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Work-based Learning
Our work-based learning (WBL) program provides students with opportunities to link their career technical training with practical, on-the-job activities. Students participating in WBL improve their work habits and attitudes, identification of goals and aptitudes, and the motivation to complete and further their education.
Long Text Title
Work-based Learning
Our work-based learning (WBL) program provides students with opportunities to link their career technical training with practical, on-the-job activities. Students participating in WBL improve their work habits and attitudes, identification of goals and aptitudes, and the motivation to complete and further their education.
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career vocational training
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Advanced Manufacturing
Welding
Average salary: $36,000 per year
Length of training: 8-12 months
Participants will learn the most commonly utilized welding processes including welding terminology, weld design, welding safety, electrical theory, the weldability of metals, and welding quality control.
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Construction
Carpentry
Average salary: $35,000 per year
Length of training: 8-12 months
Job Corps offers a basic Carpentry program, a Carpentry Trainee, Apprentice program through Home Builders Institute (HBI), and a Carpentry, Pre-Apprentice program through United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA). All training programs are hands-on and are similar in curriculum and requirements.
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Construction
Cement Masonry
Average salary: $35,000 per year
Length of training: 8-12 months
As a cement mason, your job will include filling roads, driveways, sidewalks, bridges, foundations, and parking lots with cement. You will also make concrete beams, columns, and panels.
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Construction
Facilities Maintenance
Average salary: $35,000 per year
Length of training: 8-12 months
Facilities maintenance workers perform routine repairs and preventive maintenance to ensure building systems operate efficiently.
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Construction
Floor Covering
Average salary: $35,000 per year
Length of training: 8-12 months
People working in this field perform floor covering installation, maintenance, and repair. This can include applying blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative covering to floors, walls, and cabinets.
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Finance and Business
Office Administration
Average salary: $32,000 per year
Length of training: 8-12 months
Office administrators perform daily duties that include financial planning, record keeping, billing, personnel, inventory, and logistics, within a business.
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Hospitality
Culinary Arts
Average salary: $20,000 per year
Length of training: 8-12 months
A culinary artist wears many hats including chef and cook. They are responsible for not only making the food taste great but making it look fabulous as well.
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Information Technology
Computer Networking Cisco
Average salary: $47,000 per year
Length of training: 8-12 months
Program graduates work for mid-size to large companies that have extensive computer networks and are responsible for keeping that network up to date and running smoothly. Some work nights and weekends if emergencies or network interruptions occur.
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