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Realistic Career Options

Realistic Type

Realistic Types are people who may have athletic ability, prefer to work with objects, machines, tools, plants or animals, or like to be outdoors. Careers are hands-on, like mechanics, technicians, welders, and more.

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Career Possibilities for Realistic Types

* Wage data is from Minnesota DEED and Placement rate from self-reported data of employment in field of study up to one year post graduation.

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Career

Biology Transfer Pathway

After graduation, students from SCTCC will have the required skills they need for a bachelor’s program. Whether you want to go into the health field or zoology, we will prepare you for your future education and career.

Biology Transfer Pathway
AS
Placement
100%
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Career

Cardiovascular Technology

Graduates of the Cardiovascular Technology program utilize their degree to help cardiologists in performing diagnostic and interventional procedures related to stent placements, pacemaker implants, and other heart or blood vessel conditions.

Cardiovascular Technology
AAS
Minnesota Median Wage
$40/hr
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Career

Culinary Arts

Students learn every aspect of the culinary world they need for a successful career at SCTCC. We teach our students safety and sanitation procedures, the formulation of stocks, sauces, soups, starches, breakfast, baking, and even the fabrication of steaks, poultry, and seafood.

Culinary Arts
AAS Diploma
Minnesota Median Wage
$28/hr
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Career

Engineering Broad Field

The field of engineering is an essential line of work that is growing every day. SCTCC’s Engineering Broad Field program equips students with problem solving skills that are necessary in the field. Our program also teaches students the technical skills to evaluate many types of data and situations.

Accounting
AAS Diploma Diploma
Transfer
Minnstate, UofM
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Career

Welding

Students in the SCTCC welding program learn a variety of techniques, including Shielded Metal Arc Welding, Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Brazing, Gas Metal Arc Welding, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, fuel gas, and plasma cutting.

Welding/Fabrication
Diploma
Minnesota Median Wage
$28/hr
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Career

CADD Operator (Mechanical Design)

A Computer-Aided Mechanical Design degree from SCTCC prepares graduates for a career of creating designs and graphics for products and machines. Mechanical designers help engineers with the design and development of new products and tools and updating present equipment.

Mechanical Design Engineering Technology
AAS Diploma
Minnesota Median Wage
$35/hr

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