Maricopa Skill Center

1245 E Buckeye, Phoenix, AZ 85034

http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/msc/index.html

School Description

Provided by Maricopa Skill Center

The Maricopa Skill Center is a workforce development center dedicated to helping individuals reach economic self-sufficiency.
* Training individuals in technical and occupational skills.
* Assisting employers in meeting their hiring needs.
* Providing businesses with customized training.

Maricopa Skill Center’s vocational training programs are designed to prepare you to excel in today’s modern workplace. Because we work with businesses to develop our programs, you know that when you train at MSC you will learn exactly what skills businesses need from their employees. This gives you the competitive edge in the job market! Our mission is to get you hired, so when you train at Maricopa Skill Center you know that graduating your program is only the beginning.

The Maricopa Skill Center has served over 86,000 students since opening its doors more than forty years ago. Since 1962 both full- and part-time students have benefited from MSC's dedication to excellence in teaching, apprenticeship, and service. Within this unique educational institution, you will find students practicing their trades under the watchful attention of their instructors.

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Certificate Programs at Maricopa Skill Center

  • Business

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      • Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services
        This general major includes a variety of technical programs that empower students to take on the administrative or secretarial responsibilities of a business.
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    • Financial Services See more schools with programs in Financial Services
      • Banking and Financial Support Services
        Learn the skills needed to provides all types of customer services in banks, insurance agencies, savings and loan companies, and related enterprises. This program helps students realize a banking career by providing instruction in communications and public relations skills, business equipment operation, and technical skills applicable to the methods and operations of specific financial or insurance services.
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  • Communication & Media

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    • Graphics & Multimedia See more schools with programs in Graphics & Multimedia
      • Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator, General Production
        A program that generally prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to plan, prepare, and execute a variety of commercial and industrial graphic communications jobs. Includes instruction in the operation and maintenance of mechanical, electronic, and digital graphic, printing, and finishing equipment; and related processes.
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  • Culinary Arts & Food Service

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    • Institutional Food Workers
      A program that prepares individuals in production and service used in governmental, commercial or independently owned institutional food establishments and related food industry occupations. Includes instruction in selecting, storing, preparing, and serving food and food products; basic nutrition; sanitation, and food safety; the use and care of commercial equipment; serving techniques; and the operation of institutional food establishments.
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    • Meat Cutting/Meat Cutter
      A program that prepares individuals to receive, cut, and package animal meat products in commercial establishments and to function as licensed meat cutters/butchers. Includes instruction in product recognition for beef, veal, lamb, pork, poultry, and fancy and smoked meats; retail and wholesale cutting and specialty cuts; packaging and counter display; shop safety; meat sanitation, storage and rotation; quality control; meat handling laws and regulations; and customer service.
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  • Health & Medical Services

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    • Medical Assistant Professions See more schools with programs in Medical Assistant Professions
      • Medical/Clinical Assistant
        A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical office administrative services and perform clinical duties including patient intake and care, routine diagnostic and recording procedures, pre-examination and examination assistance, and the administration of medications and first aid. Includes instruction in basic anatomy and physiology; medical terminology; medical law and ethics; patient psychology and communications; medical office procedures; and clinical diagnostic, examination, testing, and treatment procedures.
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    • Nursing See more schools with programs in Nursing
      • Nursing
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  • Skilled Trades

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    • Construction Trades See more schools with programs in Construction Trades
      • Building/Property Maintenance and Manager
        Learn all the skills and knowledge needed to keep a building functioning, and to service a variety of structures including commercial and industrial buildings and mobile homes. The technical program includes instruction in the basic maintenance and repair skills required to service building systems, such as air conditioning, heating, plumbing, electrical, major appliances, and other mechanical systems.
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    • Mechanic/Repair Trades See more schools with programs in Mechanic/Repair Trades
      • Autobody Repair
        Autobody programs typically last two years and teach students all the necessary knowledge and skills to repair, reconstruct and finish the external features of automobiles. Autobody students receive instruction in structure analysis, damage repair, non-structural analysis, mechanical and electrical components, plastics and adhesives, painting and refinishing techniques, and damage analysis and estimating.
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    • Precision Production Trades See more schools with programs in Precision Production Trades
      • Machine Tool Technology/Machinist
        A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to plan, manufacture, assemble, test, and repair parts, mechanisms, machines, and structures in which materials are cast, formed, shaped, molded, heat treated, cut, twisted, pressed, fused, stamped or worked.
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      • Welding Technology/Welder
        A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to join or cut metal surfaces. Includes instruction in arc welding, resistance welding, brazing and soldering, cutting, high-energy beam welding and cutting, solid state welding, ferrous and non-ferrous materials, oxidation-reduction reactions, welding metallurgy, welding processes and heat treating, structural design, safety, and applicable codes and standards.
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  • Technology

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