Workforce Development
Ready-to-Work Programs at the Fairfield County Workforce Center
Ready-to-Work HVAC
Course Fee: $1,700
Dates: TBD
Earn your NATE Ready-to-Work Certificate in less than 8 weeks! The NATE Ready-to-Work Program is a non-credit course designed to cultivate new technicians into the industry with the essential skills needed to start a career in HVAC. Topics include: Employability Skills, HVACR Applied Math, Building Systems, Basic Hand and Power Tools, Intro to HVAC Systems, and OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety. NATE Ready-to-Work Exam is included.
Ready-to-Work CDL Class B
Course Fee: $2,500
Dates: TBD
Earn your Class B Commercial Driver License in less than three weeks! A Class B CDL lets you drive a single vehicle weighing 26,001 pounds or more without a trailer. It also allows you to operate any vehicle towing a trailer that weighs less than 10,000 pounds. The following are some of the types of vehicles that may be driven with a Class B: straight trucks, buses, box trucks (including delivery trucks and furniture trucks), and qualifying dump trucks. Note: this list is not exhaustive and additional endorsements may be required for some vehicles.
Pre-Apprenticeships: Carpentry, Electrical, Water & Wastewater Management or HVAC
Dates: New cohorts start each academic year
Location: Fairfield County Workforce Center (4465 Coonpath Rd. NW, Carroll, OH 43112)
Hocking College is pleased to continue Ready-to-Work programming at the Fairfield County Workforce Center. Participants who complete a Ready-to-Work program may be eligible to earn industry-recognized certifications. After completing a Ready-to-Work program, students may continue relevant coursework to pursue an Associate of Technical Study.
Advanced Welding Certificate
All-Inclusive Price: Starting at $5,535
Dates: New cohorts start every semester.
Location: Hocking College Logan Campus (30140 Iles Rd, Logan, OH 43138)
This certificate is not offered online.
A comprehensive, beginner-to-advanced training in welding using a variety of course and AWS certification models that allows trainees to personalize their training. Courses include ARC, MIG, TIG, soldering, brazing, metallurgy fundamentals, structural stick welding, pipe welding and positioning, and high-pressure pipe and piping systems.
Grant funding is available through the Ohio Department of Higher Education Short Term Certificate Grant Program. For more information, contact Andrew Miller, Dean of Workforce Development.
Commercial Driver’s License (Class A)
All-Inclusive Price: Starting at $7,815
Dates: New cohorts start every semester.
Location: Nelsonville Campus (3301 Hocking Pkwy, Nelsonville, OH 45764)
This certificate is not offered online.
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers transport goods from one location to another. Most tractor-trailer drivers are long-haul drivers and operate trucks with a gross vehicle weight (GVW) capacity—that is, the combined weight of the vehicle, passengers, and cargo—exceeding 26,000 pounds. These drivers deliver goods over intercity routes, sometimes spanning several states.
Hocking College's Commercial Truck Driver Training School offers truck driver training in a variety of course models to fit any timeline. The training program courses vary in intensity and duration and can be utilized by new students, existing students, and corporate sponsors.
Tuition includes DOT physical, CDL permit, CDL test, and license fee. Grant funding is available through the Ohio Department of Higher Education Short Term Certificate Grant Program. For more information, contact Andrew Miller, Dean of Workforce Development.
Heavy Equipment Operators Certificate
All-Inclusive Price: Starting at $11,913
Dates: New cohorts start every semester.
Location: Nelsonville Campus (3301 Hocking Pkwy, Nelsonville, OH 45764)
This certificate is not offered online.
The Heavy Equipment Operator Certificate provides training and experience in the operation of heavy equipment. In addition, the fundamentals of equipment maintenance and repair are also included.
Various materials used in these industries and the formulas used to calculate the types and amounts needed of these items, as well as the terminology used to communicate efficiently with others in the workplace are also covered.
The hands-on training emphasizes safety and includes maintenance procedures, pre-start checks, shut down procedures and optical or laser grade checking instruments.
