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Pickens Technical College Motorcycle Service Technician Pathway: Earning Your Certification
At the end of your Motorcycle Service Technician course at Pickens Technical College, you’ll have the chance to earn your Motorcycle Service Technology-Basic and Expanded Certificates. By completing the course and the test, you’ll be certified to work as a motorcycle or power sports technician. But there’s a catch. Since many certifications are given by motorcycle manufacturers themselves and are focused on their makes and models, you might have to re-certify yourself in specific motorcycle manufacturers’ parts and service.
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Pickens Technical College Veterinary Assistant Program: Two Entrepreneurs in the Veterinary Field
At the Pickens Technical College Veterinary Assistant Program, you’re learning how to be a resource not only for pets and their humans, but for other technicians, assistants, and veterinarians to help in the care of animals. Learning both front- and back-office lessons and techniques will make you an invaluable asset to everyone involved in the medical care of pets.
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Pickens Technical College Executive Internship Pathway: After You’ve Gotten Your Foot in the Door
In Pickens Technical College’s Executive Internship Pathway, you’re doing more than simply ‘getting your foot in the door’ of the career you’ve always wanted. By partnering with local businesses and Aurora Public Schools, PTC puts young people in places they want to be and arms them with the resources to succeed and start building their careers before others have finished school.
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Pickens Technical College Culinary Arts Pathway: Lessons from Bourdain
The culinary world, the Pickens Technical College Culinary Arts Program, and the wider world at large was shocked at the passing of all-time great chef, author, and groundbreaking travel television host Anthony Bourdain. Even though I’m not a chef by any stretch of the imagination, his death still has a lasting effect on me a year later. Why? Because my experience of Bourdain was primarily through his travel shows. Over the past decade or so, I’ve watched many hours of No Reservations, The Layover, and Parts Unknown, and I’ve gotten to see Bourdain develop a loose philosophy as he’s been exposed to all parts of the world, along with its people and food.
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Pickens Technical College Medical Assistant Pathway: The Key to the Heartcode BLS Certification
In the Pickens Technical College’s Medical Assistant program, you’re fast becoming a valuable asset to any healthcare facility in the country. In Colorado alone, the healthcare industry is in desperate need of medical assistants who can operate in both front- and back-office settings, helping patients and healthcare professionals. In essence, as you well know by now, medical assistants are the glue that holds many hospitals, clinics, and treatment centers together. Without these valuable workers, the healthcare industry as a whole would collapse.
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Pickens Technical College Mobile App Development Pathway: Forces of Industry Change
Change is inevitable in any industry, and I try to document those changes for Pickens Technical College students about to enter a new career. Pickens Mobile App Development program is all about adapting to a changing industry, which is subject to constant disruption from a variety of sources and for a variety of reasons.
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Pickens Technical College HVAC Pathway: Changes in the Industry Coming
At Pickens Technical College’s HVAC program, you’re learning how to adapt to a changing industry. As new technologies and market shifts shake up the HVAC market nationwide, you’ll be more than ready to take on any challenges you might come across. HVAC instructor Wayne Blackwell has many years of experience working and teaching in this field, and he knows how to adapt to make it in this increasingly competitive industry.
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Pickens Technical College Photography Pathway: Traveling to and Capturing the Sea
Pickens Technical College’s Photography pathway starts you on an artistic journey that has the power to take you around the world and support you in a rewarding career. Learning how to compose a shot and properly use your equipment are lessons you’ll be able to take with you wherever you go—wherever your eye takes you. Chances are, especially if you plan on becoming a freelance photographer after you graduate from PTC’s Photography program, you’ll be traveling frequently to make a living. It’s not a given that you’ll suddenly become an intrepid world explorer with a camera around your neck, but it’s a good idea to think about travel being a part of your experience as a photographer.
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Pickens Technical College Hospitality and Tourism Pathway: Opportunities in Africa
Pickens Marketing, Hospitality, and Tourism program instructor Courtney B. Tanguma has likely focused on the hospitality and tourism opportunities right here in Colorado. It’s a smart place to start. Not only does the Denver metro area attract an army of tourists every year on its own, but the skiing areas and the natural mountain beauty also attracts visitors. Hospitality and tourism are huge in this state, which is both a regional and national destination for many people. Even folks from outside the United States cross Colorado off their lists when they visit the states.
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Pickens Technical College Graphic Design Pathway: Making it in a Slowing Job Market
In the Pickens Technical College Graphic Design program, you’re well on your way to learning the skills you’ll need to work in multimedia design. Pickens’ program is purposefully structured to give you a wide range of skills so you can find a job doing what you love somewhere.
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