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Additional Career

OPPORTUNITIES

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Additional Career Opportunities Available in West Virginia

AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

CAREER AREA DESCRIPTION AVERAGE YEARLY SALARY

WHERE TRAINING IS AVAILABLE

Agricultural Science Knowledge of working a farm as a business $21,000 - $49,000 Mountwest CTC

BioScience Work with biologists and study living organisms. Work as laboratory assistant. $20,800 - $31,200 Mountwest CTC

Maritime-Inland Water Ways Academy Training from Deckhand to Captain $21,710 - $62,540 Mountwest CTC

Wastewater Treatment Operate or control an entire process or system of machines, often through the use of control boards, to transfer or treat water or liquid waste.

$48,430 Pierpont CTC

ARTS AND HUMANITIES



Fashion Design Design clothing and accessories. Create original garments or design garments that follow well established fashion trends. May develop the line of color and kinds of materials.

$61,160 BlueRidge CTC Kanawha Valley CTC Pierpont CTC

Graphic Design Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.

$42,420 BlueRidge CTC Mountwest CTC Pierpont CTC WVU-P

Interior Design Plan, design, and furnish interiors of residential, commercial, or industrial buildings. Formulate design which is practical, aesthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity, selling merchandise, or improving life style. May specialize in a particular field, style, or phase of interior design.

$44,950 Mountwest CTC Pierpont CTC

Journalism Training for those interested in working at small circulation or weekly newspapers, small market radio and television stations.

$34,000 WVU-P

Photography Photograph persons, subjects, merchandise, or other commercial products. May develop negatives and produce finished prints.

$29,440 BlueRidge CTC

Printing Technology Set up or operate various types of printing machines, such as offset, letterset, intaglio, or gravure presses or screen printers to produce print on paper or other materials.

$32,170 BlueRidge CTC Bridgemont CTC

279

BUSINESS AND MARKETING



Accounting Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.

$33,000 Bridgemont CTC Kanawha Valley CTC Mountwest CTC New River CTC

Pierpont CTC Southern CTC WV Northern CTC WVU-P

Banking/Finance Supervise and coordinate the activities of clerical and administrative support workers. $35,000 Kanawha Valley CTC Mountwest CTC

New River CTC WVU-P

Business Administration

Supervise and coordinate the activities of clerical and administrative support workers. $35,000 Mountwest CTC Southern CTC

WV Northern CTC WVU-P

Business Technology Create business documents using spreadsheets and database software. Compose various types of business correspondence applying appropriate writing techniques and apply current office procedures.

$23,000 BlueRidge CTC Bridgemont CTC


Call Center Supervision

Interpersonal, communications, analytical, decision-making, customer service, and computer skills $33,345 - $66,764 Mountwest CTC

General Business Prepares students in the fundamentals, principles, techniques and skills essential to business. $35,000 BlueRidge CTC Eastern CTC

Pierpont CTC WVU-P

Leadership Provides knowledge of leadership theories and applications at the basic and advanced levels. $21,000 - $30,000+ WVU-P

Management Supervise and coordinate the activities of clerical and administrative support workers. $40,000 Bridgemont CTC Eastern CTC Kanawha Valley CTC

Mountwest CTC New River CTC WVU-P

Marketing Sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers where technical or scientific knowledge is required in such areas as biology, engineering, chemistry, and electronics, normally obtained from at least 2 years of post-secondary education.

$55,000 New River CTC Kanawha Valley CTC

WVU-P

Mine Inspection Skills necessary to inspect mines. $30,086 - $43,987 Mountwest CTC

Mine Management Designed to educate individuals who will be employed as mid-level managers in the coal industry. $75,000 Southern CTC

Office Technology/Administration

Perform duties too varied and diverse to be classified in any specific office clerical occupation, requiring limited knowledge of office management systems and procedures, i.e., answering telephones, bookkeeping, typing or word processing, stenography, office machine operation, and filing.

