Advanced Manufacturing
Biotech / Bioprocess Manufacturing
Do you wish to understand what Biotechnology is, and how biotechnology is used in pharmaceuticals, food, medicine and other fields? Then, you will be interested in this course. The practical aspects are covered in an effort to provide a foundation for new, functional opportunities. Introduction to Biotechnology Manufacturing, Development and Practices is designed to provide students with an introduction to the fundamental and operational aspects of the biotechnology industry.
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Business and Nonprofit
Accounting and Payroll
Bookkeeping Front Office
The Bookkeeping Front Office course offered by Ivy Tech Community College will help students obtain strong computer and bookkeeping skills to be used in an office environment. It will give them an understanding of cash flow and audit trails as well as a full comprehension of the importance of the revenue cycle and the maintenance of human resource information.
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PayTrain Fundamentals
The PayTrain Fundamentals course teaches the fundamental payroll calculations and applications providing students with the basic knowledge and skills required to maintain payroll compliance and prevent costly penalties. This course is ideal for new payroll professionals, those who support the payroll industry, and those who are preparing for FPC certification. Enrollees receive live classroom instruction, textbook, and access to interactive online games and applications to reinforce topics learned.
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PayTrain Mastery
PayTrain Mastery is a comprehensive course providing students with a solid understanding of advanced payroll topics necessary for payroll managers and supervisors. This course is ideal for experienced payroll professionals seeking compliance training, professional development, or CPP certification preparation.
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Quickbooks Fundamentals
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Communication
Making the Media Your Friend
Media coverage can have the ability to turn into a public relations nightmare for your company. Are you ready to ensure that it doesn’t? Do you know how to stay focused when interviewed to successfully relay your message? The Making the Media Your Friend course, will provide participants with tips, tricks, do's, and don’ts to effectively manage media attention and interviews.
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Human Resources
Essentials of HR Management
This is a true introductory course in human resource management, providing participants with a broad overview of the human resource functions. Key topic areas include: Introduction to HR Management, Employment Law, Staffing, Compensation, Human Resource Development, and Performance Management. This course also consists of readings, lectures, class discussions and application activities. The discussions will help students make connections between the readings and the lectures, while the application activities help them apply new concepts to their workplace.
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SHRM Global Professional Human Resources
Corporate Human Resource issues now stretch all over the world, across borders, cultures, and economies. If you are a Human Resource professional with global and multinational responsibilities, you need to keep up with the everyday changes. The SHRM Global Learning System course offers a comprehensive test-preparation system for the Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR) exam.
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SHRM Learning System
Pave your way to a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification by enrolling in the SHRM Learning System course, which corresponds with the HRCI test specifications and body of knowledge in HR management. Offered in cooperation with the Society for Human Resource Management, this class provides test-taking tips used by thousands of others who have passed the necessary exams and offers application exercises that develop specific competencies and decision-making skills.
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Management and Supervisory Institute 2.0
Business Basics
Identify the challenges that drive daily business decisions, including quality, expenses, competition, and all aspects of the workforce. Participants will also differentiate basic key business principles and critique key business concepts in order to increase their understanding of the essential business "ingredients" used every day in organizations.
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Cost Effective Meetings
Develop skills to create and manage a successful meeting environment that promotes active participation, stays focused on meeting tasks, and accomplishes set objectives. Learn skills to conduct meetings that create energy, enthusiasm, and motivation among employees.
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Employee Development
This module will emphasize the importance of a training needs analysis and a training plan for an organization. Participants will analyze the basic steps for evaluating employee performance and identify performance management and the purpose it serves.
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HR Aspects of Supervision
Participants will recognize the actions that can expose companies to liability issues regarding safety, discrimination, harassment and more. Learn interviewing techniques that encourage open-minded responses, and understand the importance of a strong orientation and training program for employees.
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Leader, Manager, or Both
Discover the definitions and differences between a leader and a manager, while assessing various leadership styles, and learning how to recognize one�s own leadership style.
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Manage and Resolve Conflict
Conflict is normal, but must be managed. Participants will examine different types of conflict, including techniques to recognize causes of conflict and identify resolution steps. Discover how each participant's behavioral style relates to conflict.
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Presentations: Skills Review
Practice the skills learned throughout the MSI 2.0 Program by delivering a presentation to a formal audience. Participants will also provide feedback to other participants in a positive, constructive manner by demonstrating coaching skills. Audience members will include Ivy Tech staff and local companies, which will give participants an opportunity to promote the MSI 2.0 program and its benefits.
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Presenting for Understanding
Participants will examine the aspects of effective, successful presentations and use these techniques to build and execute a formal presentation. Gain an increased awareness of various distractions and obstacles when presenting, and learn that the presenter is a key part of the message.
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Results-Oriented Communication
This module will explore the impact of both verbal and nonverbal communication in order to capitalize on strengths and improve upon weaknesses.
