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This course is designed to prepare the students for entry-level positions as a pharmacy helper or clerk.  The course also introduces the student to other opportunities available in the pharmacy field.  Emphasis is placed on skill development in assisting the pharmacist or a pharmacy technician to record and maintain records, label medications, perform computer patient billing, perform stock inventory and order supplies.  Additional emphasis is also placed on interpersonal skill development, telephone skills, drug classification and interactions and work ethics.  Topics of study are mathematics, keyboarding, and clerical skills specific to the pharmaceutical field.  Appropriate work-based strategies are service learning, field trips, and job shadowing.  For two credits to be granted, class time must meet the requirements in Bulletin 741, and additional work must be assigned and evaluated.  It is recommended that the student has completed Introduction to Health Careers and/or Medical Terminology.

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This course is designed to provide the student with advanced instruction to improve the quality of emergency medical care rendered to victims of accidents and illnesses.  Topics include anatomy and physiology, disease processes, assessment and patient stabilization, and proper use of equipment such as automatic external defibrillators, blood glucose monitors, MAST trousers, airway adjuncts, extrication, ambulance protocols, and practical skills sessions.  Reinforced in this course are legal, ethical, medical, and cultural issues, “Scope of Practice,” documentation and communication skills, and infection control.  Appropriate work-based learning strategies for this course are clinical experiences, guest lectures by other professionals, and experienced ambulance staff assisting with skills competence.  This is a simulated course in which the proper professional and technical equipment is in place for training on the equipment.  A total of 16 hours of vehicular experience will be required.  Students must be certified in CPR-BLS for Health Care Provider with the American Heart Association prior to EMT-Basic certification.  This course is designed to meet ALL 2003 State and National requirements to prepare for testing in the EMT-Basic via the National Registry Exam.

First Responder

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The Patient Care Technician Certificate program prepares individuals for a variety of job opportunities in the health occupation areas and is generated to meet the need for cross training of employees in health care facilities.  Graduates may find employment in long-term care facilities, hospitals, laboratories, and clinics where basic bedside nursing skills are required, as well as the skills of phlebotomy, performing electrocardiograms, (EKG), stress testing, and holster monitoring procedures.  All OBRA skill standards are included into this competency-based curriculum.  The program consists of classroom/lab instructions and supervised/preceptor clinical activities.

Upon successful completion of this competency-based program, students may be eligible to take State and/or National certification exams in Phlebotomy, Nursing Assistant, Electrocardiogram (EKG) Technician, and/or Patient Care Technician.

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Medical Terminology (can be tested out through SLU), Nutrition (Family and Consumer Science), Introduction to Computers (Intro to BCA, BCA)

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This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become entry-level technicians in the Network Cabling industry.  The focus of the course is on the following: tool use and construction techniques; the characteristics of various industry standards; and troubleshooting and repair.  The focus of the course is on fiber optic theory; the characteristics of various fiber optic components.

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The focus of the Computer Architecture course is to prepare students as entry-level service technicians with an industry standard certification.  This certification will enable students to link electronics and Information Technology Departments.  Core technologies in hardware maintenance and operating systems are at the center of all activities.  Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, the following areas:  Operating systems – installation, upgrading, maintenance, and configuration; Hardware – installation, upgrading, maintenance, and configuration; and System Architecture – bus speed configuration, installing components, and external ports.

It is the responsibility of a district that offers Computer Architecture to address the unique issues associated with this highly technical course.  In particular, district personnel assume responsibility for (1) the identifying and selecting of appropriate curriculum (whether locally developed or vendor-specific); (2) the securing of necessary teacher-training and technical certification for the instructor; and (3) the completing of contractual and legal arrangements with vendors, if a vendor-specific curriculum is used.

Note:  A student cannot earn credit in both Computer Architecture and Computer Electronics offered by Technology Education.  Only for schools where Computer Architecture is not offered at their school.

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Students will learn how to operate and maintain printing and copying equipment.  They will be involved in the basic designs necessary for printshop production.  Each student will be placed in a real-life working environment and exposed to every aspect of a functional printshop –product creation, production, finishing, shipping, and marketing.

Intro to Business Computer Applications

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The purpose of this program is to provide specialized classroom instruction and practical shop experience to prepare individuals to engage in the servicing and maintenance of all type of automobiles.  The program prepares the individual to select, safely use, and maintain hand and power tools, jacks, and hoisting equipment.  Instruction in the diagnosis of malfunctions and the rep of engines:  fuel, electrical, cooling, and brake systems; drive train; and suspension systems is included.  The competencies in the Automotive Technology Program are closely correlated with the knowledge required to prepare an individual for the certification test given by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE).  The content is organized into competency-based coursed of instruction that specify occupational competencies the individual must successfully complete according to the priorities for tasks established by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF). 11 or 12 grade students

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The purpose of this program is to provide specialized classroom instruction and practical shop experience to prepare individuals to engage in the servicing and maintenance of all type of automobiles.  The program prepares the individual to select, safely use, and maintain hand and power tools, jacks, and hoisting equipment.  Instruction in the diagnosis of malfunctions and the rep of engines:  fuel, electrical, cooling, and brake systems; drive train; and suspension systems is included.  The competencies in the Automotive Technology Program are closely correlated with the knowledge required to prepare an individual for the certification test given by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE).  The content is organized into competency-based coursed of instruction that specify occupational competencies the individual must successfully complete according to the priorities for tasks established by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF)

Automotive I and must be in 12^th grade.