Are you passionate about plants and eager to enter the "green industry"? Get ready to kickstart your career with a certificate in Horticulture Plant Health. This program provides a comprehensive overview of plants and plant health-related topics, offering valuable insights into plant identification, ornamental care, and soil characteristics.

As part of this program, you will undergo testing to obtain the State of Wisconsin Pesticide Applicators License, enhancing your qualifications in the field.

Upon successfully completing this certificate program, you will be well-prepared to either begin your career in the workforce or seamlessly transition into Western's Landscape Horticulture Technician technical diploma program for additional career opportunities and earning potential.

As a medical assistant (MA), you would be an indispensable member of a healthcare team, directly assisting a physician or RN. This program prepares you for an active role in providing care-assisting with examinations, carrying out select medical and diagnostic procedures, collecting specimens, and performing routine laboratory tests.

The program focuses on laboratory and clinical procedures, insurance and finance, medical terminology, and skills to keep a medical office running smoothly. You'll also get valuable on-the-job experience. Graduates become medical assistants, laboratory assistants, phlebotomists, insurance clerks, and electrocardiogram technicians in a variety of medical settings.

Would you like to be part of a team that develops new products and designs solutions to technical problems? Using the mathematical and scientific problem-solving techniques you learn in this program, you could work with engineers to create new, more reliable, and more sophisticated products in less time.

You will create 3D CAD (Computer Aided Design) models of parts and assemblies to meet design requirements; produce working drawings that include dimensions, technical details, and materials to be used; evaluate materials and processes; produce engineering documentation; use CAD models for strength and motion analysis, machining and rapid prototyping; and develop organizational skills to keep projects on track.

There are many career opportunities for mechanical design technicians in research and development, manufacturing, sales, construction, inspection, and maintenance.

Health information technologists play a vital role in the healthcare sector by processing, storing, and exchanging health data within an electronic environment. As a Health Information Technologist (HIT), your responsibility is to safeguard health data, ensuring it is processed, delivered, and analyzed in compliance with state and Federal laws, such as HIPAA, while upholding confidentiality and security standards.

In our HIT program, you will delve into documentation practices, electronic health record laws and regulations, as well as the confidentiality and security of patient information. You'll learn how to maintain the integrity and accuracy of documentation within electronic health records, and gain proficiency in analyzing healthcare data, including mortality rates, census figures, and death rates, as well as the application of data to improve patient health outcomes. Coding is a fundamental aspect of effective documentation practices, and you will become skilled in identifying appropriate procedure and diagnosis codes to facilitate patient billing and uphold documentation standards, ensuring that bills are submitted correctly and accurately in accordance with federal and state laws.

As an HIT professional, you will become a member of the American Health Information Management Association, joining a community that provides the knowledge and resources needed to make a meaningful impact on healthcare while ensuring the accuracy and security of patient health data.

Are you intrigued by biology and chemistry, with a passion for healthcare? Consider turning your interests into a fulfilling career as a medical laboratory technician. In this role, you play a crucial part in the healthcare system by conducting clinical laboratory tests that aid in the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and medical conditions.

Your responsibilities as a medical laboratory technician encompass a wide range of analyses, spanning from waived and point-of-care testing to complex diagnostic procedures covering major medical laboratory areas such as hematology, clinical chemistry, immunohematology, microbiology, serology/immunology, coagulation, molecular diagnostics, and other emerging technologies. As the primary analyst, you'll make specimen-oriented decisions and hold vital responsibilities in information processing, training, and quality control monitoring wherever medical laboratory testing is conducted.

Graduates are eligible to take a national certification exam offered by the American Society for Clinical Pathologists' (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC). It's important to note that passing this exam is not a graduation requirement, but it can significantly enhance your credentials and career prospects in the field of medical laboratory technology.