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Supervisor as Coach
Learn how to identify individual strengths and weaknesses as a coach, and be able to choose the optimal coaching style for any given situation. Identify methods to make employees accountable and motivated by coaching toward an "ownership" mentality.
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Tools of Management
Learn key techniques that will help to increase employee's productivity, evaluate successes and failures, embrace the benefits of lifelong learning, and recognize an employee's individual impact on the organization.
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Writing for Results
Analyze concise business writing, and learn how to relate these skills and techniques to professional success. Recognize grammar and writing weaknesses for personal improvement.
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Your Role Using Extended DISC
Improve communication skills and enhance professionalism by learning, understanding, and appreciating individual behavioral differences, including one's self, and their employees.
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Project Management
Introduction to IT Project Management
This course will provide IT project managers the practical tools needed to maintain daily operations while managing multiple projects. This class will provide participants an understanding of the IT project environment so that projects can be managed much more efficiently and successfully.
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Introduction to MS Project
The Introduction to Microsoft Project course is for all users of Microsoft Project who need to plan, track, and communicate effectively for any type of project. This course ties both the key project management concepts with the appropriate software functions resulting in increased productivity and effectiveness.
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Prject Management Professional (PMP) Bootcamp
If you�re currently in a project management role and you are seeking Project Management Professional certification, the PMP Certification Exam Prep Course (PMP Boot Camp) can help you prepare. This course brings students closer to reaching their goals: To pass the certification exam while being recognized for leading and directing project teams within the constraints of schedule, budget, and resources.
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Project Risk Management
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Nonprofit Leadership
Nonprofit Guide to Going Green
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Planning and Implementing a Major Gifts Campaign
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Power of Partnerships
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Starting a Nonprofit
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Strategic Planning for Nonprofits
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Computers and IT
Autodesk
AutoCAD Professional I
If you're an architect, engineer, or design professional who is new to AutoCad or AutoCAD LT, enroll in the Level 1 AutoCAD Professional course, which teaches participants to create 2D drawings using the program's drawing and editing tools. Learn to organize objects, add text and basic dimensions, and prepare to print and plot, while gaining a basic understanding of layers, colors, and line types.
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AutoCAD Professional II
After you have completed the first AutoCAD Professional course, enroll in the second of the series to increase your productivity when using the program. This version of AutoCAD Professional helps you customize many facets of the AutoCAD environment to help you work faster and smarter. Students will master several concepts and tools of the AutoCAD program, including drafting settings, advanced object types, managing layers, dimension styles, working with multiple drawings, tool pallets, and more.
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Autodesk Inventor Advanced
Autodesk Inventor users and 2D drafters can enroll in this Autodesk Inventor Advanced course to gain a thorough understanding of 3D Mechanical Computer-aided Design (MCAD) techniques. Building on the content provided in the Autodesk Inventor Essentials course, this secondary course helps students master complex part and assembly modeling techniques, complete surface modeling, sheet metal design, and more.
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Autodesk Inventor Essentials
If you're looking to understand the basics of Mechanical Computer-Aided Design (MCAD), you can learn how to navigate the gesture-based user interface of Autodesk Inventor in this course. New Autodesk Inventor users and 2D drafters can become familiar with basic sketching, part modeling, and assembly modeling techniques. After completion of the course, participants will leave with a thorough understanding of 3D design, validation, and documentation.
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Comptia
A+ Certification Prep
The CompTIA A+ certification consists of one foundational exam and one practical application exam. In this program, students will master the troubleshooting of hardware, operating systems and networks as well as the implementation of security procedures and protocols. These are the skills expected of an entry-level IT technician who will have a high-level of interaction with clients. Students will master the installation and troubleshooting of common components such as CPUs, memory, disks, power supplies and expansion cards as well as gain valuable practical knowledge of security concepts, customer service and business processes.
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Microsoft
MOS: Microsoft Office Specialist Access
MOS certification is the globally recognized standard for validating expertise with the Microsoft Office system of business productivity applications; Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook. During this course the user will learn to create databases, create and modify tables, create fields and modify field properties, and learn to work with forms and reports.
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MOS: Microsoft Office Specialist Excel
MOS certification is the globally recognized standard for validating expertise with the Microsoft Office system of business productivity applications; Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook. During this course the user will learn to create spreadsheets, work with formulas, audit equations and analyze errors, analyze data with filters and sorting, and create and format graphs.
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MOS: Microsoft Office Specialist Outlook
MOS certification is the globally recognized standard for validating expertise with the Microsoft Office system of business productivity applications; Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook. During this course the user will learn to use email, create contacts, work with attachments, schedule meetings and appointments, and analyze data in Excel and Access.
