The district's trade schools

Students at a handful of district schools can obtain a license or certification in a field or trade after completing 1,080 hours of instruction and an end-of-program assessment. The schools are: _ Barbering: Dobbins

_ Cosmetology: Edison, Dobbins

_ Construction (plumbing, welding, carpentry, architectural drafting, electrical installation):

Bok, Edison, Fitzsimons, Frankford, Mastbaum, Olney, Overbrook, Randolph, Rhodes, Swenson

_ Automotive technology:

Edison, Mastbaum, King, Randolph, Swenson, West Philly

_ Child-care management:

Edison, Rhodes

_ Information technology (computer-system technology, Web and multimedia design, computer networking and computer-systems administration):

Schools: Bok, Dobbins, Edison, Northeast, Roxborough, South Philly, Swenson

_ Firefighter/EMT : Randolph

_ Health (nursing assistant, CPR, first aid): Bok, Mastbaum, Randolph

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