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Pickens Technical College Collision Repair Pathway: Preparing for the Non-Structural Repair Technician Certificate
One of the certifications you’re preparing to earn after your time in Pickens’ Collision Repair program is the Non-Structural Repair Technician Certification. You’re also working towards the Refinish and Paint Technician Certificate and the Professional Collision Repair Certificate. Passing these three tests will open the door to your career as an auto collision repair expert. Your training in class and in the shop is geared toward passing these exams, which is why instructor Anthony Larson keeps hammering you with concepts you’ll need to be certified.
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Pickens Technical College’s Barber Pathway: How a Proposed New Texas Law Could Affect You
Right now, you’re learning how to cut and style hair, and how to grow your own barber business and break into the industry in Pickens Technical College Barber Program. The most important thing at the moment is to acquire the skills you’ll need in a career as a barber. The one thing that sinks barbers in this business the most is a bad reputation. When you’re not considered by at least a few regular patrons one of the best hair stylists or barbers in town, you’ll struggle to compete working at a barbershop or running one of your own.
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Pickens Technical College Veterinary Assistant Pathway: Hiring Crunch
Veterinary assistants are in hot demand. That’s probably not why you chose to enroll in Pickens Technical College’s Veterinary Assistant program, but it’s good to know what kind of job market you’ll be introduced to after you graduate.
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Pickens Technical College Executive Internship Pathway: Three Tips to Develop Your Career
Pickens Technical College’s Executive Internship program is a unique experience for high school students, not only because it helps them get a jump on their secondary education and their eventual career, but also because it teaches students how to succeed in any professional setting and career, not just the one they’re involved with.
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Pickens Technical College Respiratory Therapy Pathway: A Path to the RRT Exam
Pickens Technical College’s Respiratory Therapy program helps you get your foot in the door of a rising sector within the healthcare industry. Respiratory therapy is a growing field, one of the reasons why the program at Pickens is so popular, and why many former Pickens students find success in this field.
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Pickens Technical College Facilities Maintenance Technician Pathway: Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
You’re learning everything you need to know at Pickens’ Facilities Maintenance Technician program to be successful in an entry-level position. From there, the implication is, you can use your skills and the lessons you learned at Pickens to advance your career and learn new skills that can help you after graduation. As the industry shifts to more technology-based programs and high-tech tools, you have the flexibility to move with it if you start to invest in learning how those technologies will affect your industry now.
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PTC Cyber Technician Pathway: Cybersecurity Not Going Away
The demand for better cybersecurity has increased dramatically in the past decade or so. In fact, demand and salaries for qualified cybersecurity technicians have shot up following the high-profile hacks of Experian’s massive database and other large-scale information attacks in 2017. In the first half of that year alone, nearly two billion personal records were compromised. Companies, just like the customers they serve, need better ways to protect their data. That’s where you come in.
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Pickens Technical College’s Hospitality and Tourism Pathway: International Opportunities
Opportunities in the tourism industry abound for you as a student in Pickens Technical College’s Hospitality and Tourism pathway. The skills and concepts you’re learning in class now are applicable in almost any hospitality and tourism setting, and once you get the mechanics of building a successful marketing plan for tourist destinations, you’ll be a valuable marketing asset for many companies in the United States and beyond.
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Pickens Technical College Photography Pathway: Will Snappr Revolutionize the Professional Photography Landscape?
The Pickens Technical College Photography program initiates you into the world of professional photography by not only honing your artistic skills, but also by helping you create ways to find work doing what you love. Building your professional website, making sure you showcase your best work, networking with other professionals, and getting client referrals are all part of what it takes to be professional photographer. Finding work, if you’re a freelance photographer, will take a sizeable chunk of your time, no matter how you go about it.
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Pickens Technical College Automotive Technology Pathway: A Year of the ASE Education Foundation
All programs in the Transportation Pathway at Pickens Technical College prepare you for a career working on vehicles of varying types. But, in addition to the valuable skills you’re learning under the hood, you’re also getting the experience and wisdom you’ll need to get a job in the industry and rise quickly. The job-finding aspect of Pickens’ courses add immense value to the skills and learning you’re doing in the classroom.
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