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LCCC program aims to jumpstart career paths
Stacy Wescoe//August 9, 2024//
Lehigh Carbon Community College is looking to help people who need to quickly earn work credentials to boost their career prospects.
The school is offering a program called Quickstart, which helps students interested in specific programs in business, technology, health care, teaching, visual arts and HVACR get started on their degree.
The courses are designed to help students develop or improve skills in their current or potential jobs, and to continue on the pathway to degree completion, and even a bachelor’s degree, for better career options.
Quickstart programs are available in business management, electrical technology, health care, heating ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration, teacher education and visual arts.
The programs lay out a set of courses that can be completed in one or two semesters. The specific classes were selected because they can launch the student quickly into a certificate or associate degree program and be used to qualify for an entry level job in their career of choice.
Courses are packaged for a full-time student, although students can work with advisors to design a schedule that works for them.
Depending on the program, courses are offered at the main campus in Schnecksville, as well as the sites in Allentown and Tamaqua and online.
Classes for the program start Aug. 26.