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MOS: Microsoft Office Specialist PowerPoint
MOS certification is the globally recognized standard for validating expertise with the Microsoft Office system of business productivity applications; Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook. During this course the user will learn to create a slideshow, use animations and effects, use graphics and sound, prepare for live presentations and kiosk demonstrations.
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MOS: Microsoft Office Specialist Word
MOS certification is the globally recognized standard for validating expertise with the Microsoft Office system of business productivity applications; Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook. During this course the user will learn to format fonts and paragraphs, use text boxes and graphics, use tables for online forms and web pages, automate mail merges, and share documents with a workgroup.
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Construction and Engineering
Certified Apartment Maintenance Technician (CAMT)
Maintenance expenses are the single largest controllable element in any operating budget. This course is designed as an introduction for new maintenance professionals or as a refresher for the veteran employee to give these professionals the knowledge and tools necessary to run an effective maintenance program.
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HVAC Fundamentals
This course is designed to be a preparatory offering for individuals with little or no experience in the HVAC industry. The class is divided evenly between classroom instruction and hands-on lab experience. The classroom instruction focuses on basic electricity and troubleshooting for air conditioners, heat pumps and furnaces.
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LEED Green Associate
In this course, participants will learn about Green Building Fundamentals and prepare for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Associate Certification Exam. The class is geared toward understanding the core concepts of LEED and preparing you for the exam. Participants will receive an overview of the LEED Rating System and examine the core concepts of green building as they relate to each of the rating systems.
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Healthcare and Life Sciences
Dementia Series
Directing an Alzheimer / Dementia Care Unit
Work toward your Dementia Professional Certification (DPC). Part of the Dementia Care Series designed to give nursing home staff dementia-specific training, this class reviews the Alzheimer�s disease, administrative practices, staff education, regulations, and more. This training is designed specifically for the unit manager, staff educator, and administrator.
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Effective Communication
Utilizing interactive training, this course provides the learner with information on verbal, non-verbal, and written communication techniques for persons with dementia, resident's families, and co-workers. Special consideration of cultural influences, hearing and visual impairments, and documentation will be addressed.
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Fundamentals of Dementia Care
The Fundamentals of Dementia Care program has been designed to help all staff, but especially personal care staff, understand the basics of dementia care. Topics include an overview of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, implementing person centered care, communication strategies, understanding challenging behaviors, improving activities of daily living, and helping families.
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Managing Activites
This course addresses the use of activities throughout the day that are individualized for those with dementia. Tips, techniques, and examples will be used to provide a meaningful exploration of the possibilities that activities provide in allowing residents to lead the fullest life possible. Individual and group activities as well as environmental design that facilitate activities will be emphasized.
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Physical Health and Safety
This course explores classifications of medications and how to understand and identify adverse reactions. Nutrition and hydration are addressed as well as goal setting and identifying strategies for care giving when changes in eating behaviors occur. Effective care planning to include preventative measures for falls and wounds will be addressed.
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Problem Solving and Managing Behaviors
The challenges of behaviors of agitation, both aggressive and non-aggressive, are explained. Potential solutions and techniques are presented, with specific emphasis on topics such as combativeness, incontinence, sexuality, and wandering. Culturally sensitive approaches and working with the family are also examined.
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Strategies for Creating Better Care Environments
The potential of the physical environment, both internal and external, plays an active role in shaping and supporting independence, stimulation, and quality of life for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. This topic will be explored and special emphasis will be placed on principles behind design and importance of utilizing the environment as a therapeutic tool.
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Understanding Dementia
This course is designed for health care professionals that are either new to the health care industry or who are unfamiliar with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Understanding Dementia begins with an overview of dementia and the specific diseases and conditions that may cause dementia. The diagnostic process, dual diagnosis, and progress of Alzheimer's disease will be covered. Medications and non-pharmacological forms of treatment will also be addressed.
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Patient Access Fundamentals
This course helps to prepare students pursuing their Certified Healthcare Access Associate certification. Designed in collaboration with regional hospitals and healthcare organizations; topics include healthcare administration, patient enrollment and registration, revenue cycle and hospital billing, medical insurance, healthcare customer service, and more.
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RN Refresher
RN Refresher Lab
The lab covers seventeen areas of instruction including: how to take temperature, blood pressure, suctioning, physical assessments, and mixing insulin in one syringe. The topics are presented in a step-by-step approach with clear examples that makes learning easy and improves your understanding of the basics. The course lets you apply your learning using many drills and exercises.
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RN Refresher Online Course
This course provides comprehensive review of Medical Surgical Nursing, pharmacology, dosage calculations, clinical nursing skills & techniques and clinical practicum in pre-selected hospitals. This course provides an opportunity for former RN's to review, learn, and practice in a non-threatening environment enabling the student to progress towards contemporary nursing practice. Participants will experience student guided learning activities via the internet using a virtual classroom on Blackboard. The instructor will give feedback regarding assignments through the Assignment feature on Blackboard.
