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Job Corps is the nation's largest FREE education and job training program for young adults.
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.
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: $42,000 per year
Length of training: Completion times vary by training area. Check with your admissions advisor.
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: $48,000 per year
Length of training: Completion times vary by training area. Check with your admissions advisor.
Job Corps offers a basic Carpentry program 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: $44,000 per year
Length of training: Completion times vary by training area. Check with your admissions advisor.
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: $36,000 per year
Length of training: Completion times vary by training area. Check with your admissions advisor.
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: Completion times vary by training area. Check with your admissions advisor.
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: $34,000 per year
Length of training: Completion times vary by training area. Check with your admissions advisor.
Office administrators perform daily duties that include financial planning, record keeping, billing, personnel, inventory, and logistics, within a business.
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Information Technology
Computer Networking Cisco
Average salary: $63,000 per year
Length of training: Completion times vary by training area. Check with your admissions advisor.
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.
Learn MoreKeep in mind that details will vary depending on your specific background, goals, and interests.
A Job Corps recruiter can help you get all the answers you need.
Advanced Career Vocational Training
is also available. See details on the Connect page.
