Job Corps

Give Us a Year; We'll Give You a Lifetime

Job Corps is the nation’s oldest and most successful job training program for young adults ages 16 through 24. In fact, Job Corps spent the past year celebrating 40 years of success. With vocational education, high school equivalency programs, social skills training and special arrangements for single parents, the Quentin Burdick Job Corps Center serves 250 student employees on an ongoing basis. Students enroll in Job Corps at any time during the year and it’s FREE to those who qualify.

At Quentin Burdick Job Corps Center student employees join other young adults from North Dakota to learn marketable job skills. During training, student employees received a modest living allowance, room and board and basic medical and dental care. After graduation, Job Corps staff will help student employees find a job in their chosen field. So start on the path to your career today. GIVE US A YEAR; WE’LL GIVE YOU A LIFETIME!!!

Vocational Training
Carpentry (UBCJA)
Culinary Arts/Food Service
Auto Mechanics
Facilities Maintenance
Welding
Health Occupations Training
Retail Sales/Auto Parts
Medical Office Support
Business Technologies/Office Assistant
Computer Repair
Advanced Career Training at Minot State University
Academic Training
Students who attend Job Corps can obtain their GED and/or High School Diploma. In addition, courses in preparing resumes and sharpening interviewing skills are offered as well as social skills training and independent living skills. All of the training is aimed at making students employable and promotable.

Single Parent Program
Burdick Job Corps is one of only a handful of Centers nationwide to offer a single parent program. A dorm designed specifically for single parents and their children is right on campus. It allows parents to receive their education while their children are cared for in the Center’s Child Development Center, also located right on campus.

For More Information
For more information contact the Outreach and Admissions Office at Burdick Job Corps Center in Minot, ND at 701-857-9600 or visit their website at http://quentinnburdick.jobcorps.gov/index.htm.