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Youth Apprenticeship Program Areas

What YA career programs are available?

The YA program has several career program choices available to pursue dependent on what is offered in your local area.

 

The production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources.

• Production Agriculture: Animal
• Production Agriculture: Soils & Crops

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Careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment.

• Drafting & Design: Architecture
• Drafting & Design: Engineering
• Drafting & Design: Mechanical Design

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Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services.

• Graphic Arts: Printing

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Planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management.

• Finance

One Year Units:
Accounting Services Basic Accounting Services Advanced	Banking Basic Banking Advanced Insurance Services

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Planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development.

• Health Services

One Year Units:
Health Care Foundations Health Information Management	Medical Assistant Nursing Assistant Pharmacy Technician

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Hospitality & Tourism encompasses the management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other foodservices, lodging, attractions, recreation events and travel related services.

• Hospitality, Lodging & Tourism

One Year Units:
Food & Beverage- Dining Area Food & Beverage- Kitchen Lodging- Front Office Lodging- Housekeeping Reservations & Tour/Activity	Maintenance & Grounds Meetings & Events Marketing & Sales I Marketing & Sales II Management I Management II

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Building Linkages in IT Occupations Framework: For Entry Level, Technical, and Professional Careers Related to the Design, Development, Support and Management of Hardware, Software, Multimedia, and Systems Integration Services.

• Information Technology: Computer Science
• Information Technology: Networking

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Planning, managing and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering.

• Welding
• Manufacturing

One Year Units:
Assembly & Packaging Casting Conditioning Filling Finishing Forming Joining/Combining	Molding Separating Machining- Grinder Machining- Lathe Machining- Machine Center Production Control & Quality Management Basic Industrial Equipment Advanced Industrial Equipment

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Planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services (e.g., physical science, social science, engineering) including laboratory and testing services, and research and development services.

• Biotechnology

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Planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air, rail and water and related professional and technical support services such as transportation infrastructure planning and management, logistics services, mobile equipment and facility maintenance.

• Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

One Semester Units:
Auto Collision: Collision Repair Basics Non-structural Analysis & Repair Painting & Refinishing Damage Analysis & Electrical Repair Auto Technician: Vehicle Basics & General Service Brake Systems Electrical/Electronics Suspension & Steering Engine Performance & Repair	Logistics/Supply Chain Management: Planning & Purchasing Unit Inventory Management & Production Storage & Warehousing Distribution & Transportation Operations

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