Business Administration

Program Highlights
SJVC’s Business Administration program provides a framework of office procedures and skills that can adapt to any company’s operation. Students develop into knowledgeable, ethical and technologically competent business professionals. You learn to organize and manage work tasks, sales and management techniques, general office procedures, as well as many computer applications.
Learn

• Professional Writing
• Microsoft® Office Software
• Accounting Principles
• Economics & Finance
• Business Ethics
• Human Resources
• Business Operations

Our learn-by-doing approach will help you develop the skills you need to build your career.

Career Opportunities
Employers want to hire those who are familiar not only with business technology and equipment but also with appropriate business practices and communication. Business Administration training qualifies you for a variety of career paths.

Criminal Justice: Corrections

Program Highlights
SJVC’s Corrections program stretches beyond the minimum training required by law with an in depth combination of classroom instruction and hands-on experience. Coursework includes criminal law, evidence collection and preservation, report writing and criminal procedures.
Learn

• Arrest/control techniques
• Firearms use
• CPR/First Aid
• Weaponless defense tactics

Career Opportunities
A career in Corrections can take you in a number of directions in law enforcement agencies and correctional fields, including:

• Corrections Officer
• Detention Officer
• Jail Transport Officer
• Detention Specialist
• Deputy Corrections Officer

Career path growth with additional education or training could take you into areas such as Corrections Sergeant, Administrative Supervisor, Parole Officer, Warden or Deputy Sheriff.

Construction Management

Program Highlights
San Joaquin Valley College’s Construction Management program provides graduates with the technical and managerial skills needed in today’s commercial and residential construction industry. Students are prepared for the management responsibilities they will face on the job, creating an opportunity to move into supervision and construction management.
Learn

• Architectural design theory
• Construction methods
• Construction communication procedures
• Industry software
• Industry laws & regulations
• Estimating & bidding for residential and commercial projects
• Scheduling & control of a project
• Competitive business presentations
• Methods of field supervision
• Technical writing, algebra & geometry

Career Opportunities
There is a growing need in the construction industry for qualified, educated supervisors and management personnel. Graduates can work in a variety of roles.

• First line supervisor
• Estimator
• Foreman
• Construction manager
• Project manager
• Site manager

Emergency Services & Safety Management

Program Highlights
SJVC’s Emergency Services and Safety Management program prepares you to work in many areas of safety and security, both public and private. If you enjoy variety in your work, can be trusted with confidential information, and are analytical, this is the career for you!
Learn

• Cal/OSHA compliance
• Illness and injury prevention
• CPR & First Aid
• Environmental management
• Public safety management

Career Opportunities
Well-trained emergency services and safety management personnel are always in demand, and can work in diverse roles:

• Community Service Officer
• Security/Safety Officer
• Campus Security
• Armed Alarm Response Agent
• Airport Security
• Transportation Security
• Loss Prevention Officer
• Healthcare Security

Health Care Administration

Program Highlights
SJVC’s Health Care Administration program gives you the expert training you need to perform front office duties in a health care setting. Course studies include office management, medical terminology, patient record keeping, bookkeeping, accounting, insurance claims preparation, professional communication, general operation of a health care facility and computer training using Microsoft Office and Medical Manager.
Learn

• Medical insurance principles
• Computer concepts
• Insurance coding
• Medical terminology
• Medical billing
• Economics & finance

Students complete an extensive externship in the field under the direct supervision of an office manager or medical director.

Career Opportunities
Well-trained health care administrators are in demand by busy medical and dental offices, hospitals, clinics, laboratories, billing offices and medical supply distributors.

Health Care Insurance Specialist

Program Highlights
SJVC’s Health Care Insurance Specialist program prepares you to process health claims, provide insurance coding, keep patient records and manage a medical office, using a variety of health care insurance principles and computer applications. Training includes specialized courses in the international classification of diseases, current procedural terminology and legal issues in health insurance.
Learn

• Medical office procedures
• Medical insurance principles
• Medical terminology
• ICD-9-CM & CPT coding

An externship program allows students to participate in real-world work experience under the direction of a medical office manager or director.