$26,000 BlueRidge CTC Bridgemont CTC Kanawha Valley CTC Mountwest CTC New River CTC


Real Estate Skills set designed to assist students in gaining skills quickly-in selling of real estate, for current or potential employment

$40,000 WVU-P

Small Business/Entrepreneurship

Self employed - Learn how to open a business Based on the success of the business

Bridgemont CTCEastern CTC

WV Northern CTCWVU-P


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ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL



Animation, Game, and Web Design Knowledge to develop games and web sites. $40,000 Mountwest CTC WVU-P

Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, Heating Install or repair heating, central air conditioning, or refrigeration systems, including oil burners, hot-air furnaces, and heating stoves.

$39,000 Ben Franklin Career Center Cabell County Career Center Carver Career Center Eastern CTC Fred Eberle Technical Center

James Rumsey Technical Institute Monongalia Career Center Mountwest CTC WV Northern CTC WVU-P

Appliance Repair Performs general installation techniques on appliances and does basic service on most major appliances.

$28,000 WV Northern CTC

Applied Process Technology Bridgemont CTC Kanawha Valley CTC

Automotive Technology Assist engineers in determining the practicality of proposed product design changes, and carry out tests on experimental test devices and equipment.

$48,130 Ben Franklin Career Center Carver Career Center

Garnett Career Center Pierpont CTC

Avionics Mgmt Technology Install, inspect, test, adjust, or repair avionics equipment, such as radar, radio, navigation, and missile control systems in aircraft or space vehicles.

$49,310 Pierpont CTC

BioMedical/Electronics Technology Knowledge of the proper techniques for maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing electronic devices.

$21,710 - $62,540 Mountwest CTC

Building Construction Perform tasks involving physical labor at building, highway, and heavy construction projects, tunnel and shaft excavations, and demolition sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, clean up rubble and debris, and remove asbestos, lead, and other hazardous waste materials. May assist other craft workers.

$30,000 Ben Franklin Career Center Bridgemont CTC Calhoun-Gilmer Career Center Kanawha Valley CTC

Putnam County Career Center Pierpont CTC Mountwest CTC WVU-P

Civil Engineering Technology Apply theory and principles of civil engineering in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of structures and facilities under the direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.

$44,290 Bridgemont CTC Pierpont CTC

Communications Engage in promoting or creating good will for individuals, groups, or organizations by writing or selecting favorable publicity material and releasing it through various communications media. May prepare and arrange displays, and make speeches.

$30,000 Kanawha Valley CTC New River CTC

WVU-P


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Computer Repair and Network Technologies

Repair, maintain, or install computers. $37,800 Mid Ohio Valley Tech Institute Roane-Jackson Tech Center

WVU-P

Diesel Technology Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul trucks, buses, and all types of diesel engines. Includes mechanics working primarily with automobile diesel engines

$40,000 Bridgemont CTC Carver Career Center

Fred Eberle Technical Center Kanawha Valley CTC

Electrical Engineering Apply electrical theory and related knowledge to test and modify developmental or operational electrical machinery and electrical control equipment and circuitry in industrial or commercial plants and laboratories. Usually work under direction of engineering staff.

$53,240 Bridgemont CTC Southern CTC

Electrical and Instrumentation Apply technical skills to support computer-based process control, instrumentation, and machine design.

$32,500 WVU-P

Electrical Technician Apply electrical theory and related knowledge to test and modify developmental or operational electrical machinery and electrical control equipment and circuitry in industrial or commercial plants and laboratories. Usually work under direction of engineering staff.

$53,240 Ben Franklin Career Center Carver Career Center Eastern CTC Fred Eberle Technical Center

Kanawha Valley CTC Mercer County Career Center WVU-P

Electromechanical Technology Apply engineering theory and technical skills to support electromechanical engineering activities such as computer-based process control, instrumentation, and machine design. Prepare layouts of machinery and equipment, plan the flow of work, conduct statistical studies and analyze production costs.

$56,850 BlueRidge CTC Bridgemont CTC James Rumsey Technical Institute

Engineering Technology – Drafting Prepare technical drawings and plans, which are used by production and construction workers to build.

$44,490 Roane-Jackson Tech Center WVU-P

Engineering Technology Electronics Lay-out, build, test, troubleshoot, repair and modify developmental and production electronic components, parts, equipment, and systems.

$53,240 WVU-P

Engineering Technology - Industrial Apply engineering theory to support industrial engineering activities such as quality control, and material flow methods.

