Andrew Burke, interim campus director at Do a Ana Community College, says it has the only program in the state to train operators of water and wastewater systems. Placement rate for students is over 80 percent. It is able to place most students into fields like construction, automotive, mine-mill technology and medical personnel. University of New Mexico Continuing Education offers certificate programs in computer literacy, travel, business and management, real estate and violence and substance abuse service. Some of the growing areas, according to manager of communications Kim Jarigese, are project management, paralegal and graphics design.
Certificate programs are available in the human resources field.
Albuquerque TVI offers courses in preparation for nearly every kind of work. Included are a electronics program, a new two-year computer networking degree where students build a network from the ground up, an engineering technology program, architectural engineering and drafting and business computer programming. One of its most popular courses is the two-year manufacturing technology program developed in conjunction with Intel. Program costs vary as widely as the types of courses. A number of co-op, work force training and internship programs are fully or partially paid for by school or governmental funding or by employers.