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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.
Charleston Job Corps Center
career vocational training
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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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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
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
Average salary: $43,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ months
HVAC professionals make buildings cool in the summer and warm in the winter. They control temperature, humidity and use a wide array tools to keep systems working optimally.
*Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) is a Pre-Apprenticeship program, which offers students the hands-on training and education needed to qualify for apprenticeships.
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Construction
Painting
Average salary: $35,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ months
Painters prepare and paint interior and exterior surfaces on residential and commercial properties. Most painters learn their trade on the job or through an apprenticeship.
*Painting 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
Dental Assistant
Average salary: $34,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ months
Perform a variety of services from office and laboratory duties to working chairside assisting dentists as they examine and treat patients.
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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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Healthcare
Pharmacy Technician
Average salary: $29,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ months
Under the direction of a pharmacist, a pharmacy technician will measure, mix, count out, label, and prepare medications. They also often interact with patients and answer their questions.
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Information Technology
Network Cable Installation
Average salary: $52,000 per year
Length of training: 18+ months
Cable installers work in homes and businesses to install and repair telecommunications cables for phone lines, internet access, and cable television.
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.
