Butler Community College

Learn to be an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) at Butler. After you complete your EMT Certification, you can go one step further and become an AEMT. In this two-semester course, taught sequentially in fall and spring semesters, you learn a higher level of patient care, 20-25 medications and their administration, intravenous and interosseous infusion and full cardiac monitoring interoperation. During the second semester of the course, which is AEMT Field Internship, you log 96 hours of Hospital Clinicals and 250 hours of Field Internship on an ambulance with area EMS services. These courses, taught by certified industry professionals, prepare you to take the national AEMT exam. Butler is one of a few colleges in Kansas that offers training in this highly sought-after field.

Butler’s training program for EMTs emphasizes real-world clinical experience in a variety of emergency settings. You’ll learn what it’s like to work with Butler County Sheriff Detectives, and train for rescue operations with Butler County Rescue Squad. You’ll get firsthand exposure to EMS operations in the field with Butler County EMS and Sedgwick County EMS and in area emergency rooms. We’ll teach you critical skills such as wound management, how to immobilize a fractured limb or neck and the use of emergency equipment like defibrillators and airway devices.

Are you looking for a demanding job that is also rewarding? Do you dislike doing the same thing day-in and day-out? Studying criminal justice at Butler Community College gives you a solid, affordable foundation in law enforcement, courts and corrections. You can go straight to work in entry-level positions in detention or law enforcement with your two-year degree or transfer to a four-year program.

Are you looking for a demanding job that is also rewarding? Do you dislike doing the same thing day-in and day-out? Studying criminal justice at Butler Community College gives you a solid, affordable foundation in law enforcement, courts and corrections. You can go straight to work in entry-level positions in detention or law enforcement with your two-year degree or transfer to a four-year program.

This is a vocationally oriented program and includes 30 hours of Early Childhood Education courses. Students may add general education requirements to this certificate and additional early childhood hours to complete an associate’s degree.

You have the power to transform a life. By working in a preschool or Head Start program, you are impacting the next generation. When you study Early Childhood Education, you learn the skills to improve children’s success. At Butler, you can intern in our nationally accredited learning lab and gather real-life experience. Choose whether to earn a certificate or a degree. Spend one semester, one year or two years with us and walk out with real-life skills. Or, use your job experience to help you on your way.

Train to be one of 16,000 firefighters in Kansas. At Butler, you learn from active firefighters as you control real fires. Through hands-on experience in the college’s state-of-the-art training tower, you are exposed, first-hand, to a variety of elements – including rope rescue, forcible entry and fire evolutions. You also have the opportunity to live in the fire station by applying for Kansas’ only Fire Science Residency Program.

Give Butler either nine months or two years, and walk away with a high-paying career. By being a part of the Automotive Collision program, you gain a wealth of knowledge from ASE certified instructors who have real-world experience. You learn to estimate, and perform damage analysis and refinishing techniques. Butler students get certified and go straight to work.

These classes prepare students for the ASE certification test.

Butler Community College is committed to flexible pathways for our student’s success. Courses are offered in varying delivery formats; face-to-face, blended and online. NATEF was founded with a single mission: “To evaluate technician training programs and recommend qualifying programs for certification accreditation by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence.”

These classes prepare students for the ASE certification test.

Butler Community College is committed to flexible pathways for our student’s success. Courses are offered in varying delivery formats; face-to-face, blended and online. NATEF was founded with a single mission: “To evaluate technician training programs and recommend qualifying programs for certification accreditation by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence.”

Butler's partnership with the Associated General Contractors of Kansas (AGC) allows students to complete an Associate of Applied Science degree along with their AGC certificate during their apprenticeship indenture.

Butler’s Engineering Technology Program prepares students with a wide variety of classes. This certificate option focuses on preparing students for employment as an Industrial Controls, Petroleum System, Civil Drafting, Architectural Drafting, or even Manufacturing Technician.

Butler’s Drafting Certificate prepares students with specific classes that prepare them to enter the workplace as a structural, mechanical, or architectural drafting technician. This certificate option can be taken as a stand-alone program or as an entry path into the Certificate B or AAS program.

The Butler welding program will prepare you for a career in welding. You will learn the SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, and Oxy-fuel welding processes, all as applied to both ferrous and non-ferrous metals as well as position and out of position welding. You will also learn numerous industry recognized cutting processes, both manual and CNC (computer numerically controlled), receive in-depth training in Blueprint Reading and Metallurgy, and have the opportunity to become AWS certified in the SMAW, GMAW, and GTAW processes.

A Culinary Arts certificate will prepare students for entry-level employment in a variety of culinary venues. It enhances an introduction to hospitality with basic cooking skills. Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their skills through hands-on and experiential learning methodologies. A Culinary Arts certificate will introduce students to the knowledge, skills, and current industry techniques and help to enhance their employment opportunities in the culinary industry.

Your Butler experience will prepare students with information technology experience for careers as Systems Assurance Auditor, Information Security Officer, IT Security Analyst, Network Security Architect, or Computer Forensics Analyst. Students completing the curriculum will be prepared to obtain the following third party certificates: CompTia A+, Network+, Security+, Project+, TESTOUT PCPro, Network Pro, Security Pro, Server Pro, Client Pro, ACE, Microsoft Client and Microsoft Server.

Your Butler experience will prepare students with information technology experience for careers as Systems Assurance Auditor, Information Security Officer, IT Security Analyst, Network Security Architect, or Computer Forensics Analyst. Students completing the curriculum will be prepared to obtain the following third party certificates: CompTia A+, Network+, Security+, Project+, TESTOUT PCPro, Network Pro, Security Pro, Server Pro, Client Pro, ACE, Microsoft Client and Microsoft Server.

This program will prepare you for a career in the software/application development career field. Using the latest in coding/programming languages like C#, C++, Swift, Python, Javascript, Java and others, the student will learn to create and troubleshoot applications/software in the mobile, web, and desktop environments preparing them for success in the field!

This program will prepare you for a career in the Web Development/Design field. Utilizing front end and back end development using the latest in mark up and coding languages like HTML with CSS, Javascript, PHP with databases and many more, the student will create websites and web applications as well as mobile apps to prepare you for success in the industry!

At Butler, you get in-depth exposure to core technologies. You learn how to grasp responsive design elements and build dynamic, user-friendly Web pages. You also master HTML Hyper Text and CSS and understand the complexities of cutting-edge coding and design. These web development practices rival tech-specialty schools, except in price. When you compare, you’ll wonder why you considered them in the first place. With a certificate in your hand in just one year or an associate degree in two, you can head straight to work in this high-demand career.

Butler’s Industrial Controls Certificate prepares students with specific classes that prepare them to enter the workplace as a control system technician, or Systems Integrator Assistant. This certificate option can be taken as a stand-alone program or as an entry path into the Certificate B or AAS program.

This program will prepare you to take the CPC exam to become a certified coder apprentice (CPC-A). After two years of validated work experience in medical coding, the apprentice part of the certificate is dropped.

This program will prepare you to take the CPC exam to become a certified coder apprentice (CPC-A). After two years of validated work experience in medical coding, the apprentice part of the certificate is dropped.