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Unit of Instruction Duration Individual Cost Start Date Description - Instructor: Harold Smith - Location: Swanton

PHLEBOTOMY
Training

13 Weeks

Tuesdays
4:30 to 8 PM

$800 + text Sept 14

Phlebotomists perform blood collection procedures, draw blood and handle, transport and process blood samples.  This course provides theoretical and technical introductory skills of a phlebotomist including anatomy and physiology of circulatory system, medical terminology, hospital departments and clinical laboratory procedures, safety, types of laboratory analyses, specimen collection including techniques, equipment, sources of error and medical legal issues in the practice of phlebotomy.

 

Internship Program This is a new program for young Vermonters (18-20) interested in learning employment skills through an unpaid internship with a Franklin County employer. These internships can lead to high skill/high wage employment.
Heating System Service and Repair

Wednesdays

5 to 8 PM

13 sessions
39 hours

$500 + $25 Materials Fee Sept 15

Learn how to read and use various diagnostic tools in the heating and ventilating fields, how heating systems and their controls operate, how to read and understand heating system electrical wiring diagrams, and be able to troubleshoot various residential heating systems.

 

Linux System Administration

Wednesdays

5:30 to 9:30 PM

10 sessions
40 Hours

$950 + Text/Materials Sept 30

Hands-on class designed for experienced Windows desktop / system administrators, LAN gamers.  Class is heavy on Labs, designed to teach how to employ Linux technologies in a server role for most major network services.  Students build solutions themselves and as teams, with input from instructor.  The goal is for students to think on their feet with their newly acquired skills so they are ready for deployment.
Prerequisites:  Basic Windows troubleshooting, hardware, keyboarding, comfort with command-line.

 

Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Workshops 9:00am-4:00pm $150 Saturday Oct 2 Cost: $150 -  includes training safety gear, a $150 energy audit certificate from Efficiency Vermont, a foam gun and a copy of the Homeowner’s Handbook to Energy Efficiency
Leading from Within Thursdays
8:00 AM - Noon
48 Hours
12 Sessions
Sessions Cost: $1,195 (incluedes materials) Oct 2010 Leading from Within assists managers/ supervisorys align organizational strategic planning with measurable department/ employee goals and plans; enhances communiction, feedback, conflict resolution, coaching and teamwork; builds analytical skills, decision making, problem/plan analysis; develops system thinking approach to performance management and HR law; assesses lealdership style, behavior strength and clarified underling values.
Supervisor/Team
Leadership Development

Wednesdays
20 Hours

10 Sessions
2 Hours

$1195 Sept 21 The supervisor is the main link between organization goals and the people responsible for daily activities that make the goals a reality. Through Attitude Development, Behavior Management Skills, and Goal Accomplishment this process makes supervisory/team leadership possilbe and profitable