Career Education provides programs to meet the short-term training needs and long-term vocational, technical, and occupational needs of the residents of Southeast Alaska. These programs provide specific job-related skills for employment, lifelong learning opportunities, and professional advancement that enable graduates to function effectively in a technology-dependent society. Career Education includes programs in diesel, mine mechanic, marine oiler, construction, drafting/AutoCAD, building science, welding, applied fisheries, health information management, medical assisting, health sciences, marine transportation, pre-nursing qualifications, and pre-radiologic technology qualifications. Certificates and Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees are offered in certain fields.

Career Education programs and courses provide students with employment skills for entry into the job market, industry-specific skill upgrade or retraining, occupational endorsements, and preparation for license examinations.

Courses are delivered using a variety of teaching methods, including e-Learning technologies through audio, video, Internet and printed materials. Vocational-technical laboratories provide students with state-of-the-art equipment comparable to what would be encountered in industry. To accommodate training needs of business and industry, some courses are compressed from meeting a few hours per week for a semester into day-long classes that may meet for more than a week. This arrangement allows students to complete course offerings in an abbreviated time period that may be more easily accommodated in a non-traditional student schedule.

Career Education also includes the UAS Center for Mine Training (CMT). The mission of the UAS/CMT is to provide world-class workforce training in occupational fields leading to employment in the mining industry, with special emphasis on expanding an Alaskan workforce for underground hard rock mining. The Center provides varied educational activities including for-credit and non-credit programs, such as Mine Safety Training, Orientation Courses, Workforce Credentials, Occupational Endorsements, Certificates, and Associate-level degrees for those seeking a career in the mining industry. Learn more at uas.alaska.edu/career_ed/mining/index.html.

The UAS Maritime Training Center in Ketchikan provides training for above and below deck maritime jobs. The Maritime Training Center provides for-credit and non-credit classes that lead to U.S. Coast Guard credentials. Occupational Endorsements and Associate-level degrees in marine transportation are available. Learn more at uas.alaska.edu/career_ed/index.html.

Occupational Endorsements

Alaskan Aquaculture

• Alaskan Aquaculture (D, S)

Alaskan Mariculture

• Alaskan Mariculture (D, S)

Behavioral Health Assistant

• Behavioral Health Assistant (J, K, S)

Certified Nurse Aide Training

• Certified Nurse Aide Training (J, K, S)

Computer Aided Drafting Technician

• Computer Aided Drafting Technician (J)

Fisheries Management

• Fisheries Management (D, S)

Health Information Management

• Healthcare Information Technology (D, S)

Law Enforcement

• Law Enforcement (S)

Marine Transportation

• Marine Transportation (J, K)
• Maritime & Multi Skilled Worker (K)

Power Technology

• Diesel/Heavy Duty Emphasis (J)
• Diesel/Marine Emphasis (J)
• Mine Mechanic Emphasis (J)
• Fixed Plant Mechanics (J)

Residential/Light Construction

• Construction Technology (J, S)
• Exterior Finishes (J)
• Framing (J)
• Interior Finishes (J)

Scientific Diving

• Scientific Diving (S)

Welding

• General Welding (J, K, S)

Certificates

• Applied Fisheries (D, S)
• Drafting Technology (J)
• Healthcare Privacy and Security (D, S)
• Health Information Management Coding Specialist (D, S)
• Medical Assisting (D, S)
• Pre-Nursing Qualifications (D, J, K, S)
• Pre-Radiologic Technology Qualifications (D, J, K, S)

Associate of Applied Science

• Applied Fisheries (D, S)
• Construction Technology (J)
• Health Information Management (D, S)
• Health Sciences (D, J, K, S)
• Marine Transportation (K) 
• Power Technology with an emphasis in Diesel, Fixed Plant Mechanic or Mine Mechanic  (J)

Dean/Juneau Programs
Cory Ortiz

Director, Ketchikan Campus
Priscilla Schulte

Director, Sitka Campus
Paul Kraft 

Faculty

Terissia Bell
Health Information Management Program Director
Associate Professor
Sitka

Christopher Boss
Term Assistant Professor of Marine Transportation
Ketchikan

Angela Bowers
Term Assistant Professor of Fisheries Technology
Sitka

Michele Cornwall
Term Assistant Professor of Health Sciences
Ketchikan

Rebecka DeRoos
Assistant Professor of Health Information Management
Sitka

Tom Dolan
Power Technology Program Head
Term Assistant Professor
Juneau

Justin Fantasia
Term Assistant Professor of Construction Technology
Juneau

Luke Gibes
Term Assistant Professor of Welding
Sitka

Robin Gilcrist
Construction Technology Program Head
Professor of Construction Technology
Juneau

Dan Kistner
Assistant Professor of Welding
Ketchikan

Mike LaBarge
Assistant Professor of Maritime Studies
Ketchikan

Marilyn Lumba
Term Assistant Professor of CNA
Juneau

Joel A. Markis
Fisheries Technology Program Director
Associate Professor
Sitka 

Neil Nickerson
Term Assistant Professor of Marine Transportation
Ketchikan

Sarah Niecko
Term Assistant Professor of Behavior Health and Health Sciences
Juneau

Larry O'Loane
Term Assistant Professor of Power Technology
Ketchikan

Grace Roller
Term Assistant Professor of Health Sciences
Sitka

Amy K. Samuel
Medical Assisting Program Director
Associate Professor of Medical Assisting
Sitka

Neil Voelckers
Term Assistant Professor of Power Technology
Juneau

Lauren Wild 
Term Assistant Professor of Fisheries Technology
Sitka

Steffen Frazier 
Term Assistant Professor of Power Technology
Juneau