Professional traits are taught which apply to any career. There will be an emphasis on diseases, their symptoms, and their preventions or treatments. Students will spend five hours each week in class with the remaining ten or more hours each week in a paid work location. Work experiences in an office setting is coordinated with related study and practice in the classroom. Basic office skills, office technology, communications, and general employability skills are stressed.
Students earn credit for their work experience and for classroom assignments.
Students enrolled in this program are expected to participate in Business Professionals of America, a co-curricular organization designed as an integral part of the instruction. To be successful in J.O.B., a student would be dependable, trustworthy, and willing to learn. Students who maintain standard grade and attendance criteria may earn an internship with a local greenhouse, nursery, or golf course. Students completing this course should be competent to begin entry level employment in landscaping, greenhouse, and nursery production and related positions within local parks and recreation facilities and state departments of natural resources. Advanced placement credits may be earned through Vincennes University.