Caterer
Learn the skills you need to succeed as a Caterer — at home, at your own pace, with Penn Foster Career School.
Develop your natural talent with the Penn Foster Career School Caterer program. Your family, friends – and customers -- will admire your skills and the exquisite meals you prepare and serve.
Train effectively and conveniently with our online program. Your courses include:
* Food Styles
* The Gourmet Kitchen
* The Culinary Professional
* Poultry and Game
* Fish and Shellfish
* Baking and Pastry
* Breakfast, Garde Manger, and World Cuisines
* ... and so much more.
And you'll learn it all at home — no classroom needed! You'll get valuable information about basic and advanced presentations.
Drafting with AutoCAD
Receive AutoCAD® training at home. You'll get the support you need while learning at your own pace, with the Penn Foster Career School Drafting with AutoCAD Program.
Learn the skills you need to begin a career in drafting by completing the Drafting with AutoCAD® training program at home. It's convenient, affordable, and accredited.
You'll get hands-on AutoCAD® training in:
Use of basic CAD equipment; coordinate systems and software used with CAD programs
Use of drafting equipment, media, and reproduction methods
Dimensioning, geometric construction, and geometric tolerancing
AutoCAD® commands.
Electrical and electronic schematic Drafting with AutoCAD®
Software and Supplies Included!
The Penn Foster Drafting with AutoCAD® training program provides you with a broad range of tools and supplies, including AutoCAD® Student Portfolio software, to provide you with hands-on training.
Respected and Accredited
You'll earn your Drafting with AutoCAD® Career Diploma from Regionally and Nationally Accredited Penn Foster Career School. Over 13 million students have enrolled in our training programs, making Penn Foster one of the world's largest and most respected distance learning institutions.
Contact Penn Foster Today
We’ll send you FREE information – with absolutely no obligation! Find out more about AutoCAD® training which includes:
All the books, lessons, equipment, and learning aids you need
Drafting tools
AutoCAD® Student Portfolio software
Access to student services by website, phone, and mail
Dressmaking & Design
Develop your natural talent for Dressmaking
and Design with the Penn Foster Career School Dressmaking and Design distance learning program. Your customers, neighbors, and friends will respect your skills and admire the clothes you create.
Learn how to:
Identify fibers and fabrics and care for them
Select the right material for a project
Mark, cut, and tack fabric for a proper fit
Finish garments and alter patterns
And you’ll learn it all at home – no classroom needed! You’ll get valuable information about alterations and fitting, drafting patterns, and designing by draping.
Floral Design
Become a Floral Designer with at-home training from Penn Foster Career School.
If you want to design floral arrangements, consult with wedding planners, work in a florist shop or even start your own business, the Floral Design Program from Penn Foster Career School is for you.
You'll learn:
* Basics and tools of Floral Design
* Design techniques and styles
* Plant care
* Coordination and design of arrangements
for weddings
* Promotion and planning of arrangements
for holidays and theme parties
* Creation of artificial and dried flower displays
Furniture & Cabinet Maker
The Penn Foster Career School Furniture and Cabinet Maker Program helps you learn them quickly and conveniently. Learn woodworking techniques and create beautiful pieces of furniture in just a few months!
You'll learn about:
Fine woodworking, woodworking specialties,
and wood processing
Setting up your workplace, woodworking tools
and materials.
Joinery, box making basics, hardware fasteners, finishing wood
Cabinet design, construction, refinishing
and refacing.
Marketing your woodworking shop
And you'll learn it all at home — no classroom needed!
Start a creative, moneymaking career in Furniture and Cabinet Making.
Why complete a training program to work in Furniture and Cabinet Making or woodworking? With the right credentials, techniques, and training, you can:
Work for a furniture retail store or furniture and cabinet repair shop.
Work at a home improvement store or for a cabinet manufacturer.
Start your own woodworking shop and specialize in custom furniture and cabinet making.
Woodworkers are needed by furniture and cabinet manufacturers, repair shops, and suppliers. Opportunity is everywhere!
Interior Decorator
Develop your natural talent for interior design with the Penn Foster Interior Decorator Program and work for homebuilders, retailers, hotels, corporate clients, or even start your own business. It's convenient, affordable, and accredited.
Jewelry Design and Repair
Whether you wish to work for established jewelers
or start your own business, the Jewelry Design and Repair Program from Penn Foster will provide the skills you need to succeed.
Landscaper
There are certain skills you need to begin a career
as a Landscaper. The Penn Foster Career School Landscaper Program helps you learn them quickly and conveniently.
You’ll learn about:
Plant health, soil, and fertilizers
Servicing garden tractors and other tools used in landscaping
Creating landscaping designs using shrubs and ground covers
Specialty landscaping, starting and operating your own landscaping business
And you’ll learn it all at home — no classroom needed!
Web Page Designer
Learn Web Design at home. You'll get the support you need while learning at your own pace with the Penn Foster Web Page Designer Program.
Learn the skills you need to begin a career in
web design by completing the Web Page Designer
training program at home. It's convenient, affordable
and accredited.
Computer Graphic Artist
Program Overview
Learn the skills you need for an exciting, new career in graphic design – at home, at your own pace, with Penn Foster Career School.
Put your creativity to work for you as a graphic
designer. With the Penn Foster Career School
Computer Graphic Artist Program, you can learn the graphic design skills you need quickly and conveniently.
You’ll learn:
* Page layout techniques
* Illustration
* Photo retouching and image editing
* Preparing your graphic design portfolio
* How to start your own graphic design business
Adobe Illustrator® software included with this program.
Gourmet Cooking
This Penn Foster program will teach you the essential knowledge and skills needed to create exceptional, memorable cuisine. The program is comprised of a wonderful collection of lessons teaching various cooking methods, as well as the tricks and techniques to create flavorful gourmet presentations.
Photography
The Penn Foster Career School Photography Certificate Program helps you learn the fundamentals quickly and conveniently.
Your studies include:
Camera basics, lighting for photography
Photographic image design
Digital and video photography techniques
Printing color and black and white photographs and slides
…and much more.
Artist: Cartooning
The Penn Foster Cartooning Certificate Program is a fun and interactive collection of lessons that will teach the fundamentals of drawing, plus detailed coverage of pen and ink and cartooning techniques.
Learning Objectives
In this program you will learn :
Two-dimensional design and perspective
Basic drawing techniques and figure drawing
In-depth coverage of pen and ink drawing techniques
How to render tones and values with pen and ink
How to draw facial features for cartoons
How to age cartoon characters, show motion
The difference between gag cartoons and comic strips
and much more...
Artist: Watercolors
The Penn Foster Watercolors Certificate Program is a collection of lessons that will teach the fundamentals of drawing, plus detailed coverage of watercolor techniques. Students will also learn how to apply various types of washes and control the amount of blending that occurs between two colors. This course also describes the process for special effects such as scratching, scraping, blotting, drybrushing, lifting out, scrubbing out, spattering, applying opaque paint, and masking.
