Completion of an Associate's Degree or two years of higher education equivalent to 48 credit hours, or ability to pass a formal assessment (Workkey and 96 hours of in-service training), or completion of the NC DOL Apprenticeship Program or completion of the NC ATA Professional Development Plan. The work at times requires bending, squatting, reaching, with the ability to lift up to 60 pounds, carry, push or pull medium weights including wheelchairs.