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Job Corps Academic Program

Photo of L'Vester Harper JCCC Graduate
L’Vester Harper enrolled in Jacobs Creek Job Corps to earn his high school diploma. Harper went on to earn a BA in Behavior Analysis at Savannah State University. He is currently working on his master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis at George State University. Courtesy photo by L’Vester Harper. 

At the Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (CCC), students enter with varying levels of academic abilities and can progress at their own pace and earn:

  • High school diploma or GED
  • Career technical training
  • Social and career success skills
  • Driver's education
  • Math and reading tutoring
  • Personal career development plan
  • Employment skills
  • Advanced training
  • Post-secondary education-Community College partnerships

 

 

 

 

Education Opportunities Unique to the CCCs

Realty Management

Photo of Southwest Community College LBJ Job Corps graduate Dajeanai Pennamon
Dajeanai Pennamon completed the Special Uses Administration two-year degree program and completed her internship in Wrangell, Alaska where she inspected cabins and land use issues along the Pacific coastline of the Tongass National Forest. USDA Forest Service photo by Dave Rak.

Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Job Corps Center, Southwestern Community College (SCC), and Forest Service Lands and Realty Management offer a training program that prepares students for career entry-level Special Uses Administration positions.  

  • Students complete a Special Uses Administration and Office Administration two-year degree program.
  • Graduates complete an internship on a Forest Service unit.
  • Upon completion, graduates can compete for Special Uses Administration positions or placed in jobs using the Direct Hiring Authority (DHA).

Historic Preservation

Photo of Flatwoods Job Corps Center (Coeburn, VA), partners with Bucks County Community College and the HistoriCorps Institute
Flatwoods Job Corps Center partners with Bucks County Community College and the HistoriCorps Institute to offer a Historic Preservation Training certificate. Courtesy photo by HistoriCorps Institute.

Flatwoods Job Corps Center (Coeburn, VA), partners with Bucks County Community College and HistoriCorps Institute provide students the opportunity to earn a Historic Preservation Training Certificate.

  • Students earn certification in a construction trade.
  • Students earn college credits and complete a historic preservation project field session.
  • The combined activities of construction trade training, community college course work, and real world provide students with additional skills and credentials that could put them on a path to a career in historic preservation.

Wilderness Certification

Photo of Trapper Creek Job Corps student Chris Dickenson using hand tools to peel logs
Trapper Creek Job Corps student Chris Dickenson uses traditional hand tools to peel logs for stringers to construct a 35-foot bridge above Trout Creek on the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. USDA Forest Service photo by Adam Washebek.

The Forest Service Job Corps partners with the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center to provide students the opportunity to earn a Wilderness Discovery Certificate Program.

  • Students complete a multi-phase curriculum that prepares them for work protecting wild places and managing recreation in wilderness.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/working-with-us/job-corps/education