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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.
Exeter Job Corps Center
career vocational training
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Advanced Manufacturing
Manufacturing Technology
Average salary: $29,000 per year
Length of training: 8-12 months
People on this career pathway will learn to develop tools, implement designs, and integrate machinery and equipment with computer technologies to ensure effective manufacturing processes.
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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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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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Healthcare
Certified Nurse Assistant
Average salary: $24,000 per year
Length of training: 8-12 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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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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Homeland Security
Security and Protective Services
Average salary: $24,000 per year
Length of training: 8-12 months
Guard, patrol, detect, deter, observe, report, protect, and monitor premises, to prevent theft, violence, or infractions of rules.
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Construction
Construction Craft Laborer
Average salary: $30,000 per year
Length of training: 8-12 months
Construction craft laborers work as physical laborers at buildings, highways, and construction projects. They perform a wide variety of duties and operate all kinds of hand and power tools.
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is also available. See details on the Connect page.
