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Registration
questions?
Call 685-7340, ext. 2732
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| Certificates
and Certificate Programs Available
Career
Technical Education awards certificates of completion
and does not transfer hours between or into programs offered
at MDAE.
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Account Clerk Certificate
To
receive a certificate, complete the following:
| Required: |
| Bookkeeping/Accounting
I (Offered each term) |
| Bookkeeping/Accounting
II (Fall, Winter, Spring terms) |
| Bookkeeping/Accounting
III (Fall and Spring terms) |
| Mastering
Payroll (Fall and Spring terms) |
| QuickBooks (Fall, Winter, Spring terms) |
| 35
wpm keyboarding (Obtain details from accounting instructor) |
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150 spm 10-key speed (Obtain details from accounting instructor) |
For
current business courses offered and schedules, click
here
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Administrative Assistant
Earn an Administrative Assistant
certificate by completing the courses listed below. Completion
time is approx. 12 months if attendance requirements and competencies are met. Contact Julie Davis for details. Approx. Cost: $1,882,
Pell Grant eligible.
- Keyboarding - 1 Term (12 weeks)
- Computer
Applications Certificate Training - 1 Term (12 weeks) Windows 7, Microsoft Word, Publisher, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Office/Computer Skills - 1 Term (12 weeks)
- Administrative Assitant Module (6 weeks)
- Business Office Internship 240 Hours 1 Term (8 weeks)
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Computer Applications Certificate
Do you
posses enough computer applications skills to be competitive
in the job market?
In our comprehensive course,
start with computer basics and then learn popular
Microsoft
applications to earn a certificate.
Minimum keyboarding speed of 25 WPM required to take course.
| COURSE |
LENGTH |
Welcome to Windows 7 |
1 week |
| Microsoft Word - Levels 1, 2, 3 |
3 weeks |
| Microsoft Publisher |
1 week |
| Microsoft Excel - Levels 1, 2, 3 |
3 weeks |
| Microsoft Access - Level 1 |
1 week |
Microsoft PowerPoint Level 1, 2 |
2 weeks |
| Microsoft Outlook |
1 week |
See Computer Skill
Building Classes for details on individual class dates.
Classes
are offered in the order listed. Keyboarding speed of 25 net words per minute is required to take this course. Cost
listed is a discounted fee. Individual sections are available. Textbooks and supplies included in fee and provided in class.
Minimum attendance (80%) and successful scores on competency skill assessments required to earn certificate.
Successful completion meets partial requirement of the Administrative
Assistant Certificate above. If interested in Administrative Assistant Certificate, contact Julie Davis at (925) 685-7340, ext. #2737, or via email at davisju@mdusd.org.
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Time |
Day |
Dates |
Instructor |
Location |
Fee |
| 56201041 |
8:30am-1:00pm |
M-Th |
4/2-6/28 |
Davis |
D-8, LVAC |
$1,326 |
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Customer
Service Certificate
In one week, develop confidence
to work positively with customers in a variety of situations
and attain customer service skills necessary to obtain
and keep a job. Earn a certificate that demonstrates
to potential employers that you possess desired customer
service skills. The National Retail Federation
Foundation Certification assessment is offered on Friday each week of training for only $50 (fee waiver may be
available).
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Dental Assistant
State
accredited course -
To Register: Student must successfully pass assessment, complete application (provided at Part II of assessment), and attend
a dental course Informational Session.
| Module
I |
Foundations
of dental assisting includes OSHA / infection
control,
tooth anatomy. Meets
2 evenings a week for 6 weeks. |
Module
II |
Foundations
of dental assisting includes OSHA / infection
control,
tooth anatomy. Meets 4 evenings for 2 weeks. |
Module
III |
Basic
dental assisting skills including dental x-ray, coronal polishing, pit and fissure, and
CPR.
Minimum attendance of 24 daytime hours per week
required. |
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Module
IV |
Externship in general dentist office 3 days/week.
