and Sauces
• Prepare Yeast Breads, Quick Breads, and variety of baked goods
• Prepare Hors D Oeuvres, and Appetizers
• Prepare yeast breads, rolls, quick breads, cakes, cookies, pies and pastries.
• Nutrition guidelines.
• Food management tasks including menu preparation, creating a work schedule, sanitation inspections, inventory
• Kitchen clean-up.

Opportunities

• Hospitality – Foundations
• Hospitality – Culinary Arts
• National Restaurant Association – ServSafe Course
• American Culinary Federation - certification

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Health Occupations

Description:

HOT We offer a self-paced program for motivated students. Included is a week of clinical at a local nursing home, a state test is given upon completion of course material.

Training:

• Safety
• Basic Infectious Control
• Basic Medical Terminology
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Measure and record vital signs.
• Procedures for patient transfers.
• Care for a falling patient.
• Emergency Procedures
• First Aid/ CPR
• Ethics and Confidentiality
• Core Procedures for Health Care Workers
• Introduction to the Health Care System
• Rights of Individuals in the Health Care System
• Individuals rights to confidentiality, privacy, dignity, and choice. Symptoms of abuse and neglect.
• Principles of Infection Control, Standard Precautions, OSHA Standards, and Isolation
• The Aging Process, Attitudes Towards Aging, and Problems of Aging and Disease
• Creating and Maintaining a Safe Environment
• Admissions, Discharges, and Transfers
• Positioning and Moving an Individual
• Bed Making
• Activities of Daily Living
• Dietary Needs
• Elimination
• Height, Weight, Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, and Blood Pressure
• Care for Individuals with Special Needs
• Modifying Client Behavior. Promoting Self-Care. Exercise
• Death and Dying
• Home Care

Opportunities:

• Nursing Homes
• Hospitals

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Painting

Painter, Pre-Apprentice training offers classroom and hands-on instruction for students considering employment in the painting industry.

Description:

The Finishing Trades industry offers rewarding career opportunities in nearly every community in the United States and Canada. As a specialty gupup within the broader building trades industry, finishing trades members are essential to the completion of every building project. From shopping malls to office towers, schools to factories, and residential homes to apartment buildings, finishing professionals get the satisfaction of seeing their efforts tahke shape right before their eyes.

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Prerequisites:

• Must be seventeen years of age or older
• Must have an interest in and an aptitude for the trade
• Must be willing to apply yourself equally to on-the-job training, classroom instruction and be able to work with others
• Must be able to understand and carry out written instructions, which requires basic reading and math ability
• You must be able to perform the duties of a pre-apprentice without endangering your self or others

Training

• Health and safety training
• Safe and proper use of tools and equipment
• Surface preparation
• Blueprint reading and estimating
• Application of paints and coatings
• Prepare and finish drywall
• Prep surfaces and apply various wall coverings
• Apply coatings with conventional and airless spray equipment
• Lead hazard awareness

Opportunities:

• Painting and wallcovering
• Drywall finishing
• Glazing and glassworkers
• Sign, display and screen processing
• Floor and Decorative Coverings

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Security

Basic Security Officer Training offers classroom and hands-on instruction for students considering employment in the private security industry.

Prerequisites:

• Must be 17 1/2
• Clean drug screen
• No criminal convictions

Description:

The Job Corps security trade has special requirements for entry. To qualify, you must be at least seventeen years of age. A drug test will be administered upon entry into security and a subsequent test will be administered prior to completion. As part of a student’s background check, a criminal history search will be conducted. Students must complete a physical fitness test prior to completion of the program. This is a self-paced course, allowing the student to work at his or her own level.

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• Patrolling Techniques
• Surveillance Techniques
• Use of security equipment
• Illegal Drugs and Substances
• Laws and the judicial system
• Bomb threat procedures
• Radio communications
• Investigation Techniques
• Report writing
• Interview and interrogation
• CPR & First aid certification
• Self-defense techniques

Opportunities:

• Hospitals and medical clinics
• Malls/commercial settings
• Amusement parks
• Private Clubs
• Executive security
• Airports
• Railways
• Sports complexes
• Casinos

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