Are you active duty in the Armed Forces or a veteran with military service? Want to start the next chapter in your journey? You have learned many skills in the military that are highly transferable to many civilian trades, like leadership and communication to name a few. Now it is time to couple these skills with the knowledge and training of a trade program. There is much to learn about healthcare, information technology and HVAC. You have the personal skills to succeed in your career that will supplement the knowledge and training you will learn during your trade program at CyberTex. With both sets of skills, you are set up for success.

What are Some of the Transferable Military Skills?

You have gained many personal skills during your time in the military that will serve you well as a medical assistant, vocational nurse, network engineer, or HVAC technician. These skills will supplement the knowledge you learn during our trade programs. These supplemental skills include:

Skill #1: Leadership

During your time in the military, you learned how to lead and follow. As a military veteran, you mastered the skills of leadership and how to influence others to accomplish missions by providing purpose, direction, and motivation. Loyalty is a key component of military service and building loyalty in coworkers is an important part of success in the civilian workforce. You also understand the chain of command, so supervisors will respect your adherence to that chain of command at civilian organizations.

Skill #2: Communication

Information is a key to success in the civilian workforce. As a military veteran, you learn how to keep your fellow soldiers informed about the mission, expectations, and the common goal. Whether it is conveying your thoughts to supervisors or communicating well with coworkers through body language and active listening, military service has built a lot of transferable communication skills that will be very useful as a medical assistant, vocational nurse, network engineer or HVAC technician. All professionals that count on clear and concise communication.

Skill #3: Self-Sufficiency

Military service builds self-sufficiency and this is valuable within the civilian workforce. For example, most HVAC technicians will work out of the office and need to be self-starters. HVAC technicians work independently with customers to fix heating and air conditioning systems. By being responsible and self-sufficient, supervisors can count on you to take responsibility for your actions and offer the best customer service you can.

Skill #4: Integrity

During military service, you have built integrity. You are honest and have strong moral principles. Supervisors, coworkers, and customers can trust you and trust what you say. Building trust with patients as a medical assistant or nurse is important. Patients will only open up to someone they trust and showing integrity will go a long way to building that trust with patients.

Skill #5: Discipline

During military service, you learn discipline on a daily basis. You also learn how to be efficient and effective in everything you do. While in the military, you have built positive habits and created routines that are transferable to the civilian workforce. As a disciplined soldier, you know how to prevent problems form happening, you are supportive of your coworkers and know how to correct discipline issues for employees that may need additional guidance. This discipline comes in handy as a network engineer. Not only is it important to manage computers and networks efficiently and effectively, but you may also be called upon to offer corrective guidance to non-technical colleagues. With discipline learned during military service, you are prepared to succeed in the civilian workforce.

Skill #6: Teamwork

Teamwork is an important skill that is transferable from military service to the civilian workforce. There is a clear hierarchy within the military, and everyone needs to work together to accomplish the mission because it is life or death. This same teamwork skill comes in handy as a medical assistant or vocational nurse, because patient’s lives are precious and proper teamwork will ensure that no patient falls through the cracks.

Skill #7: Performance Under Pressure

Nothing is more important than understanding the mission and meeting deadlines in the civilian workforce. With your experience in the military working under pressure, the pressure that is brought on by deadlines will be easy to manage. Even with deadlines approaching or while working in emergency care as a nurse, you will stay calm and collected while working under pressure, thanks to your military service.

Skill #8: Dedication

As a military soldier, you fully understand what dedication is and how to be dedicated to a common goal. During military service, you are tasked with being dedicated to your troop, similar to the dedication that you will have to your fellow coworkers at a civilian organization. Strong loyalty is built during military service and is highly transferable to the positions of medical assistant, vocational nurse, network engineer or HVAC technician. Dedication ultimately allows you to build self-discipline that will be useful in your new civilian role.

What Programs Can Benefit from Military Service?

Whether you want to become a medical assistant, vocational nurse, network engineer or HVAC technician, you have built many of the personal skills from military service to thrive in the civilian workforce. The knowledge and training you receive from our trade programs will prepare you to succeed in the civilian workforce. If you are ready to learn more about these trade programs, CyberTex is here to help.

Medical Assistant – in as little as 45 weeks, you can become a medical assistant and work in a doctor’s office, helping patients from your community stay health, and happy. You learn the basics of both clinical and administrative skills of medical and hospital management. Clinical skills include, but are not limited to, taking medical histories, preparing patients for examinations, assisting the physician during the physical examination, collecting, and preparing laboratory specimens, drawing blood, and taking electrocardiograms.

Vocational Nurse – this comprehensive Vocational Nursing program curriculum is designed to prepare you to be successful in becoming a safe, competent nurse. CyberTex’s Vocational Nursing training program goes beyond basic theoretical instruction. Emphasizing hands-on learning, we designed this training course with the latest updates in the medical field.

Network Engineer – in as little as 45 weeks, you can become a network engineer. CyberTex offers IT training for 10+ certifications in the Network Engineer program, including Microsoft Azure, AWS, Cybersecurity and other CompTIA and Microsoft certifications.

HVAC Technician – CyberTex’s offers an 11-month HVAC training program with the flexibility of day and evening classes. You will be eligible to take the EPA – 608 certification from the US Environmental Protection Agency with our training.

Final Thoughts

Ready to gain the knowledge of a trade program to put your great skills from your service in the military into action? If you want to transfer your military skills to a civilian workforce, it is time to learn more about CyberTex’s trade programs. Contact us today to learn more about our military friendly programs and military benefits that you may qualify for. Take the first step to a new civilian career with the help of a trade program at CyberTex, and we will be with you every step of the way.

Want to Learn More?

CyberTex offers short-term training programs in the Information Technology,  Medical, and Healthcare fields. We are a student-centric institute that equips students with workplace skills for initial employment, paving the way for desired and financially stable careers. Our goal is to empower our students, including veterans, to make a meaningful contribution to themselves, their families, and their community.

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