Training Opportunities

Spring Deadline date for Funding Qualification: December 13

120 contact hours
Offered: Fall; Spring
Cost: $1,995​

This innovative program combines the essential skills of administrative support with specialized training in healthcare patient services. Designed for individuals seeking to excel in both administrative and healthcare environments. Participants will benefit from a comprehensive curriculum that equips them with the dual expertise needed for dynamic career opportunities in both administrative and healthcare support roles. Graduates will emerge as versatile professionals, ready to meet the evolving demands of the workforce.

​Class	​CRN	​Start Date	​End Date	​Days	​Start Time	​End Time	​Location
​​Office Specialist Plus+	26498	1/13/2025	5/5/2025	​MW	​6:00 p.m.	​9:00 p.m.	Southridge

Prerequisites

​40 ​WPM plus you must be able to pass additional assessments in Word and Excel​

Possible Job Titles​

Administrative Assistant, Administrative Support Professional, Medical Receptionist, Patient Coordinator

How to apply

Spring Deadline date for Funding Qualification:  December 13 (cohort 1) or January 13 (cohort 2)

230 total hours, 150 hours in person lab and 80 hours online
Offered: Fall; Spring
Cost: $4,450*

The non-credit Professional Dog Grooming certificate prepares students for a career in the grooming industry. Through a blend of hands-on and online training, students will learn the basics of safe animal handling, bathing, drying, scissor techniques, grooming skills, breed groups and industry terminology. Students will groom various breeds in the Bear Clips salon as skills are gained and mastered. During the training students will also focus on customer service, appointment scheduling, facility sanitation and maintenance. There will be a mandatory informational session held prior to enrollment in this course.

Class Schedule for Spring 2025

Dog Grooming (enrollments based on first qualified, first enrolled)

Info sessions required before enrolling:

Spring Deadline date for Funding Qualification:  December 13

135 contact hours
Offered: Fall; Spring
Cost: $2,500

Helpdesk professionals are the foundation of most ​companies. In this course, you will participate in synchronous and asynchronous learning opportunities to aid skill development in Customer Service, Hardware, Software, Security, and Troubleshooting. Successful students will be ready to complete a PC Pro Certification. All books and materials included.

​75 hours
Offered: Fall; Spring; Summer
Cost: $537* + books and supplies

This course is designed for CNA’s who have completed the 75 hour state approved course. The course provides an opportunity to gain the additional competencies and clinical experiences needed to seek employment in a hospital. The first 45 hours of the course are held in a classroom/lab and the remaining 30 hours of clinical will be in a hospital. Job opportunities include, but are not limited to, EKG tech, Emergency Tech, Scope Tech, Surgery Tech, and OB Tech. The agency or hospital will provide additional training in these specialized areas. The student must provide proof they have successfully completed a 75 hour state approved CNA course​.

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• ​View upcoming Nurse Aide (CNA classes)​​

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Prerequisites

​Students must be able to pass a criminal background check prior to acceptance into class.

• You must complete a DMACC application for admission.
• On the application, Section 2, question 12 is where you list your “Program of Interest”.
• If you are taking CNA classes only list: “CNA only”.
• If you are taking CNA and plan to go on to Nursing list: Practical Nursing (to be an L.P.N.) or Associate Degree Nursing (to be an R.N.)​

Possible Job Titles

​Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff. Includes Nursing Care Attendants, Nursing Aides, Nursing Attendants, Direct care Workers and Patient Advocate​

How to Apply

​​This course is a web-blended class. Students will work online independently while attending four in-person or face to face classes held at the DMACC Urban Campus. During the class, all students will complete a 5-hour Community Learning Experience in a behavioral health unit. The purpose of this certificate program is to provide education for individuals who may be new or currently working in the Behavioral Health/Mental arena. This program is designed to help both employers and students together. Employers using this training program will help future and current employees by offering an educational experience that will help standardize the approach to training and allow more individuals to enter this career pathway through the information and knowledge gained. It also allows students/employees the opportunity for increasing knowledge and training to become more proficient in the field they are working towards. This program helps to give students enough information, support and background as they begin their career in the human services profession. Upon successful completion each student will earn a DSP Behavioral and Mental Health Certificate.

Prerequisites

Students must be able to pass a criminal background check and provide immunizations prior to acceptance into class.​ There is a required informational session.