$56,800 WVU-P

Energy Assessment Knowledge to perform energy audits $40,000 WVU-P

Geospatial Studies Work with computers and information science. $41,160 - $44,660 Mountwest CTC


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Heavy Equipment Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor Graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and Grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties.

$39,270 Ben Franklin Career Center Pierpont CTC

Industrial Maintenance Technology Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of an establishment in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; boiler making; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs.

$33,710 Ben Franklin Career Center Kanawha Valley CTC Mountwest CTC South Branch Career Center

United Technical Center WV Northern CTC WVU-P

Information Systems Mainframe Computing

Focuses on issues dealing with designing, writing, and coding programming language for IBM mainframe computers

$69,620 WVU-P

Information Systems Software Engineering

Focuses on software development for business and industry.

$85,400 WVU-P

Information Systems Networking Analyze, design, test, and evaluate network systems, such as local area networks (LAN), wide area networks (WAN), Internet, intranet, and other data communications systems. Perform network modeling, analysis, and planning. Research and recommend network and data communications hardware and software. Includes telecommunications specialists who deal with the interfacing of computer and communications equipment. May supervise computer programmers.

$71,100 Bridgemont CTC Cabell County Career Center Eastern CTC Calhoun-Gilmer Career Center Fred Eberle Technical Center Kanawha Valley CTC

Mountwest CTC New River CTC Pierpont CTC WV Northern CTC WVU-P

Information Systems Security Focuses on information and computer security. $66,310 Mountwest CTC WVU-P

Information Technology Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.

$65,000 All Community Colleges

Machinist Technology Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, shop mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

$36,210 Ben Franklin Career Center Kanawha Valley CTC Mountwest CTC

New River CTC Pierpont CTC WVU-P


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Manufacturing Technology Apply engineering theory and technical skills to support manufacturing engineering activities. Develop tools, implement designs and integrate machinery, equipment and computer technologies to ensure effective manufacturing processes.

$56,500 Bridgemont CTC Mountwest CTC

WVU-P

Mechanical Engineering Technology Apply engineering theory and technical skills to support mechanical engineering activities such as generation, transmission and use of mechanical and fluid energy. Prepare layouts of machinery and equipment and plan the flow of work. May conduct statistical studies and analyze production costs.

$56,850 Bridgemont CTC Pierpont CTC

WVU-P

Multi-Craft Technology Install, service, repair, and maintain equipment in today’s modern business establishment.

$57,300 WVU-P

Power Plant Technology Control, operate, or maintain machinery to generate electric power. Includes auxiliary equipment operators.

$58,470 BlueRidge CTC Kanawha Valley CTC

WV Northern CTC

Program Developer Skills for programming computers. $46,000 Mountwest CTC

Solar Energy Technology Install Solar PV systems, solar Thermal systems, upGrade existing electrical and HVAC/R systems with solar components.

$35,000 WVU-P

Survey Technician Provides a thorough knowledge of surveying and mapping techniques necessary for certification and employment.

$35,100 Southern CTC

Truck Driving Drive a tractor-trailer combination or a truck with a capacity of at least 26,000 GVW, to transport and deliver goods, livestock, or materials in liquid, loose, or packaged form. May be required to unload truck. May require use of automated routing equipment. Requires commercial drivers’ license.

$37,270 Boone County Career Center Fred Eberle Technical Center

James Rumsey Technical Institute United Technical Center

Web Developer Designing web sites. $47,000 Mountwest CTC

Welding Technology Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies.

$40,000 Ben Franklin Career Center Boone County Career Center Bridgemont CTC Calhoun-Gilmer Career Center Fred Eberle Technical Center

Kanawha Valley CTC Pierpont CTC Mountwest CTC United Technical Center WVU-P


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HEALTH SCIENCE



Behavioral Health Offer a career track in behavioral health education and hands-on skill training. Employment in both public and private day treatment, residential, vocational. Recovery, addiction, and mentoring advocacy programs.

$35,500 Kanawha Valley CTC

CNA – Certified Nursing Assistant Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff

$20,717 Boone County Career Center Calhoun-Gilmer Career Center Fred Eberle Technical Education Center

Mid-Ohio Valley Technical Inst. WV Northern CTC WVU-P

Dental Hygiene Clean teeth and examine oral areas, head, and neck for signs of oral disease. May educate patients on oral hygiene, take and develop X-rays, or apply fluoride or sealants.