Two other days per week in classroom for RDA advanced
skills and preparation for state board exam including
Coronal Polishing. |
Module
V |
Full-time
externship in dentist office. Pell Grant eligible.
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Length
of course - 12 months including internship in general dental
office.
Open Entry. Registration required.
Pell Grant eligible.
For
current class schedule, click
here.
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| Food Safety Certificate Training |
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Businesses
are required to employ at least one person holding a valid
food safety certificate. This comprehensive
course covers safe food handling practices
and sanitation. Successfully completing the course meets the requirements
of California
Health
& Safety Code Section 113947. Meet with the instructor twice; exam administered on second day of class. Registration
required prior to class start date in order to pick up textbook and supplies. Textbook
and test available in English and Spanish. Class presentation
in English only. Fee includes
all supplies and exam. Re-test $75, if taken within one year
of original Mt. Diablo Adult Education test date.
For current class schedule, click
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Pharmacy
Technicians assist the pharmacist in preparing and packaging
prescriptions, maintaining client information and records,
ordering supplies, billing and supporting the pharmacy team.
Train to become a pharmacy technician in 30 weeks
plus a 120-hour externship.
Requirements: Successful score
on entrance assessment, attendance at Orientation to Health Careers, completed Medical Course Requirements
packet (provided at Part II of the assessment), current vaccinations,
doctor's health clearance, health insurance, Healthcare Provider CPR card,
high school
diploma or GED, basic computer skills and 35 net wpm
on keyboarding test PRIOR to course start.
Call
(925) 685-7340, #2732 for assessment and registration dates.
Pell Grant eligible.
Next class is projected to begin September 2012.
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Phlebotomists work directly with patients to collect blood according to doctors’ instructions and often are the
only “face” with whom patients associate in the medical laboratory. If you possess excellent customer service
and communication skills and are eager to learn clinical skills to collect blood and urine samples from patients,
this course is for you. Phlebotomists are in a position of high responsibility and lab results depend greatly on
the ability to collect quality specimens. Learn all of the skills necessary to pass the NCCT Exam and to be
employed in this field. This course exceeds the state minimums for didactic and clinical training and is taught
by a practicing Phlebotomist 2 who adds real life experiences to the textbook instruction. This fast-paced course
requires a high commitment of study and daily reading of highly technical material. Content areas include: 1)
infection control, universal precautions, and safety; 2) anatomy and physiology of circulatory and other major
body systems and medical terms; 3) identification, accuracy, ramifications to patients; 4) preparation and site
selection; 5) equipment and additives; 6) disposal; 7) infectious disease and biohazards; 8) the coagulation
process; 9) sources of error; 10 ) site selection and preparation; 11) risk factors and complications; 12) corrective
actions; 13) application of professional topics (communication, stress management, ethics, legal); and 14)
quality assurance. After successful completion of the classroom training, students are placed in a clinical setting
for further training. To enroll in this course, read and meet the requirements listed in the Requirements for all
Health Career Courses section above. Clinical externship (120 hrs) must be satisfied to receive certificate
of completion. Externship coordinator will rotate didactic completers into externship sites upon successful score
on NCCT examination (date TBA). Externship site may not be available immediately upon completion of didactic
portion of course. Prerequisite: Medical Terminology course.
Next start date projected to be September 2012
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Keyboarding/10-key
Speed Certification
Need a certificate verifying your typing or ten-key speed?
We
provide that service.
Both certifications include warm-up, a practice test,
and
two 5-minute sustained timed writings or 10-key tests.
They are scored immediately and you will leave with written
verification.
Call (925) 685-7340, ext. #2737 to schedule an appointment (afternoons only).
Regretfully, we cannot administer unscheduled certifications.
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Time |
Day |
Dates |
Instructor |
Location |
Fee |
| 56016000 |
By
appointment |
4/17-6/21 |
Schliesman |
B-10,
LVAC |
$25 |
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| Need
help with Tuition?
Call
Andrea Murphy at (925) 685-7340, #2733,
to see if you qualify for financial assistance through Pell Grant.
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