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This course begins with a review of medical terms and provides an overview of ICD-10 CM, CPT, and HCPCS coding which are essential coding methods used by those working in medical records, patient billing, insurance, and admissions.

Explore and understand the concepts of event planning and executing a successful event. Whether your interests lie in opening your own event company, planning a wedding, or simply mastering the skills to plan the perfect meeting for work, this program provides you the skill set to understand a variety of aspects planning to include contract negotiations, venue selection, establishing pricing for your services, marketing, and much more.

This course will introduce students to an overview of the music business to include: building a team, major label deals vs. independent, marketing campaigns, publishing, licensing, distribution, and selling and promoting music. This course will identify key business management skills needed to pursue a career in the music industry. Classes meet at Midlands Audio Institute, 207 S. Prospect St., Columbia, SC 29205. 803.782.6910.

Learn the fundamentals and history of Python programming by writing and designing your own programs that are built with functions and modules. Learn to test and debug your programs like a professional. Master object composition and encapsulation while focusing on your own classes as you build object-oriented programs while learning the skills for working with strings, dates, and times. From beginning to end, this course will prepare you for all of the basics and building blocks of Python programming. At the end of the course, you will build your own fully functioning program that relies on user input to execute the code you have learned and written.

People are different. As leaders, it is important to recognize and capitalize on those differences. This can have a positive impact on the bottom line by increasing productivity and profitability. In today's workplace, it is more important than ever to understand individual differences, examine our thoughts and prejudices, understand that certain behaviors may constitute harassment and/or discrimination, and know how to prevent harassing or discriminating behaviors. Increasing our understanding and awareness of workplace conduct can help eliminate harassing and discriminating workplace behaviors and actions and create a positive work environment for ALL.

Learn tools and techniques to understand the scope of work on a project and determine which parts of business use cases can be automated. Learn to identify business events that take place within an organization to model the business event by writing use cases. Learn to identify detailed process steps and system interactions. Learn the difference between business and product use cases. Learn to write different types of use cases and the required elements for each using business requirements documentation. Facilitate, collaborate, and communicate your understanding of stakeholder requirements for verification and validation. Prerequisites: Business Analysis: The Analysts Role during the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Course objectives aligned with the IIBA objectives.

Clinical Massage Therapy can take you into the world of healthcare and beyond. Sports medicine, chiropractic, neonatal, geriatrics and health spas have demand for these skills. Offered day and night, this 10-month classroom and clinical program prepares you to sit for the national certification exam and licensure in South Carolina. Major curriculum: anatomy and physiology; clinical massage theory and practice; allied modalities; statutes and history of massage; business practice, ethics, pathology, and CPR. Admission requirements: a high school diploma/GED, or a college degree; complete student health form and current SLED background check required. You must be able to perform physical tasks. Program qualifies for veteran benefits. Acceptance into this program is contingent on an interview with the Program Coordinator, Jamel Morant. Call 803.732.5218 to set up an appointment.

Clinical Massage Therapy can take you into the world of healthcare and beyond. Sports medicine, chiropractic, neonatal, geriatrics and health spas have demand for these skills. Offered day and night, this 10-month classroom and clinical program prepares you to sit for the national certification exam and licensure in South Carolina. Major curriculum: anatomy and physiology; clinical massage theory and practice; allied modalities; statutes and history of massage; business practice, ethics, pathology, and CPR. Admission requirements: a high school diploma/GED, or a college degree; complete student health form and current SLED background check required. You must be able to perform physical tasks. Program qualifies for veteran benefits. Acceptance into this program is contingent on an interview with the Program Coordinator, Jamel Morant. Call 803.732.5218 to set up an appointment

This course provides you with the Agile values and principles to incorporate Agile methodologies into your organization. To be successful in delivering software using Agile methods, you must have a strong and stable agile mindset. This course focuses on being Agile before doing Agile and provides a common foundation for making decisions about the best way to develop software using agile values and principles and introduces you to PMI's Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®. This course prepares you for the Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM1) certification. Prerequisites: Familiarity with the software development life cycle (SDLC).

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Made Easy: Your First Steps with ChatGPT An introductory course designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively interact with and leverage the power of ChatGPT, a cutting-edge AI language model. Through a combination of theoretical foundations and practical hands-on exercises, this course guides students through the process of understanding, communicating with, and harnessing the capabilities of ChatGPT for various applications, while also exploring the ethical considerations and future implications of AI technology.