$45,000 Southern CTC

Dental Lab Technician Construct and repair full or partial dentures or dental appliances.

$34,170 Kanawha Valley CTC Mountwest CTC

Putnam Career Center

EMT – Emergency Medical Technician or Paramedic

Assess injuries, administer emergency medical care, and extricate trapped individuals. Transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.

$29,330 Blue Ridge CTC Kanawha Valley CTC Mid Ohio Valley Institute Mountwest CTC New River CTC

Pierpont CTC Southern CTC United Technical Center WV Northern CTC WVU-P

Health Care Mgmt/Health Facilities Mgmt./Health Care Professional

Plan, direct, or coordinate medicine and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.

$60,500 Bridgemont CTC Southern CTC

Health Care Technology/Health Science Multi skilled health care worker who works under the direction of a licensed health professional in a variety of health care settings such as Electrocardiography or Medical Lab Assistant

$22,000 Mountwest CTC Southern CTC

WV Northern

Health Infomatics Compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients. Process, maintain, compile, and report patient information for health requirements and standards.

$30,610 Monongalia Career Center Mountwest CTC

Pierpont CTC WV Northern CTC

Massage Therapy Training in the release of scar tissue, increase joint range of motion, enhance circulation of blood and lymph nodes.

$19,000 - $43,000 Mountwest CTC


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HEALTH SCIENCE



Medical Assisting Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.

$28,300 Bridgemont CTC Mountwest CTC Monongalia Technical Education Center

New River CTC United Technical Center WV Northern CTC

Medical Insurance Coding and Billing Compile data, compute fees and charges, and prepare invoices for billing purposes. Duties include computing costs and calculating rates for goods, services, and shipment of goods; posting data; and keeping other relevant records.


New River CTC WVU-P

Medical Lab Assistant Perform routine medical laboratory tests for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.


Southern CTC

Medical Office Assistant Perform administrative and clinical tasks for doctors and other health practitioners.

$28,300 Bridgemont CTC Kanawha Valley CTC Mountwest CTC

Roane-Jackson Career Center WVU-P

Medical Transcription Use transcribing machines to listen to recordings by physicians and other health care professionals dictating a variety of medical reports


Nuclear Medicine Technology Prepare, administer, and measure radioactive isotopes in therapeutic, diagnostic, and tracer studies utilizing a variety of radioisotope equipment. Prepare stock solutions of radioactive materials and calculate doses to be administered by radiologists. Subject patients to radiation. Execute blood volume, red cell survival, and fat absorption studies.

$66,660 Kanawha Valley CTC

Nursing Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records

$52,291 BlueRidge CTC Eastern CTC Kanawha Valley CTC New River CTC



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HEALTH SCIENCE



Pharmacy Tech Prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist.


James Rumsey Technical Institute WVU-P

Phlebotomy Perform certain clinical duties under the direction of the physician. Duties may include taking and recording vital signs, and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medication.

$25,000 Boone Co. Career Tech Center Bridgemont CTC Mid-Ohio Valley Technical Inst.

Mingo Co. Career Tech Center WV Northern CTC WVU-P

Physical Therapist Assistant Assists physical therapists in providing therapy treatments and procedures


Radiologic Technology Take X-rays and CAT scans or administer nonradioactive materials into patient’s blood stream for diagnostic purposes

$48,730 MountWest CTC Pierpont CTC

Southern CTC WV Northern CTC

Respiratory Therapy Assess, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders. Assume primary responsibility for all respiratory care modalities, including the supervision of respiratory therapy technicians. Initiate and conduct therapeutic procedures; maintain patient records; and select, assemble, check, and operate equipment

$52,200 Bridgemont CTC Carver Career Center Mountwest CTC

Pierpont CTC Southern CTC WV Northern CTC

Surgical Technology Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon’s assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

$38,740 Bridgemont CTC Carver Career Center Monongalia Career Center

Mountwest CTC Southern CTC WV Northern CTC WVU-P

Veterinary Technician/Technology Perform medical tests in a laboratory environment for use in the treatment and diagnosis of diseases in animals. Clean and sterilize instruments and materials and maintain equipment and machines.

