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Certificate of Completion
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This short-term program is intended to prepare students to become personal care aides in the home or in a聽health care facility. The choice of a career development course or health careers employability skills course聽are also provided to increase employability and work skills. This program is specifically for noncredit聽students who are seeking training in the health field for immediate entry-level employment. Furthermore,聽this program will also provide foundational health skills and training for students to enter into more聽advanced health career programs. Students must pass both core courses to earn the Personal Care Aide聽certificate.
91直播 Learning Outcomes
- Students will gain employment as a personal care attendant in a home setting or a care facility.
- Students will demonstrate job readiness skills.
- Students will progress through the health career ladder by enrolling in further allied health career programs..
搁别惫颈别飞听Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)聽for this program.
Required Courses
- Home Health Aides
Home Health Aides
SOC Career Code: 31-1121.00Monitor the health status of an individual with disabilities or illness, and address their health-related needs, such as changing bandages, dressing wounds, or administering medication. Work is performed under the direction of offsite or intermittent onsite licensed nursing staff. Provide assistance with routine healthcare tasks or activities of daily living, such as feeding, bathing, toileting, or ambulation. May also help with tasks such as preparing meals, doing light housekeeping, and doing laundry depending on the patient's abilities.
Typical Hourly Salary$15.63The figure above is based off a percentile of 25 percent.
All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. 91直播Top Entry-Level EducationChart Legend- Doctoral Degree Or More
- Master's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Associate's Degree
- Some College
- Certificate
- High School Diploma Or Less
Median Salary Earnings$33,410.88Annual Job Openings183,056Openings are regional vacancies due to growth and turnover in this career.All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. 91直播
Historical Wages - Personal Care Aides
Personal Care Aides
SOC Career Code: 31-1122.00Provide personalized assistance to individuals with disabilities or illness who require help with personal care and activities of daily living support (e.g., feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and ambulation). May also provide help with tasks such as preparing meals, doing light housekeeping, and doing laundry. Work is performed in various settings depending on the needs of the care recipient and may include locations such as their home, place of work, out in the community, or at a daytime nonresidential facility.
Typical Hourly Salary$15.63The figure above is based off a percentile of 25 percent.
All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. 91直播Top Entry-Level EducationChart Legend- Doctoral Degree Or More
- Master's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Associate's Degree
- Some College
- Certificate
- High School Diploma Or Less
Median Salary Earnings$33,410.88Annual Job Openings183,056Openings are regional vacancies due to growth and turnover in this career.All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. 91直播
Historical Wages - Nursing Assistants
Nursing Assistants
SOC Career Code: 31-1131.00Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.
Typical Hourly Salary$18.95The figure above is based off a percentile of 25 percent.
All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. 91直播Top Entry-Level EducationChart Legend- Doctoral Degree Or More
- Master's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Associate's Degree
- Some College
- Certificate
- High School Diploma Or Less
Median Salary Earnings$44,840.65Annual Job Openings19,711Openings are regional vacancies due to growth and turnover in this career.All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. 91直播
Historical Wages - Orderlies
Orderlies
SOC Career Code: 31-1132.00Transport patients to areas such as operating rooms or x-ray rooms using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds. May maintain stocks of supplies or clean and transport equipment. Psychiatric orderlies are included in Psychiatric Aides.
Typical Hourly Salary$18.32The figure above is based off a percentile of 25 percent.
All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. 91直播Top Entry-Level EducationChart Legend- Doctoral Degree Or More
- Master's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Associate's Degree
- Some College
- Certificate
- High School Diploma Or Less
Median Salary Earnings$45,900.43Annual Job Openings813Openings are regional vacancies due to growth and turnover in this career.All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. 91直播
Historical Wages - Psychiatric Aides
Psychiatric Aides
SOC Career Code: 31-1133.00Assist mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients, working under direction of nursing and medical staff. May assist with daily living activities, lead patients in educational and recreational activities, or accompany patients to and from examinations and treatments. May restrain violent patients. Includes psychiatric orderlies.
Typical Hourly Salary$17.10The figure above is based off a percentile of 25 percent.
All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. 91直播Top Entry-Level EducationChart Legend- Doctoral Degree Or More
- Master's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Associate's Degree
- Some College
- Certificate
- High School Diploma Or Less
Median Salary Earnings$43,329.07Annual Job Openings486Openings are regional vacancies due to growth and turnover in this career.All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. 91直播
Historical Wages
- Home Health Aides