Career Opportunities
Well-trained health care insurance specialists are needed in a variety of health care, laboratory, insurance and billing service settings. You can expect to work in such positions as:

• Medical billing specialist
• Patient account representative
• Health claims examiner
• Insurance coder

Human Resource Administration

Program Highlights
SJVC’s Human Resource Administration program offers training in the procedures, policies and practices found in today’s human resource departments. Our students develop personal, professional and human relations skills necessary to perform the duties of a human resource administrator.
Learn

• Personnel hiring and evaluation practices
• Staff training and development
• Employee benefits administration
• Compensation structures
• Payroll management
• Labor Laws

Hands-on training also includes a variety of computer applications, including Microsoft Office Suite using word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software.

Career Opportunities
Capable human resource management is the backbone of any successful business. A qualified human resources department is crucial for good employment relations. Those skilled in this area are qualified for many career roles:

• Human Resource Specialist
• Human Resource Generalist
• Compensation or Benefit Analyst
• Training and Development Coordinator
• Payroll Specialist

Administrative Health Care Management

Program Highlights
SJVC’s Administrative Health Care Management program provides in-depth training for the front office position of a busy medical practice or facility. Hands-on experience and classroom instruction include the study of office management, patient record-keeping, bookkeeping and accounting, and professional communication.
Learn

• Medical insurance principles
• Computer skills & concepts
• Microsoft® Office software
• Medical law & ethics
• Human relations
• Medical terminology
• General psychology
• Health care management
• Medical office billing & records software
• HIPAA regulations

Career Opportunities
Recent legislation regarding patient files privacy and medical insurance coding and billing has made it necessary for physicians and medical facilities to rely upon and have complete confidence in the abilities of those who manage their practices. This has propelled health care management to an elite, in-demand and well-paying position, where signing bonuses are not uncommon.

Clinical & Administrative Medical Assisting

Program Highlights
SJVC’s Clinical and Administrative Medical Assisting (CAMA) program trains you in both administrative and clinical medical procedures for medical offices and specialty clinics. A Medical Assistant is a professional, multi-skilled member of the health care team who is dedicated to assisting in patient care.
Learn

• Insurance billing
• Appointment scheduling
• Patient information coding
• Injection Administration
• Electrocardiograms
• Venipuncture & skin puncture
• CPR & First Aid

Training includes a clinical externship which allows students to further their studies in a real-world medical environment.

Career Opportunities
A well-trained medical assistant is qualified to work in a variety of medical environments such as medical offices, clinics, hospitals, laboratories, medical supply and equipment sales or insurance billing companies.

Clinical Medical Assisting

Program Highlights
The Clinical Medical Assisting program at SJVC offers extensive back office training to provide support to physicians and direct patient care in a variety of medical settings. Training includes a balance of classroom instruction with laboratory experience to create the best opportunity for student understanding and performance.
Learn

• Injection Administration
• Electrocardiograms
• Venipuncture & skin puncture
• CPR & first aid
• Assisting in minor surgery
• Front office procedures
• Basic lab tests
• Patient education
• Taking & recording vital signs

Career Opportunities
Health care careers are on the rise and expected to increase dramatically in the years ahead as an aging population requires growing medical attention. Graduates can expect to secure positions in a variety of career roles:

• Clinical Medical Assistant
• Medical Secretary
• Occupational Health Assistant
• Laboratory Assistant

With additional education or training, your career path might take you into areas such as Licensed Practical Nurse, Emergency Medical Technician, Recreational Therapist, Physician Assistant or other advanced nursing positions.

