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Emergency Medical TechnicianAdministering first aid treatment and transporting sick or injured persons to medical facility,working as a paid or volunteer member of an emergency medical team.Employment opportunities: Ambulance services, fire and rescue agencies.Continuing Education Program Certificate(Basic, Intermediate and Paramedic)Entry Salary ranges: $20,000-$40,000 7Program Contact: Contact: Robby Smith, rsmith@spcc.edu, 704-290-5817EntrepreneurshipEmployment in your own business.Employment opportunities: Self-employed business owner.AAS, Diploma or CertificateProgram Contact: Sam Spencer, sspencer@spcc.edu, 704-272-5425Fire Fighter TrainingEmployment or volunteer duties with a fire department. Basic and continuing training for firefighters is provided in cooperation with local municipal and volunteer departments (A student mustbe a member of a fire department to take training.)Employment opportunities: Municipal fire departments.Continuing Education Program CertificateEntry Salary ranges: $22,267-$26,130Program Contact: Chris Yates, cyates@spcc.edu, 704-290-5816Fire Protection Technology(offered in collaboration with Central Piedmont Community College)Occupations where the technical knowledge of fire protection is needed in order to deal withhazardous materials, investigate arson, and make fire prevention recommendations to thepublic and private sector.Employment opportunities: Government agencies, industrial firms, insurance ratingorganizations, educational organizations, municipal fire departments with the opportunityfor skilled and supervisory-level positions.AASEntry Salary ranges: $29,463-$32,585Program Contact: Raymond Griffith, rgriffith@spcc.edu, 704-272-5439Human Services TechnologyFamily and child assistance programs, rehabilitation services, youth services, services for aging,programs for developmentally disabled.Employment opportunities: Employment doing direct service delivery work in socialservice agencies.AAS or DiplomaEntry Salary ranges: $24,600-$35,000 8Program Contact: Fedder Williams, f-williams@spcc.edu, 704-290-5877Human Services Technology-Substance Abuse CertificateEmployment as substance abuse counselor, DWI counselor, residential facility worker.Employment opportunities: Substance abuse counselors work with physicians, nurses,social workers, mental health counselors, police in courts, schools, correctional facilities,treatment facilities.CertificateEntry Salary ranges: $28,000-$45,000 9Program Contact: Fedder Williams, f-williams@spcc.edu, 704-290-5877Mechanical Engineering TechnologyEmployment as technicians assisting in design, developmental testing process design andimprovement, and troubleshooting and repair of engineered systems.Employment opportunities: Diversified mechanical and manufacturing engineering fields.Diploma or CertificateEntry Salary ranges: $40,000-$50,000Program Contact: George Kouvaris, gkouvaris@spcc.edu, 704-290-5265MechatronicsEmployment in the installation and repair of manufacturing equipment and automated machinery.Employment opportunities: Work in manufacturing facilities or as field service technician.Continuing Education Program CertificateEntry Salary ranges: $18.95-$22.45/hr. 10Program Contact: Russell Carpenter, rcarpenter@spcc.edu, 704-993-2410Medical AssistingEmployment as a multi-skilled healthcare professional performing administrative, clinical andlaboratory procedures (Graduates are eligible to sit for the American Association of MedicalAssistants Certification Examination to become Certified Medical Assistants).Employment opportunities: Physicians’ offices, health maintenance organizations, healthdepartments, hospitals.AAS or DiplomaEntry Salary ranges: $19,000-$27,000 7Program Contact: Lori Starnes, lstarnes@spcc.edu, 704-290-5825Medical Coding SpecialistEmployment as a medical coding specialist upon satisfactory completion of online medical coursesand a passing grade on the American Academy of Professional Coders exam.Employment opportunities: Physicians’ offices, hospitals, nursing homes, codingconsulting companies.Continuing Education Program CertificateEntry Salary ranges: $20,090-$26,250 10Program Contact: Geri Duncan, gduncan@spcc.edu, 704-290-5221Medical Laboratory Assistant (a Medical Assisting certificate option)Employment performing routine medical laboratory testing and office tasks (Graduates may applyto take the AMT certification exam to become a Medical Laboratory Assistant.)Employment opportunities: Physicians’ offices and hospitals.CertificateEntry Salary ranges: $19,000-$27,000 7Program Contact: Lori Starnes, lstarnes@spcc.edu, 704-290-5825Medical Office AdministrationEmployment performing administrative and support functionsin medical and other healthcare facilities.Employment opportunities: Medical and dental offices,hospitals, insurance companies, laboratories, medical supplycompanies, other healthcare-related organizations.AAS, Certificate, Medical Insurance CodingDiploma or Transcription CertificateEntry Salary ranges: $20,250-$41,506 10Program Contact: Cindy Crenshaw, ccrenshaw@spcc.edu, 704-290-5858Medical SonographyEmployment as a medical sonographer or ultrasound technologist (Graduates are eligible to takeexaminations administered by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers)Employment opportunities: Hospitals, physicians’ offices, mobile services, educationalinstitutions.AASEntry Salary ranges: $40,000-$75,000 7Program Contact: Alice Bradley, abradley@spcc.edu, 704-290-5832nursing Assistant I & IIEmployment as an NA I and II. Training and competency testing required for listing on NA Registry.Employment opportunities: Hospitals, nursing homes, patients’ homes, physicians’offices.Continuing Education Program CertificateEntry Salary ranges: $18,000-$30,000 7Program Contact: Debra Griffin, dgriffin@spcc.edu, 704-290-5214704-290-5100 or 704-272-5300 I www.spcc.edu I South Piedmont Community College CareerFocus I Summer 2010 I 11