Possible Job Titles

Mental Health Technician, Psychiatric Technician/Aide

• View Upcoming Direct Support Professional Behavioral and Mental Health Classes

How to Apply

How to Apply

Spring Deadline date for Funding Qualification:  December 13​

120 contact hours
Offered: Fall; Spring
Cost: $1,995​

This innovative program combines the essential skills of administrative support with specialized training in healthcare patient services. Designed for individuals seeking to excel in both administrative and healthcare environments. Participants will benefit from a comprehensive curriculum that equips them with the dual expertise needed for dynamic career opportunities in both administrative and healthcare support roles. Graduates will emerge as versatile professionals, ready to meet the evolving demands of the workforce.

 

Class Schedule for Spring 2024

Spring Deadline date for Funding Qualification:  December 13 or January 31

75 hours
Offered: Fall; Spring; Summer
Cost: $549* + books and supplies

​This course prepares the student to work in a nursing home, home health care agency, or group home and/or hospital. The first 45 hours of the course are classroom/lab and the remaining 30 hours of clinical will be in a nursing home.

You will give patient care under the supervision of your instructor. At the end of this course, you must take the Direct Care Worker registry written and skills exam to be eligible for employment.​

• ​View upcoming Nurse Aide (CNA classes)​

How to Apply

Spring Deadline date for Funding Qualification:  December 13 or January 31

54 - 74 hours
Offered: Fall; Spring
Cost: $847*

​This certificate course is designed to provide an overall review of the current phlebotomy practices and procedures with an emphasis on the most important competencies in this field. This course will provide a variety of lecture, discussion, lab exercises and exams to provide the student with the opportunity to become skilled and gain confidence to work as a phlebotomist. Phlebotomists play an important role in the health care system and career opportunities are available. Phlebotomists may find employment in laboratories, hospitals, insurance companies, outreach services, patient service centers, research facilities, donor centers and physician’s offices.

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Prerequisites

Students must be able to pass a criminal background check prior to acceptance into class.​

Possible Job Titles

Phlebotomist, Mobile Phlebotomist, Phlebotomy Technician​

• View Upcoming Phlebotomy Classes

How to Apply

Spring Deadline date for Funding Qualification:  January 31

60 contact hours
Offered: Fall
Cost: $745*

​This course will give an introduction to the field of the central service/sterile processing department within the healthcare system. Instruction will include communication skills between hospital departments, ethical and moral issues, and safety rules and regulations. The course will review a base knowledge of basic microbiology, disease transmission, asepsis, decontamination, instrumentation, preparation and packaging for sterilization in the central services/sterile processing department. This course will include 20 hours of clinical as well as 40 hours of classroom instruction.

Prerequisites

Students must be able to pass a criminal background check and provide immunizations prior to acceptance into class.​ There is a required informational session.

Possible Job Titles

Sterile Processing Technician, Central Sterile Supply Technician (CSS Technician), Central Service Technician (CST), Instrument Technician, Sterilization Technician, Central Processing Technician (CPT), Sterile Preparation Technician, Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (SPD Technician), Equipment Technician ​​

• View Upcoming Sterile Processing Supply Tech Classes

How to Apply

144 Contact Hours
Campus: Ames

Industrial electrical maintenance involves the upkeep, repair, and servicing of electrical systems and equipment within industrial settings such as factories, manufacturing plants, and production facilities.

This 144-hour course, offered at our DMACC Hunziker campus, will cover DC/AC fundamentals, motor controls, and Basic Programmable Logic Controllers.

Possible Job Titles

Maintenance Technician, Industrial Maintenance Technician

Pre-requisites: Math ALEKS score of 12-15% or CASAS 236 and above

Spring Deadline date for Funding Qualification:  December 13

160 contact hours
Offered: Fall; Spring; Summer
Cost: $5,600*

​This course will prepare you for production MIG welding used by most manufacturers in Central Iowa. This course goes beyond welding instruction and includes blueprint reading, weld symbols, measuring tools, and layout and fabrication. Gain exposure to processes, equipment and safety in the manufacturing environment. Correctly select, read and calibrate appropriate measuring instruments. Learn appropriate use of fabrication equipment and apply basic layout techniques utilizing hand tools. Heat and cut steel with oxygen/acetylene torch equipment. Learn to weld in the flat, horizontal and vertical positions with GMAW (MIG) using pulse, spray, short-arc transfer.​

 

• View Welding schedule

Possible Job Titles

​MIG Welder, Welder, Welder/Fabricator​

How to Apply

• More information about the class
• View upcoming classes​

Possible Job Titles: ​

Driver, Route Driver, Driver Associate​

How to Apply