Dental Assisting

Program Highlights
SJVC’s Dental Assisting program trains you in all aspects of working with a dentist, including patient care, office and laboratory duties. Our balance of hands-on experience with classroom instruction covers all aspects of dental assisting skills and related theory. Whether you use your dental assisting training for a career chairside or in an administrative capacity, you are well prepared at the program’s completion.
Learn

• Dental anatomy
• Dental radiology
• Dental software
• Preventive dentistry
• Dental practice management
• Dental science
• Coronal polishing

Career Opportunities
Dental Assisting is an in-demand job with many work environment options available. As a dental assistant or dental office employee, you can expect to work in such areas as:

• Private dental offices
• Dental colleges
• Dental laboratories
• Private or government hospitals

Pharmacy Technology

Program Highlights
SJVC’s Pharmacy Technology program prepares you to work under the direct supervision of a Registered Pharmacist as part of a team responsible for carrying out a doctor’s pharmaceutical orders. Pharmacy Technicians assist in the various activities of compounding, distributing and dispensing of medications.
Learn

• Pharmacy law and ethics
• Pharmacology
• Computer data entry
• Pharmacy science & clinical applications
• Prescription processing

Training includes a balance of classroom and lab instruction, as well as an externship component, which allows you experiential learning in an actual clinical environment.

Career Opportunities
A well-trained pharmacy technician can expect to work in a highly respected, professional environment as an integral part of a health care team. Pharmacy technicians work in areas such as:

• Franchise pharmacies
• Home health care agencies
• Correctional facilities
• Hospitals
• Pharmaceutical outside sales

Respiratory Therapy

Program Highlights
SJVC’s Respiratory Therapy program prepares you to be a member of an elite health care team that evaluates, treats and manages patients with respiratory illnesses and other cardiopulmonary disorders. In addition to performing respiratory care procedures, respiratory therapists are involved in clinical decision-making and patient education.
Learn

• Microbiology, chemistry, and anatomy and physiology
• Computer applications, ethics and psychology
• Pathology, pharmacology and resuscitation
• Mechanical ventilation of adults, pediatrics, and newborns
• Hemodynamics, physical assessment and oxygen delivery
• Monitoring, radiography and airway management

Students receive over 900 hours of extensive clinical practice in hospitals and clinics to gain real world experience.

Career Opportunities
Well-trained respiratory therapists are in tremendous demand in such areas as acute care hospitals, durable medical equipment companies, sub-acute facilities, home care agencies, physicians’ offices, or managed care organizations; as well as specialized areas, such as sleep labs and pulmonary function labs.

Surgical Technology

Program Highlights
Our Surgical Technology program prepares you to be an integral part of a medical team whose responsibility it is to exercise precise and harmonious procedures and practices in an operating room environment. Surgical technologists work closely with surgeons, anesthesiologists, registered nurses and other surgical personnel to deliver the highest level of patient care.
Learn

• Medical terminology
• Legal, moral and ethical aspects
• Surgical procedures
• Surgical techniques
• CPR and First Aid

Instruction also includes an extensive clinical rotation to give students hands-on experience in the surgical environment.

Career Opportunities
Well-trained Surgical Technologists are in high demand. You can expect to work in professional environments such as:

• Hospital operating rooms
• Physician's offices
• Surgery centers
• Emergency departments
• Dental surgery offices
• Delivery rooms

Therapeutic Massage

Program Overview
San Joaquin Valley College has developed an exciting new A.S. Degree program offering hands-on training and education for a rewarding career in Therapeutic Massage. Graduates are prepared to practice massage therapy in a variety of professional environments such as medical offices, private practices, spas and salons, or sports clinics. The program covers massage and bodywork therapy techniques, as well as massage therapy business practices and customer/client relations.
Learn

• Swedish Massage Therapy and Advanced Techniques
• Deep Tissue and Neuromuscular Therapy
• Sports Massage
• Shiatsu
• Spa Therapies, Techniques and Modalities
• Spa Management
• Business and Practice Essentials
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Palpation and Myology
• Palpation and Kinesiology
• Clinical Pathology
• CPR & First Aid

You will gain real-world experience at an onsite clinic, working and learning under the supervision of a massage therapy professional.

