2. * Fortis Institute, Houston North * 450 N. Sam Houston Parkway E. Suite 200 Houston, TX 77060 713-332-0062

3. * Dental Assisting * Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration * Medical Assisting * Medical Billing and Coding * Sterile Processing Technician * Surgical Technology

4. * The HVAC-R program at FORTIS prepares students for entry-level employment as an HVAC Technician. In the field, HVAC Technicians are also known as HVAC mechanics or HVAC installers. The HVAC-R program at FORTIS includes training in computerized diagnostics so students will be able to service and repair today's complex systems for commercial refrigeration, gas heat, heat pumps, and air conditioning.

5. * Graduates of FORTIS's Medical Billing and Coding program are prepared to seek entry-level careers in medical billing and coding in settings such as hospitals, clinics, physicians' offices, dental offices, nursing homes, and insurance companies.

6. * The main duty of a Sterile Processing Technician is to ensure that instruments used by medical personnel are contaminant-free. The Sterile Processing Technician is properly trained to handle surgical instruments and understand microbiology and infection control methods.

7. * A graduate may be employed as a member of an operating room team, which includes surgeons, surgical assistants, anesthesiologists, and nurses. They may also be qualified to work in surgical centers, delivery rooms, and medical clinics.

8. * Students will be shown how to work chair-side as dentists examine and treat patients. Dental Assistants can work in private and group dental practices, specialty dental practices, mobile dental units, insurance companies, hospitals, nursing homes, dental school clinics, and public and private health facilities.