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As an educator in the Amazon Career Choice partner network, we deliver on Amazon’s commitment to provide employees with best-in- class support on their path to career success at Amazon or elsewhere.
Together, we are committed to providing excellent education, job placement resources and a diverse and supportive student experience.
Blue Ridge CTC aligns program offerings to internal roles and career pathways, offering opportunities for employees to pursue their career. Eligible employees have the opportunity to advance their education and career with Amazon Career Choice and Blue Ridge CTC.
Amazon’s Career Choice program is an education benefit that empowers Amazon employees to learn new skills for career success at Amazon or elsewhere.
Amazon provides a variety of education and upskilling opportunities including pre-paid college tuition, industry certifications designed to lead to in-demand jobs, and foundational skills such as English language, high school diplomas, and GEDs.
Associates working at sites in the Washington DC Metro area and Maryland are eligible.
Sterile Processing Technician Program
Sterile Processing Technicians perform and participate in decontamination, cleaning, assembling, packaging, scanning, sterilization, storage, and distribution of reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment. Sterile Processing Technicians usually work in hospitals, day surgery clinics and other health care settings. These technicians play a crucial role in healthcare settings by ensuring that medical instruments and equipment are properly sterilized and safe for patient use. These individuals work diligently behind the scenes to maintain the highest standards of infection control and patient safety. Sterile processing technicians are responsible for preparing and assembling medical and surgical supplies, instrumentation, and equipment maintaining the sterile processing areas, and receiving and distributing surgical supplies and equipment.
The Sterile Processing Technician Program is a total of 80-hours.
Program begins January 28, 2027 and ends April 15, 2027.
For more information on the Sterile Processing Technician program, click here.
EKG technicians are in demand! EKG technicians work in physician’s offices, hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities and organizations. EKG technicians also work for insurance companies to provide data for health and life insurance policies. Similar to other growing healthcare professions, the demand for EKG technicians is expected to continue to grow substantially.
This program covers topics and processes critical to conducting and interpreting electrocardiograms (EKGs). To begin, learners will review the anatomy and physiology of the heart. From there, learners will go on to explore the technology used such as the EKG machine. Next, participants will learn how to interpret a rhythm strip. And finally, learners will discover the details of a myocardial infarction. Successful completion of this program will help prepare learners to perform the role of EKG technician.
Program begins March 2, 2027 and ends April 27, 2027.
For more information on the EKG Tech program, click here.
The need for Pharmacy Technicians continues to grow with demand expected to increase substantially through 2025. Technicians work under the supervision of a registered pharmacist in hospitals, home infusion pharmacies, community pharmacies and other healthcare settings. This high demand for pharmacy technicians is the result of a multitude of factors including the constant availability of new drugs, the national shortage of registered pharmacists, the establishment of certified pharmacy technicians, and the aging population. Approximately 400,000 technicians will be employed by the year 2025 to meet our nation’s growing healthcare demands.
This comprehensive course will prepare learners to enter the pharmacy field and take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam. Content includes pharmacy medical terminology, reading and interpreting prescriptions and defining generic and brand names drugs and much, much more. This program will prepare students to enter the pharmacy field and to pursue certification including the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam.
Program begins March 2, 2027 and ends April 27, 2027.
For more information on the Pharmacy Technician program, click here.
The EMT certification program allows students to learn and demonstrate real-time skills to perform as a part of a comprehensive EMS response under medical oversight. With the EMT certification program, students prepare to potentially sit for the national certification exam.
Program is not available at this time.
For more information on the EMT program, click here.