Learn tools and techniques to write non-ambiguous functional requirements and understand the business analyst role in waterfall and agile environments. Understand how to develop the right requirements to build the right product with optimal value for the customer. Learn the right questions to interview end-users, and facilitate requirement workshops using root cause analysis and techniques to discover functional and non-functional requirements. Learn acceptance criteria for requirements based on customer expectations. Develop business analysis documentation (business analysis plan, a business requirement specification document, a requirement traceability matrix, and context diagrams) to demonstrate the wealth of knowledge of the Business Analyst's role in each phase of the SDLC on a project. Course objectives aligned with the IIBA objectives.

Customer service is essential for all businesses and organizations. With the increase of technology, human interaction with customers is critical in retaining customers, sesrving your audience, or turning inquiries into sales. Increase your skill set and improve your career. Take away extraordinary techniques unique to this class.

In this comprehensive course, students will delve into various concepts, including exploration of color and pattern relationships, floor-planning skills, window treatments, furniture selection, and how to estimate costs and create budgets. Students will study the art of selecting and arranging accessories such as artwork, lighting fixtures, rugs, and decorative objects. They will learn the significance of scale, proportion, and focal points in creating visually appealing arrangements. Throughout the course, students will be engaged in practical projects that allow them to apply their knowledge to real-world examples.

From thin gauge sheet metal to 1/2 thick steel, MIG welding (aka wire feed or GMAW) is versatile and easy to learn. From automotive restoration and boat trailers to lawn mower decks and works of art, this process covers all the bases. Our knowledgeable instructors will teach you about welding machine set-up, safety, and MIG welding basics even if you have no previous welding experience. Required equipment for class: welding helmet, welding cap, MIG gloves, safety glasses, welding jacket, MIG welding pliers, locking pliers, tape measure, work boots and flame- retardant clothing.

Learn basic camera functions, exposure, and depth of field. In addition, receive further instruction on composition, how light affects images, filters, and flash. Then move into discussing concepts of videography and how to capture moving pictures and sound using video and audio equipment, with expertise in lighting, composition and framing, and editing. Other important skills include maintaining client relationships, production planning, reel creation, and mastering distribution methods.

Through hands-on practice, you will learn how to support network security within an organization and identify security threats and vulnerabilities, respond to and recover from security incidents, and prepare for the CySA+ certification. Security+ Certification or experience recommended. Prerequisites: At least two years of experience in computer network security technology or a related field preferred; the ability to recognize information security vulnerabilities and threats in the context of risk management; foundation-level operational skills with some of the common operating systems for computing environments; foundational knowledge of the concepts and operational framework of common assurance safeguards in computing environments; foundation-level understanding of some of the common concepts for network environments, such as routing and switching; foundational knowledge of major TCP/IP networking protocols, including TCP, IP, UDP, DNS, HTTP, ARP, ICMP, and DHC.

State constables are commissioned by SLED and support SC law enforcement. Prior to registering for this class, candidates must submit an application for the Constable program to SLED and receive approval to take this training. Students must pass a comprehensive test and qualify with firearms. Yearly in-service training updates are required. The curriculum includes: firearms, laws of arrest, searches and seizures, evidence, crisis intervention, human/community relations, SLED policies and procedures affecting constables. The Criminal Justice Academy does not control any part of the constable program or tuition, but only provides the training manuals. Offsite weekend sessions will be scheduled for firearms training. The instructor will provide details during the first day of class.

This class will provide extensive practice of three advanced pipe welding situations. Using both the gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process and shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), you will first weld a 2-3/4 X 5/8 carbon pipe, known as a monster coupon, in the 6G fixed positon. Next, you will learn to weld a stainless monster coupon, in the 6G fixed position using the GTAW process, or TIG all the way. Finally, you will weld a stainless and carbon monster coupon in the 6G fixed position using TIG all the way.

An introductory course in blueprint reading and precision measuring tools. This course will take you through the alphabet of lines, views, and general rules for reading engineering blueprints. This course will also provide hands-on training in the use of micrometers, calipers, height gages, indicators, and various transfer gages.