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Intro to Welding
with Beau Cormier, Portland Adult Education
Heartsaver® CPR & First Aid for Adults & Children
with Karl Finley, EMT-P, Old Orchard Beach/Saco Adult Education
Acquire the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to handle first aid, choking, or sudden cardiac arrest situations until emergency medical assistance arrives. Learn how to handle scenarios including bleeding, sprains, bone fractures, and shock. Learn to operate an AED and give CPR to infants, children and adults. Certifications in first aid and CPR are valid for two years and meet the requirements for child care providers.
Note: Day/Date CHANGE (was Tuesdays, 2/4 & 2/11).
Karl Finley, an EMT/Paramedic who has served as a volunteer fireman with the Scarborough Fire Department for more than 20 years, previously spent 19 years at the Saco Fire Department. He has 11 years of experience instructing CPR and has been the public education coordinator for nine years.
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Microsoft Excel - Basics
with Val Landry, RSU 54/MSAD 54 Adult and Community Education
During this workshop, you will learn how to navigate a simple Excel worksheet, enter data in a worksheet, use basic math functions, do basic formatting, how to replicate data, use built-in functions and work with columns and rows. The design of the course is that you'll attend the class and also do 2-3 hours of work between sessions which greatly enhances your learning. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey included in your automated receipt so the instructor can tailor the course to meet your needs. You will want to have Microsoft Excel on your computer for this workshop and many people find it helpful to have two monitors though it is certainly not necessary to benefit from the sessions. There are two ways to accomplish this: 1) attach an external screen to your computer (contact our program if you need technical assistance with that); 2) use two computers (one for Excel and the other for the ZOOM meeting.
This is a live online class using ZOOM.
Intro to Welding
with Beau Cormier, Portland Adult Education
Welding 2
with Beau Cormier, Portland Adult Education
Intermediate Programming Using Python*
with Dean Greer, Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education
Join our experience Python programming instructor as he takes you beyond the basics where you will build upon the fundamentals with topics like data structures, intermediate control structures, how to practice coding effectively, and module importation. Problem solving using previously learned fundamentals will be emphasized along with new instructional material. The typical prerequisite is Programming Basics Using Python, but those with adequate experience should feel free to register as well. Students will need either a PC or Mac desktop or laptop computer (no Chromebooks) and a reliable internet connection. Class will be held during school vacation, Feb. 20. Limit 10 students.
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Intro to Laser Cutting
with Tomas Amadeo, Jon Betz, Portland Adult Education
Learn how a laser cutter works, what materials can be cut with it, and how it can expand your making skills and engrave your artwork.
Intro to Welding
with Beau Cormier, Portland Adult Education