Career Opportunities
Because more people are finding out about the health benefits of therapeutic massage, the opportunities to work in the bodywork therapy industry are expanding. Massage therapists work in private practices or in the medical field with doctors, nurses, physical therapists, chiropractors and acupuncturists.

Veterinary Technology

Program Highlights
Our Veterinary Technology program prepares you the with the skills you need to help animals when they need it most. This in-depth training covers all areas of animal patient care, from lab tests to radiology procedures and surgical assisting. Curriculum also focuses on communication skills involving pet owner education and counseling for the care of sick animals, as well as preventive measures.
Learn

• Fundamentals of animal nursing
• Pharmacology
• Diagnostic imaging
• Front office procedures
• Diseases of small animals
• Laboratory procedures
• Surgical assisting
• Communication skills
• Farm animal medicine

Training also includes extensive externship rotations in various animal care environments, giving students real-world medical experience.

Career Opportunities
Veterinary Technicians work as a professional assistant to a veterinarian and work in a variety of settings such as:

• Companion animal clinics
• Emergency medicine
• Animal shelters
• Animal control
• Zoo or wild animal parks

Aircraft Mechanic

Program Highlights
San Joaquin Valley College’s Aviation Maintenance Technology (AMT) program gives you the skills and technical knowledge to perform aircraft, airframe and powerplant overhaul. Hands-on training in the hangar includes maintenance, servicing, troubleshooting and repair of powerplant systems and components.
Learn

• Aircraft engine repair
• Airframe repair
• Assemble/disassemble parts
• Propeller & engine systems
• Basic electricity & electronics
• Turbine/jet engine systems
• Fuel metering systems
• Sheet metal structures

Our AMT program focuses on preparing you for certification as an Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Mechanic.

Career Opportunities
Graduates can expect to work for airlines, commuter and corporate air fleets, airfreight companies, as well as in specialized areas such as aviation inspection positions with the Federal Aviation Administration.

Computer Support Technology

Program Highlights
San Joaquin Valley College’s Computer Support Technology (CST) program provides an in-depth study of the operating systems, applications and network elements of today’s businesses. The focus is on Microsoft® and CompTIA certifications, as well as computer help desk concepts and technology.
Learn

• Installation and maintenance of computer systems & servers
• Computer hardware and operating systems
• Troubleshooting and help desk support
• Microsoft® and internet networking technologies
• Network security and maintenance

Coursework prepares you to test for certification in 10 areas of computer knowledge and proficiency. All first-round testing expenses are included with tuition.

Career Opportunities
Well-trained computer support technicians are in high demand. You’ll be prepared to work in virtually any business that utilizes computers in roles such as:

• Computer Support Technician
• Help Desk Representative
• Network Administrator
• Hardware Technician
• Network Technician

Industrial Technology

Program Highlights
This program is designed to provide fundamental, hands-on training of industrial systems and equipment. Students will study and master the basic principles, applications, concepts, and functions of hydraulic systems, bearing and seal types, and power transmission components.
Learn

• Electrical theory
• Motor control
• Programmable logic controllers
• Fluid power systems
• Bearing applications
• Power transmission systems

Career Opportunities
With SJVC’s hands-on approach to training, you’ll be qualified to go right to work in a variety of commercial and manufacturing settings.

• Maintenance Technician
• Production Supervisor
• Hydraulic Technician
• Machine Operator
• Plant Electrician

Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

Program Highlights
The Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration program at SJVC prepares you for year-round job security in a high-demand field. Training focuses on theories of heating, refrigeration and air conditioning. Students study the operation, maintenance and repair of residential and commercial equipment.

Career Opportunities
A Refrigeration and Air Conditioning service technician is qualified to work in many areas including:

• Residential heating/cooling (household refrigeration and appliance repair)
• Commercial refrigeration heating and cooling installation (mini marts, retail stores, restaurants, hotels, office complexes, food storage and processing plants)
• Industrial refrigeration (cold storage and manufacturing plants)
• Transport refrigeration (truck/trailer refrigeration, railroad, ocean-going and air freight)