Job Corps - Career Paths

Career Paths

Career paths offered by Job Corps include:

Advanced manufacturing

• Communication design
• Drafting
• Electronic assembly
• Machine appliance repair
• Machining
• Welding
• Manufacturing technology
• Sign, billboard, and display

Automotive and machine repair

• Automobile technician
• General services technician
• Collision repair and refinish
• Heavy construction equipment mechanic
• Diesel mechanic
• Medium/heavy truck repair
• Electronics tech
• Stationary engineering

Construction

• Bricklaying
• Carpentry
• Cement masonry
• Concrete and terrazzo
• Construction craft laborer
• Electrical
• Electrical overhead line
• Facilities maintenance
• Floor covering
• Glazing
• HVAC
• Industrial engineering technician
• Licensed electrician (bilingual)
• Mechanical engineering technician
• Painting
• Plastering
• Plumbing
• Roto-Rooter plumbing
• Tile setting

Extension programs

• Advanced Career Training (ACT)
• General Educational Development (GED)
• Commercial driver's license (CDL)
• Off-Center Training (OCT Program)
• High school diploma (HSD Program)

Finance and Business

• Accounting services
• Business management
• Clerical occupations
• Legal secretary
• Insurance and financial services
• Marketing
• Medical insurance specialist
• Office administration
• Paralegal
• Purchasing

Health care/allied health professions

• Clinical medical assistant
• Dental assistant
• EKG technician
• Emergency medical technician
• Exercise/massage therapy
• Hemodialysis technician
• Licensed practical/vocational nurse
• Medical office support
• Nurse assistant/home health aide
• Opticianry
• Pharmacy technician
• Phlebotomy
• Physical therapy assistant
• Rehabilitation therapy
• Rehabilitation technician
• Registered nurse
• Respiratory therapy
• Sterile processing
• Surgical technician

Homeland security

• Corrections officer
• Seamanship
• Security and protective services

Hospitality

• Culinary arts
• Hotel and lodging

Information technology

• A+ Microsoft MSCE
• Computer Networking/Cisco
• Computer systems administrator
• Computer support specialist
• Computer technician
• Integrated system tech
• Network cable installation
• Visual communications

Renewable resources and energy

• Forest conservation and urban forestry
• Firefighting
• Wastewater
• Landscaping

Retail sales and services

• Behavioral health aide
• Criminal justice
• Child development
• Residential advisor
• Cosmetology
• Retail sales

Transportation

• Asphalt paving
• Material and distribution operations
• Clerical occupations
• Heavy equipment operations
• Roustabout operator
• Heavy truck driving
• TCU administrative clerk