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RN Refresher Onsite Course
The RN Refresher course provides a comprehensive review of Medical Surgical Nursing, pharmacology, dosage calculations, clinical nursing skills & techniques and clinical practicum in pre-selected hospitals. This course provides an opportunity for former RN's to review, learn, and practice in a non-threatening environment enabling the student to progress towards contemporary nursing practice.
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Personal Enrichment
Community Leadership Certificate
Appreciate Inquiry
Students will look at a new way of using the power of positive questioning as an engagement tool and as a way to create energy for communities to move forward. Appreciate Inquiry has been used in the organizational development world for many years and students will learn how it can be easily adapted for their communities.
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Asset Based Community Development
This course focuses on aspects of how to organize people in communities including effective use of existing community assets in neighborhoods. Through a series of exercises that build community, participants learn how to reach out to neighbors, bring them together to address problems, work toward shared goals, and build strong and organized communities.
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Collaboration
You know that when people work together they are more likely to achieve their goals than when they try to go it alone. But do you know the major factors that contribute to the success of collaboration and how to initiate or improve an existing collaboration? In this course, participants will learn what a collaboration is and is not, how to create or improve a collaboration, and why it is so important that people work together.
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Interest Based Negotiation
Interest based negotiation is an approach to developing agreement that focuses on mutual interests and options. This course provides a foundation in something we do from birth…engage others in acquiring our needs. The skills identified and practiced in this workshop will assist community leaders in having additional tools at their disposal in deliberations within and outside their communities. This course is also designed to provide community leaders with skills in negotiating with those seeking to position themselves as partners in community ventures.
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Managing Conflict and Group Dynamics
Managing Conflict and Group Dynamics is an interactive workshop that gives leaders proven abilities to prevent or curtail conflict within groups. By understanding the inner workings of groups, how to accelerate group development and how to gain consensus when making proposals to groups, leaders will find it less stressful to facilitate outcomes and are better prepared to lead their group to success.
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Marketing Your Neighborhood
Promotion of events and initiatives is critical when trying to engage residents and the community at-large. This course is dedicated to helping participants develop ideas and strategies to promote their neighborhood or their neighborhood group. During this course, participants will discuss ideas and suggestions to assist them in locating the “hidden talent” in their communities.
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Neighborhood Inclusiveness
In this course participants will learn strategies that can be used to map the diversity in their community and how to create an environment of neighborhood inclusiveness. Information on the changing demographics in Marion County and the impact these changes are having in the life of neighborhoods will be discussed.
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Race, Social Class, and Power
This course is designed for community leaders who are seeking to broaden their understanding of how the three areas of race, social class, and power influence and impact their daily lives and the lives of others within and outside their immediate communities. The emphasis is on personal development, realizing that there are external influences that play a role in all human development.
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Resident Leadership Facilitation
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Results Based Accountability
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Driver Awareness
Alive at 25
It takes years behind the wheel to develop the experience and know-how to deal with unexpected road hazards and careless drivers. It also takes years to learn how not to be a careless driver yourself. Ivy Tech's Alive at 25 course gives young drivers a head start on familiarizing themselves with the safe way to hit the road. Drivers aged 16 to 24 will learn to take control of situations they may encounter on the street, as well as understanding the importance of taking responsibility for their own driving behaviors.
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Defensive Driving
DDC-4 (Defensive Driving) is a fast-paced driver improvement program that also makes an ideal refresher course. In just half a day, DDC-4 offers practical strategies to reduce collision-related injuries, fatalities, and costs. It addresses the importance of attitude in preventing collisions, and reinforces the good driving skills students already have.
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Personal Finance
Retirement Planning Today
Retirement can be tricky. It takes strategic planning to find ways to use your money wisely and to live well after you retire. Targeted to adults age 50 to 70 years old, Ivy Tech's Retirement Planning Today course takes into account today's changing economic world and helps attendees learn the best ways to get the most from their retirement years.
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Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics
Logistics
Certified Logistics Associate (CLA)
Logistics workers must also be competent in the critical work activities common across all facilities within the supply chain: safety, quality control, communications, teamwork, good workplace conduct and familiarity with the key computer systems that underpin supply chain operations. In 2008, logistics industry subject matter experts identified skills standards for two levels of certification. The first is the Certified Logistics Associate (CLA), based upon the individual�s command of the foundational knowledge and skills.
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Certified Logistics Technician (CLT)
Logistics workers must also be competent in the critical work activities common across all facilities within the supply chain: safety, quality control, communications, teamwork, good workplace conduct and familiarity with the key computer systems that underpin supply chain operations. In 2008, logistics industry subject matter experts identified skills standards for two levels of certification. The second tier is the mid-level Certified Logistics Technician (CLT), based upon the individual's command of the more detailed knowledge and skills described of the topics listed below.
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