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• Applicants must complete a Computer Skills Assessment prior to beginning online coursework. These assessments are administered by staff from a private agency trained in technical testing and evaluation. The staff will verify each applicant’s technical competencies necessary to succeed in an online delivery format. If the applicant requires additional training, the agency will provide individualized training to the applicant at no additional cost. All assessments and subsequent training are conducted on site at DEC and are scheduled through the Admissions or Education Department.
Note: For Medical Assistant and Medical Billing and Coding students, all on-ground instruction (including on-ground portions of hybrid courses) will take place weekday evenings and Saturday mornings and afternoons.
DEC would like to advise all applicants to its Medical Assistant and Medical Billing and Coding Programs that any student who enters this program with a criminal history must be aware that he or she will face challenges in securing employment in the healthcare industry. All applicants must give serious consideration to enrollment in the Medical Assistant and Medical Billing and Coding Programs if they have a criminal history.
• Additionally, Medical Assistant students enrolling at DEC must have a completed health clearance from a licensed physician.
The financial responsibility for this physical rests on the student and/or his or her family. DEC has chosen this method of obtaining health clearance to keep the educational costs as reasonable as possible. Students currently enrolled in the Medical Assistant Program must obtain health clearance and provide a completed physical form to the school. Complete physical must be performed by a licensed physician. Any student not complying with this policy will be removed from the classroom until the appropriate documentation can be obtained.
The complete physical must include a:
1. Screening for tuberculosis by PPD or Mantoux only. (Tine Test not acceptable)
2. Chest x-ray if results of PPD are positive.
CREATIVE PROGRAMS:
The requirements for George A. Romero’s Filmmaking Program and Tom Savini’s Special Make­Up Effects Program are the same as for all other DEC programs, with the exception of the following:
 Applicants must sign the “Student Acknowledgement for Online Education” outlining the technical requirements necessary to enroll in online or hybrid courses. Applicants acknowledge that they have the technical ability to navigate in the online classroom, and have a computer meeting the requirements as outlined in the acknowledgement. This acknowledgement is outlined under Technology Requirements.
 Applicants must complete the assessment “Are You Ready for Online Education?”
 Students must complete a Computer Skills Assessment prior to beginning online coursework. These assessments are
administered by staff from a private agency trained in technical testing and evaluation. The staff will verify each student’s technical competencies necessary to succeed in an online delivery format. If the student requires additional training, the agency will provide individualized training to the student at no additional cost. All assessments and subsequent training are conducted on site at DEC and are scheduled through the Admissions or Education Department.
MASSAGE THERAPY PROGRAM:
 Applicants must sign the “Student Acknowledgement of DEC Massage Therapy Licensure Pass Rates” outlining the annual passing rate of DEC’s graduates on the approved examination of licensure for the past two (2) calendar years for which data is available.
DEC would like to advise all applicants to its Massage Therapy Program that any student who enters this program with a criminal history must be aware that he or she will face challenges in securing employment in the healthcare industry. All applicants must give serious consideration to enrollment in the Massage Therapy program if they have a criminal history.
SKILLED TRADES PROGRAMS:
The requirements for the Heavy Equipment and CDL with Safety and Natural Gas, Heavy Equipment and CDL with Safety, and Commercial Driver’s License Programs are the same as for all other DEC programs, with the exception of the following:
For applicants residing in Pennsylvania:
1. Applicants must possess a valid driver’s license.
2. Applicants must pass a Department of Transportation medical examination for a CDL.
3. Applicants must be able to pass drug testing as part of the Department of Transportation drug testing requirement.
Program costs for each skilled trade program include one (1) drug screening, after which the cost of any additional
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