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Southern Careers Institute
Austin, TX
Available Programs
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Welding Technology
Building & ConstructionSCI will prepare you for welding safety, machine set-up, basic metallurgy, shop math, blueprint reading and welding symbols. You'll learn from knowledgeable instructors in a hands-on environment.
After graduation, you may work in fabrication, cutting, soldering or brazing and the career services team will assist you with launching your career by helping prepare your resume, working with you on interview skills and networking with local employers.
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HVAC Technician
Building & ConstructionIf you want a career without the boring, daily routine of being stuck in an office, it's time to check out the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) program at Southern Careers Institute. This program prepares students for positions at both the commercial and residential levels of HVAC.
The HVAC program at SCI will teach you how to install, maintain, and repair essential temperature control equipment. You will learn by doing, alongside students just like you. As part of the SCI family, you will learn in a supportive, interactive environment from instructors who care about your success.
At Southern Careers Institute, the HVAC program focuses on those skills you'll actually use in the real world. You will train on a variety of cooling and heating systems common to the industry and receive instruction on piping using a wide variety of materials. After you graduate, the career services team is ready to assist you with finding a position in the field.
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Business Administration
Business & ManagementSouthern Careers Institute’s Business Administration program is designed to train students for entry-level work in a variety of administrative roles. You’ll graduate from the program in 33-48 weeks with the knowledge and skills necessary to support business operations or start your own business. In addition to preparing for ESB certification, students will develop the proper work habits and customer service skills to identify and obtain a job.
What You’ll Learn in the Program:
- Basics of managing business finances
- Hands-on skills for communicating and collaborating in a digital space
- Strategies to start, grow, and market your own business
- How to serve and support internal and external customers
- Earn skill-based badges to prove your proficiencies in areas of business administration
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Business Accounting Specialist
Business & ManagementBusiness Accounting Specialists are an essential part of any size company and it’s success.
SCI’s Business Accounting Specialist program helps you gain the on-the-job skills you need from Quickbooks certifications to essential accounting principles.
To ensure your long-term success, you will learn fundamental accounting principles, computerized accounting systems, and so much more. Overall, a business accounting specialist plays an important role for the company they work for by increasing business efficiency.
Students of the SCI Business Accounting Specialist program receive for entry level job training and learn skills such as:
- Billing
- Payroll
- Inventory
- Financial Reporting
- Computerized Accounting Software
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Associate of Applied Science in Management
Business & ManagementTraining in Associate of Applied Science in Management involves: Supervising workers, managing operations, establishing policies. Communicating professionally in business, fostering teamwork. And Demonstrating work habits, time management, and self-discipline.
Being in management allows you to influence decision-making, drive organizational growth, and develop leadership skills. It offers opportunities for personal and professional development, while also enabling you to mentor others and contribute to a positive work environment.
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Medical Assistant
Healthcare & MedicalSouthern Careers Institute is the place for you to receive training that leads to a medical assistant certification and, ultimately, a career in the medical field. If you have a passion for helping others and want a career in medicine, this is the program for you! As a medical assistant, you'll assist doctors, work with nurses, and care for patients.
At Southern Careers Institute, you'll be welcomed into the SCI family by knowledgeable instructors, supportive staff, and students just like you. You will learn by doing with hands-on, interactive training that will prepare you for a career as a medical assistant.
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Medical Billing & Coding Specialist
Healthcare & Office AdministrationCampus: The medical billing and coding specialist program will teach you keyboarding skills, medical insurance billing, medical codes, computer applications, office procedures, business communication skills, and so much more. Upon completing the program (even years after you graduate), SCI’s career services team is here to help you jump-start your career better than any other medical billing and coding schools in the state.
Online: The Southern Careers Institute medical billing and coding online courses are available to you anywhere with an internet connection! In true SCI fashion, this campus keeps you close to the things that matter to you; your family and your home.
While this campus is digital in nature, it still has the supportive, family-like environment that Southern Careers Institute is known for. The bottom line is that SCI's Medical Billing & Coding online schools offer the same level of training, and assistance, as you'd receive inside a classroom.
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Pharmacy Technician
Healthcare & Office AdministrationThe pharmacy technician schools in Texas teach students a variety of skills including keyboarding, computer applications, pharmacy operations and procedures, basic pharmacology skills, and so much more. You will gain the skills you need to assist pharmacists and improve patient care. After graduating from the pharmacy technician program, SCI’s career services team is set up to help you get your foot in the door and launch your career in the medical field.
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Commercial Motor Vehicle Training - old delete
Transportation & MechanicsPrepare for your CDL Class A in as little as 4 weeks! Hands-on, over-the-road driving training prepares you to hit the road in a standard sleeper cab tractor with a 53’ trailer.
As a truck driver, you’ll make your own schedule—selecting your interstate and intrastate driving jobs.
Graduate our comprehensive CDL training program with the necessary skills to begin driving a truck professionally. Expert truck driving school instructors at our San Antonio North and Austin campuses provide both the hands-on training and the classroom preparation needed to properly and safely operate a truck and obtain your Class A CDL license.