New Program Meets Rising Community Need For Dental Assistant Jobs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (October 4, 2009) - Dental assistants are expected to be among the fastest growing occupations through 2016, according to projections by the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics*. Everest College is helping meet the growing need for dental assistants through its recently launched Dental Assisting Diploma program at its Colorado Springs Campus.
The eight-month dental assisting program centers on hands-on training in the areas of dental office emergencies, dental radiography, dental specialties, operatory dentistry, laboratory procedures, dental anatomy and orthodontics. The course, which emphasizes instruction and practical applications of dental technology, also includes a dental assisting externship.
"It's important to prepare our graduates for the careers that are most in demand," says Dr. Jim Hadley, Colorado Springs campus president. "And dental assistants are one of those careers that can really benefit a community and answer a need that exists within the job market."
Everest's Career Services team is dedicated to placing students upon graduation. Everest is owned by Corinthian Colleges, Inc., which had a job placement rate of 78.1 percent in 2008 among its North American campuses. In that year, approximately 30,885 students entered the workforce with degrees or diplomas in essential industries.
* US Department of Labor Bureau of Statistics, 2006. Your local market data likely differs from these statistics.
About Everest
Everest College - Colorado Springs campus, located at 1815 Jet Wing Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80916, provides career-oriented diploma and degree programs in accounting, administrative assistant, business, business accounting, computer information science, criminal justice, legal assistant/paralegal, massage therapy, dental assisting, medical administrative assistant, medical assisting, medical insurance billing and coding. This info is by campus and can be found on our Everest web site. Everest has three Colorado campuses located in Colorado Springs, Aurora, and Thornton as well as 100 schools in the U.S. and Canada. Everest Colleges and Institutes are owned by Corinthian Colleges, Inc., one of the largest post-secondary education companies in North America. For more information, visit www.everest.edu.
