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Job Corps is the nation's largest FREE education and job training program for young adults.
Work-based Learning
Our work-based learning (WBL) program provides students with opportunities to link their career technical training with practical, on-the-job activities. Students participating in WBL improve their work habits and attitudes, identification of goals and aptitudes, and the motivation to complete and further their education.
Work-based Learning
Our work-based learning (WBL) program provides students with opportunities to link their career technical training with practical, on-the-job activities. Students participating in WBL improve their work habits and attitudes, identification of goals and aptitudes, and the motivation to complete and further their education.
San Jose Job Corps Center
career vocational training
Click on a career to explore the details and requirements, or filter by career area.
Construction
Facilities Maintenance
Average salary: $36,000 per year
Length of training: Completion times vary by training area. Check with your admissions advisor.
Facilities maintenance workers perform routine repairs and preventive maintenance to ensure building systems operate efficiently.
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Finance and Business
Office Administration
Average salary: $34,000 per year
Length of training: Completion times vary by training area. Check with your admissions advisor.
Office administrators perform daily duties that include financial planning, record keeping, billing, personnel, inventory, and logistics, within a business.
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Healthcare
Medical Administrative Assistant
Average salary: $34,000 per year
Length of training: Completion times vary by training area. Check with your admissions advisor.
One common job title for this career is medical secretary. Medical administrative assistant duties may include greeting patients, scheduling appointments, filing insurance claims, and answering incoming calls. Day-to-day office functions are part of a medical administrative assistant's tasks.
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Homeland Security
Security and Protective Services
Average salary: $30,000 per year
Length of training: Completion times vary by training area. Check with your admissions advisor.
Guard, patrol, detect, deter, observe, report, protect, and monitor premises, to prevent theft, violence, or infractions of rules.
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Hospitality
Culinary Arts
Average salary: $24,000 per year
Length of training: Completion times vary by training area. Check with your admissions advisor.
A culinary artist wears many hats including chef and cook. They are responsible for not only making the food taste great but making it look fabulous as well.
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Hospitality
Retail Sales
Average salary: $21,000 per year
Length of training: Completion times vary by training area. Check with your admissions advisor.
Retail sales associates are the first people a customer meets when they enter a store. They are expected to cultivate good relationships with customers in order to achieve sales goals and represent the store in a positive manner to ensure good public relations and recurring business. They also assist customers with choices and help answer any questions about the business or a product.
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Transportation
Material Handling and Distribution Operations
Average salary: $31,000 per year
Length of training: Completion times vary by training area. Check with your admissions advisor.
Materials handlers oversee the process of taking materials from one location to another as well as extracting and loading the materials to be transported.
Learn MoreKeep in mind that details will vary depending on your specific background, goals, and interests.
A Job Corps recruiter can help you get all the answers you need.
Advanced Career Vocational Training
is also available. See details on the Connect page.
