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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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Construction
Facilities Maintenance
Average salary: $35,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ months
Facilities maintenance workers perform routine repairs and preventive maintenance to ensure building systems operate efficiently.
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Construction
Carpentry
Average salary: $35,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ 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.
*Carpentry is a Pre-Apprenticeship program, which offers students the hands-on training and education needed to qualify for apprenticeships.
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Finance and Business
Office Administration
Average salary: $32,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ months
Office administrators perform daily duties that include financial planning, record keeping, billing, personnel, inventory, and logistics, within a business.
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Healthcare
Certified Nurse Assistant
Average salary: $24,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ months
Home health aides are non-licensed members of the home care team that assist patients who wish to receive care in the comfort of their own home with daily living.
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Healthcare
Medical Office Support
Average salary: $33,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ months
Medical office support staff work at the front desk of a medical office. They perform a variety of tasks vital to the operation of a medical office including dealing with patients, filing medical documents and handling insurance forms, and handling anything that comes up in a clinical office.
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Homeland Security
Security and Protective Services
Average salary: $24,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ months
Guard, patrol, detect, deter, observe, report, protect, and monitor premises, to prevent theft, violence, or infractions of rules.
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Hospitality
Culinary Arts
Average salary: $20,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ 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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Construction
Building Construction Technology
Average salary: $36,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ months
Job Corps’ Building Construction Technology program is a Pre-Apprentice training program offered by Home Builders Institute (HBI).
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Healthcare
Medical Administrative Assistant
Average salary: $31,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ months
One common job title for this career is medical secretary. Medical administrative assistant duties may include greeting patients, scheduling appointments, filing insurance claims, and answering incoming calls. Day-to-day office functions are part of a medical administrative assistant's tasks.
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Homeland Security
Homeland Security
Average salary: $40,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ months
Most Homeland Security Job Corps graduates go to work as agents for communities and businesses to ensure safety and security.
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Homeland Security
Retail, Physical, and Public Security
Average salary: $30,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ months
Most Retail, Physical, and Public Security Job Corps graduates go to work for businesses in need of security support. Security provides surveillance around the clock, or during the company’s business hours, by working 8-hour shifts or longer with rotating schedules.
Learn MoreKeep in mind that details will vary depending on your specific background, goals, and interests.
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