Unemployed? Get FREE Training for your Career
To be eligible for this free training opportunity, participants must be unemployed, underemployed, working fewer then 20 hours per week and/or meet the federal poverty guidelines. Also, participants who are new to the workforce such as; right out of high school, never been in the workforce and new immigrants who are able to work in the US, can apply.
If you are interested in participating in the program, please contact Lateia Johnson at lmjo8989@bhcc.edu or 617-228-3361, who will review eligibility your and set up an admission's appointment to complete enrollment. *EMT and CNA do not require an admissions’ appointment but require assisted course enrollment.
Program Benefits
Students will receive free tuition* including books, fees and materials for the spring term, with career coaching, work experience, job placement, job support, and travel vouchers.
Program Requirements
Students must meet income requirements, specific program requirements, and be able to commit fulltime.
Programs
Pharmacy Technician
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Training Objectives |
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| Prepares students to work in teams supervised by a pharmacist to prepare prescriptions and provide inventory control, record keeping and drug packaging. Students learn Pharmacy Operations, Pharmaceutical Calculations, Pharmacology and Pharmacy Law. | 4 courses, 16 credits - classroom, lab, clinical instruction | National Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) exam, to be registered as a Pharmacy Technician in Massachusetts |
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
| Training Objectives | Format | Certification Testing/Credentials |
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| Introduction to emergency care; the well-being of the EMT; medical, legal and ethical issues; anatomy and physiology; pathophysiology; patient history and assessment; vital signs; Health Care Provider CPR and operation of the Semi-Automatic External Defibrillator (SAED); airway management and assessing emergency scenes; basic pharmacology; management/treatment of respiratory, cardiovascular and diabetic emergencies. | 7-credit course - classroom, lab, internship | Massachusetts State Practical Exam, National Registry EMT Basic Written Exam (NREMT) to become certified as an EMT at the Basic level. |
Certified Nurse’s Aide (CNA)
| Training Objectives | Format | Certification Testing/Credentials |
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| Prepares students to support nursing staff in hospitals, long-term care facilities and rehabilitation clinics by providing basic care for patients (bathing, dressing, eating, toileting and oral care). | 3 courses, 7-credits -- Classroom, clinical instruction | American Red Cross CNA certification |
Foundations of IT
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| This course is designed for entry-level computer technicians or individuals looking to start a new career in the IT industry. | This program is held virtually, with two in-person bootcamps for study and exam preparation. | The course will prepare students to sit for the CompTIA A+ certification exam. |
Google IT
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| This five-course, Google-designed program offers an innovative curriculum to prepare students for entry-level roles in IT support. Hosted on Qwiklabs, the courses cover key topics in IT support: troubleshooting; customer service; networking; system administration; security; and operating systems. Coursework includes a dynamic mix of video lectures, quizzes, and hands-on labs. Participants will hear from Google employees whose own foundation in IT support served as a jumping-off point for their careers. | This asynchronous program allows for flexible scheduling. Students can complete it in 2.5 months with 20 hours per week of work or in up to 8 months with 6 hours per week of work. |
Dental Assisting
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| The online Dental Assisting program (course ON-900E) familiarizes students with all areas of pre-clinical dental assisting and provides training in the professional skills required to serve as an assistant in a dental practice. |
Operations Technician
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This program provides students with training on core system administration tasks. Students gain experience in management of: files and file systems; local users and groups; networking; processes; permissions; SSH; control of firewalls; job scheduling; troubleshooting; archiving; and logs and logical volume using the command line interface.
CIT-268 (Windows Operating Systems): 3 credits or 45 credit hours. This program is part of several IT certificate and degree pathways at BHCC. NON-800: 96 instructional clock hours in two 8-week sessions for Red Hat level I and Level II certification preparation.
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