Training Opportunities

Certificates

Select a program below for more information.

*Please note that we list the full price of the course only for those paying out-of-pocket, if you qualify for the FREE tuition then the cost will be covered by the Workforce Training Academy program along with any books and supplies needed for the course.

Business

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.

dog grooming

dog grooming class

Class Schedule for Spring 2025

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

Info sessions required before enrolling:

Class CRN Start Date End Date Days Start Time End Time Location
Dog Grooming (cohort 1) 26264 1/7/2025 4/8/2025 TR 9:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Southridge 6
Dog Grooming (cohort 2) 26265 2/26/2025 5/8/2025 MW 8:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Southridge 6

Prerequisites

Information session, scheduled prior to enrollment

Possible Job Titles

Dog Groomer​, Pet Groomer, Bather/Groomer, Pet Stylist​​, Pet Grooming Salon Manager

How to Apply

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.

Bank of computers in an IT area.

Prerequisites

You must be able to pass assessments pertaining to Basic Computer Skills and Windows​

Possible Job Titles

​Help Desk Technician, Technical Support Specialist, IT Support Specialist, Desktop Support Analyst. Average starting wage in Iowa: $15.40/hour * Source: ONET 2020​

How to apply

Health Care

​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​.

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

Spring Deadline date for Funding Qualification:  December 31

54 hours
Offered: Spring
Cost: $950*

​​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

How to Apply

Spring Deadline date for Funding Qualification:  January 13

40.10 hours
Offered: Fall; Spring; Summer
Cost: $750*

​The purpose of this Online Certificate program is to provide education for individuals who may be new or currently working in the DSP Industry. 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, background to help them as they begin their career in human services. Upon successful completion each student will earn a certificate.​

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

​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

​Must be able to type 40WPM and pass a digital literacy exam 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 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.​

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.

Prerequisites

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

Possible Job Titles

Phlebotomist, Mobile Phlebotomist, Phlebotomy Technician​

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 ​​

How to Apply

Skilled Trades

144 Contact Hours
Offered: Fall 2024
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.

Person with hard hat next to a controller panel

Possible Job Titles

Maintenance Technician, Industrial Maintenance Technician

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

Fall 2024 schedule
November 18, 2024-April 10th, 2025
Monday/Thursday 4:00-8:00pm
Ames Hunziker Center

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.​

 

​Class ​CRN ​Start Date ​End Date ​Days ​Start Time ​End Time ​Location
​Welding Health & Safety   MTWRF 5 p.m. 9 p.m. Southridge 8
Blueprint Reading       MTWRF 5 p.m. ​9 p.m. Southridge 7
​Welding Inspection   ​MTWRF ​5 p.m. ​9 p.m. ​Southridge 8
​MIG     ​MTWRF ​5 p.m. ​9 p.m. ​Southridge 8
​MIG II       ​MWRF ​5 p.m. ​9 p.m. ​Southridge 8
​​

Possible Job Titles

​MIG Welder, Welder, Welder/Fabricator​

How to Apply

Transportation

Deadline dates for Funding Qualification are rolling enrollments

160 hours
Offered: Fall; Spring; Summer
Cost: $4,900*

​The DMACC Transportation Institute Commercial Vehicle Operator Training course is comprised of two separate courses; an online theory course and a behind the wheel driving course. The total program is 160 hours and meets the FMCSA standards and regulations for Entry-Level Driver Training.​

Online Theory Course: This online course meets FMCSA ELDT standards and requirements and is a prerequisite to the Behind the Wheel driving course. This theory course is 100% online and takes a minimum of 15 hours and a maximum of 30 days to complete. You must complete the online theory course before you can start the Behind the Wheel course.​

Behind the Wheel Course:​​ This is a 3 week course where students will be trained primarily on automatic trucks and master the skills maneuvers on our concourse as well as the road driving. DMACC is an authorized Iowa DOT 3rd Party testing provider, so upon successful completion of the course, our students will be tested “in house” and able to obtain their CDL quickly.​ ​​

Possible Job Titles: ​

Driver, Route Driver, Driver Associate​

How to Apply

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