These skills help individuals interested in entering the various industries that use heavy equipment to build, maintain and advance communities and infrastructure.
Water Treatment Operator Certificate
All-Inclusive Price: Starting at $5,293
Dates: New cohorts starting every semester!
Location: This certificate is delivered 100% online with no set meeting times!
Hocking College offers a multi-course certificate program that prepares students to take the Water Supply or Water Distribution exams approved by the Ohio EPA. Graduates of this program become Drinking Water Supply Operators or Water Distribution Operators as well as becoming involved in other aspects of drinking water supply and distribution.
Wastewater Treatment Operator Certificate
All-Inclusive Price: Starting at $5,483
Dates: New cohorts starting every semester!
Location: This certificate is delivered 100% online with no set meeting times!
Hocking College offers a multi-course certificate program that prepares students to take the Wastewater Treatment or Wastewater Collection exams approved by the Ohio EPA. Graduates of this program become Wastewater Treatment Operators or Wastewater Collection Operators as well as becoming involved in other aspects of wastewater treatment and collection.
Natural Resources
Canine
Dates: New cohorts starting every semester!
Location: Nelsonville Campus (3301 Hocking Pkwy, Nelsonville, OH 45764)
This certificate is not offered online.
The Canine Certificate program will allow students to major in either Canine Training or Pet Grooming. The curriculum has been designed with a common core of coursework providing interdisciplinary educational elements critical for student success in the fields of canine training and pet grooming.
Allied Health
Phlebotomy Certificate
Course Fee: $2,434
Dates: TBD
This course provides an introduction to the Medical Laboratory Profession (MLT), safety in the lab, OSHA, universal precautions, lab equipment, quality control, maintenance, and phlebotomy. Basic blood collection techniques by venipuncture and capillary sticks will be covered and practiced in the laboratory under supervision. Students who complete this course may earn the following industry-recognized credential: Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) through National Health Career Association (NHA).
State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA)
Course Fee: $946
Dates: TBD
The STNA course is rigorous and will give the nurse aide trainee the necessary knowledge and skills to provide basic nursing care to persons who need assistance with their ability to perform activities of daily living or other tasks in a variety of settings. Clinical experience for the STNA course is scheduled at a Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services certified long-term care facility within a 75-mile radius of the college. Nurse aide trainees are responsible for their own transportation to and from the clinical site.
Public Safety
EMT/Paramedic Certificate
All-Inclusive Price: Starting at $10,855
Dates: New cohorts starting every semester!
Location: Nelsonville Campus (3301 Hocking Pkwy, Nelsonville, OH 45764)
This certificate is not offered online.
To prepare students for entry-level employment as an Emergency Medical Technician or Paramedic (Advanced Life Support).
The Hocking College Paramedic Program is accredited through CoAEMSP effective through January 31, 2023.
Firefighter Certificate
All-Inclusive Price: Starting at $9,100
Dates: New cohorts starting every semester!
Location: Nelsonville Campus (3301 Hocking Pkwy, Nelsonville, OH 45764)
This certificate is not offered online.
Our students apply direct, hands-on firefighting in our enclosed burn building; develop decision-making skills in life-like emergencies and learn to operate our fire trucks, including our 100-foot bucket truck.
With state-of-the-art firefighting equipment, experienced, certified instructors and hands-on practice, our students consistently achieve a 100% passing rate on the state-certified exam. The state mandate of Firefighter II Certification, for all full-time firefighter employees in Ohio, creates full-time, permanent employment for our Firefighter II students.
Ohio Peace Officer Basic Certificate
All-Inclusive Price: Starting at $6,815
Dates: New cohorts starting every semester!
Location: Nelsonville Campus (3301 Hocking Pkwy, Nelsonville, OH 45764)
This certificate is not offered online.
Apply direct, hands-on practice in our unique classrooms, including our crime lab, firing range and police cruisers. With experienced, certified instructors and hands-on application, our students consistently achieve passing rates on the state-certified exam
