Aircraft mechanics and engine specialists perform scheduled maintenance, make repairs, and complete inspections required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Mechanics often work under time pressure to maintain flight schedules. These technicians may work for airlines, a corporation, at a repair station, or for one of the aviation manufacturers as a field technical representative. A maintenance technician who also holds a pilot rating may be employed as a flight engineer or a pilot mechanic.

The carpentry program prepares students to enter the construction industry.  Students are trained to construct residential structures using both standard and sustainable building materials.  A blend of classroom theory and hands-on experience is used to teach proper use of hand tools, portable power tools, and other equipment, as well as working with lumber, panel products, concrete, roofing materials, fasteners, and a variety of hardware.  Other topics include site layout and foundation work, rough framing, roof framing, exterior and interior finish work, blueprint reading, math, and cost estimating.

Dental Assistants perform a variety of patient care, office and laboratory duties. The dental assistant works chairside with the dentist. Dental assistants sterilize and disinfect equipment, prepare tray setups and instruct patients on oral health care. Dental assistants with office duties schedule appointments, keep treatment records, and order supplies and materials.  Most dental assistants work in private dental offices.

The Dialysis Technician program prepares students to work in dialysis units, assisting in the care of patients undergoing hemodialysis.  The program is designed to provide the skills and knowledge to administer safe and effective care.  This program is approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing.

Job opportunities are excellent, largely due to the openings created as experienced electricians retire.  Most electricians acquire their skills by completing a formal four or five year apprenticeship program.  About a third of all electricians work in industries other than construction.  Although most electricians specialize in either construction or maintenance, a growing number do both.

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration technicians work anywhere there is climate control equipment - in homes, supermarkets, hospitals, office buildings, and factories. Technicians may be assigned to a specific job site, or if they are making service calls, they may be dispatched to jobs by radio or telephone. Job prospects are expected to be very good for those with technical school or formal apprenticeship training.

The Heavy Equipment Operations program follows the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) curriculum. Students train on late model John Deere and Caterpillar heavy equipment that exceeds all OSHA safety standards. Students learn to safely operate and maintain equipment such as backhoe, bulldozer, excavator, and front end loaders. Instructors are NCCER certified. Upon successful completion, students earn an NCCER certificate and a Class A Commercial Drivers License (CDL).

All areas of health care are in need of nurses. LPNs care for patients under the direction of physicians and registered nurses. LPNs take vital signs such as a temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration. They also apply dressings, prepare and give injections, insert catheters, and perform other duties including helping patients with bathing and personal hygiene.

Tool and machining workers learn their trade through four to five years of education and apprenticeship training. These workers build the tools for machines to manufacture products. Tool and die maker trainees learn to operate milling machines, lathes, grinders, CNC, and other machining equipment. They also study metalworking and heat treating and plating.

The masonry program prepares students to successfully enter the construction industry with the skills and knowledge needed for an entry-level position in the bricklaying/masonry field.  Students will learn the use of hand tools, power tools, and other equipment regularly used by masons.  Students will work with mortar, brick, stone, and block, and learn to lay, align, and join brick and block to stone and concrete.  Blueprint reading, math, and cost estimating are also included in this program.

Medical Assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks in the offices and clinics of physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors, and optometrists. Clinical duties vary according to each state, but generally include taking medical histories and vital signs, drawing blood, explaining treatment procedures to patients, preparing patients for examination, and assisting the physician during the examination.This Medical Assisting program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), on recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation for Medical Assistant Education.

This program will prepare students with the knowledge skills to obtain an entry-level position in medical insurance billing and coding. Topics include: medical terminology, basic and advanced computer skills, introduction to health care, medical math, introduction to pharmacology, CPT and ICD9 Coding, advanced medical coding, front office procedures, billing practice management, CCA review and internship.

Optometric Technicians are trained to assist the optometrist.  Their duties are diversified.  They assist in testing patients’ vision, providing frame styling services, and instructing patients in contact lens handling.  They administer vision therapy programs prescribed by the optometrist.

Plumbers, pipe-fitters, pipe-layers, and steam-fitters install, maintain, alter, repair, and test many different types of pipe systems.  For example, some systems move water to a municipal water treatment plant and then to residential, commercial, and public buildings.  Other systems dispose of waste, provide gas to stoves and furnaces, or provide for heating and cooling needs.  Pipe systems in power-plants carry steam that powers huge turbines.  Pipes also are used in manufacturing plants to move material through the production process.

People who love animals get great satisfaction from working with them.  Caring for sick animals may be physically and emotionally demanding.  Caretakers have to clean animal cages, and lift, hold or restrain animals.  Aides may work outdoors in all kinds of weather or inside animal hospitals, research facilities, and animal shelters.