$28,900 Bridgemont CTC Carver Career Center

Pierpont CTC


287

HUMAN SERVICES



Child Care/Development Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic and nonacademic activities of preschool and child care centers or programs.

$28,000 Ben Franklin Career Center BlueRidge CTC Bridgemont CTC Kanawha Valley CTC Mountwest CTC

New River CTC Pierpont CTC WV Northern CTC WVU-P

Corrections Guard inmates in penal or rehabilitative institution in accordance with established regulations and procedures. May guard prisoners in transit between jail, courtroom, prison, or other point. Includes deputy sheriffs and police who spend the majority of their time guarding prisoners in correctional institutions.

$38,000 New River CTC Pierpont CTC

Southern CTC

Criminal Justice Prepares or upGrades individuals in Patrolmen, Deputy Sheriffs, Watchmen/Guards, Correction Officers, or Parole/Probation Officers.

$33,000 BlueRidge CTC Kanawha Valley CTC Pierpont CTC

Southern CTC WV Northern CTC WVU-P

Culinary Arts Direct the preparation, seasoning, and cooking of salads, soups, fish, meats, vegetables, desserts, or other foods. May plan and price menu items, order supplies, and keep records and accounts. May participate in cooking.

$38,700 Bridgemont CTC BlueRidge CTC Calhoun-Gilmer Career Center Carver Career Center

James Rumsey Career Center Mountwest CTC Pierpont CTC United Technical Center WV Northern CTC

Education – Paraprofessional Studies

Serve in a position to help a teacher for the implementation of educational programs or services.

$22,200 WVU-P

Elementary Education Teach elementary and preschool school subjects under the supervision of a licensed teacher.

$25,000 Mountwest CTC Southern CTC


Fire Science Technology/Fire Fighter

Control and extinguish municipal fires, protect life and property and conduct rescue efforts.

$40,000 BlueRidge CTC Carver Career Center Kanawha Valley CTC

Mountwest CTC Pierpont CTC WVU-P

Gerontology The study of aging integrating the fields of adult education, sociology, health, biology, psychology and social work.

$30,000 BlueRidge CTC Kanawha Valley CTC

Homeland Security Graduates are eligible for homeland security related jobs. $32,600 Pierpont CTC


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HUMAN SERVICES



Hospitality and Tourism Mgmt/Event Mgmt.

Manage, supervise, direct, plan and coordinate events and meetings for convention services in the areas of food and lodging.

$35,000 Kanawha Valley CTC Mountwest CTC New River CTC

Southern CTC WV Northern CTC

Hotel/Lodging and Restaurant Mgt

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that provides lodging and other accommodations

$45,800 - $72,160 Mountwest CTC New River CTC

Law Enforcement Patrol assigned area to enforce laws and ordinances, regulate traffic, control crowds, prevent crime, and arrest violators.

$51,410 Kanawha Valley CTC Mountwest CTC

New River CTC Southern CTC

Painting and Allied Trades Apprenticeship training skills. $21,715 - $35,251 Mountwest CTC

Paralegal Assist lawyers by researching legal precedent, investigating facts, or preparing legal documents. Conduct research to support a legal proceeding, to formulate a defense, or to initiate legal action.

$46,210 BlueRidge CTC Kanawha Valley CTC Mountwest CTC New River CTC

Personal Trainer Skills to be a qualified personal trainer. $25,000+ Mountwest CTC

Police Science Skills for becoming a member of the police force. $28,122 - $64,762 Mountwest CTC

Public Library Technology Provides training in cataloging, technical services, administration, children’s and young adult programming, adult library services, collection development and general education skills.

$23,420 - $29,950 Mountwest CTC

Public Safety Technology A program that focuses on the criminal justice system, it’s organizational components and processes, and it’s legal and public policy issues.

$28,122 -$64,762 Mountwest CTC

Restaurant Management Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that serves food and beverages.

$48,000 Bridgemont CTC New River CTC Pierpont CTC

Pierpont CTC

Salon Management/Cosmetology

Provides knowledge and skills necessary for an entry-level in the cosmetology field. $23,100 Southern CTC

Sign Language/Interpreter Assist individuals that are deaf or hearing impaired in an educational or professional setting.

$18,000 Mountwest CTC WV Northern CTC


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