The Certificate of Achievement in Veterinary Assisting and Animal Care trains students in the skills necessary to care for animals in many of several different workplaces: small animal veterinary hospitals, equine and farm animal practices, animal shelter, exotics and wildlife medicine, lab animal medicine, or public health. The Certificate is designed both for individuals seeking employment as veterinary assistants, as well as for veterinary technology students or veterinary technicians seeking additional training in specific fields such as shelter medicine.

Veterinary assistants are valuable members of the veterinary medical team. The veterinary assistant works under the supervision of the Registered Veterinary Technician and Veterinarian to deliver quality medical care to their animal patients. Upon completion of the Certificate, students will be able to apply principles of animal care, workplace safety, pharmacology, surgery, laboratory skills, imaging skills, and practice management to be effective team members in a veterinary practice setting. The convenient distance learning program is ideal for the working professional. It allows more flexibility than a traditional college curriculum and is designed to allow students to complete the Certificate of Achievement in just one year.

Students who complete this program should be able to:

🗸 Apply critical thinking skills when confronted with issues and problems in veterinary medical practice.
🗸 Display behavior consistent with the highest professional ethics to foster personal growth and civic responsibility.
🗸 Demonstrate competence in the husbandry, restraint, and handling of animals to include knowledge of normal and abnormal life processes and the common medical procedures performed in veterinary medical practice.

The Psychiatric Technology Program is a four-semester and single summer session program offered at the Yuba College Campus. The program includes 648 theoretical hours of classroom education, correlated with 1006 clinical practicum hours. The subject matter reflects the knowledge and skills specified by Board of Vocational Nursing Psychiatric Technology Education (BVNPTE) regulation, rules, and laws. All clinical practicum will be under the supervision of a licensed BVNPTE-approved clinical instructor. The curriculum may be periodically revised to reflect the evolution of the profession and BVNPTE laws and regulations.

Theory and clinical program content shall reflect the client and patient population that are normally associated with the licensed Psychiatric Technician which will include clients/patients with mental disorders, personality disorders, substance abuser, and developmentally disabled. Students will be admitted based upon date of special program application reflected to the program waitlist number. Call (530) 741-6742 to request additional information regarding the program. Application is on the Yuba Community College, Psychiatric Technician web page.

Students who complete this program should be able to:

🗸 Effectively participate in a therapeutic environment and communicate in a professional and respectful manner to both staff and clients.
🗸 Accurately perform and document basic nursing skills, basic physical and mental assessments and interventions while prioritizing patient care.
🗸 Pass the California state board exam for licensure as a psychiatric technician after completing all required theory and clinical hours.

Option 2 meets California State Regulation 1429, and those completing this track are eligible to apply for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Licensing Examination in preparation for licensure as a Registered Nurse. This is a non-degree option. States other than California may not grant Registered Nurse (RN) licensure based on completion of this option. Career laddering to a higher level such as Bachelor of Science in Nursing may be limited by this option as well. It is recommended the applicant call the Nursing Department for more information. Students who qualify will be admitted each semester on a space-available basis.

Admission Criteria:

A. All applications are obtained and filed with the Nursing Office at the Yuba College main campus in Marysville. Applicants will be admitted on a space-available basis points in the multi-criteria screening process and by the date of receipt of the completed application packet. Contact the Nursing Office for admission procedures, and information.
B. Eligibility–Minimum qualifications for admission to this track are:
   1. Current California Vocational Nurse License. Recent V.N. graduates must submit proof of licensure prior to completing application.
   2. Graduation from an accredited vocational school of nursing or demonstrated mastery of course content by Challenge Examination.
   3. IV Certified
   4. Completion of the following courses with an overall averaged GPA of 2.5 or higher in the following courses: BIOL 5 Human Physiology, BIOL 6 Introductory Microbiology; NURS 36 Pathophysiology
   5. Completion of the following individual courses with a “C” or higher: BIOL 5 Human Physiology, BIOL 6 Introductory Microbiology; NURS 36 Pathophysiology

Students who complete this program should be able to:

🗸 Communicate and collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare partners in providing care to a diverse population of patients and families.
🗸 Demonstrate problem-solving skills while utilizing resources to apply best practices to deliver safe and effective care.
🗸 Demonstrate application of evidence-based practice in rendering ethical, competent and culturally sensitive care across the lifespan to all patients.

The Soil Conservation Technician certificate provides students with the concepts, methods, and applications of fieldwork in soil conservation. Emphasis is on techniques in data collection by following industry protocols for proper collection of reliable data, and quality assurance procedures. The students will be prepared to collect soil samples, and record keeping, by using web maps and web field applications. In addition to performing field work, the technicians will complete tasks such as compilation and review of collected data, database management, and data analysis, in collaboration with or in support of certified professionals.

More specifically, the technician surveys, plots, lays out, and stakes selected sites and assists landowners in selecting, installing, and maintaining a variety of measures that conserve and improve the soil, plant, water, marsh, wildlife and recreational resources of a land area. Examples of single conservation measures that may be employed on a land site include contour cultivation, grass water ways, terracing, tree planting, field windbreaks, irrigation ditches, grass and legume seeding, and farm drains. Students who complete this program may get entry-level jobs as field technicians and assist soil conservationists in the implementation of resource management system plans, by surveying, staking, information gathering, and overall preparation for related field activities in soil conservation.

Students who complete this program should be able to:

🗸 Develop the skills and knowledge to assist the soil scientists in surveying, stacking, information gathering, sampling, and other field operations that are needed to for conservation planning.
🗸 Acquire the knowledge and skills for field work in soil conservation to support soil scientists in planning to conserve and reclaim soil, preserve and restore wetlands and ecological areas, rotate crops for increased yields and soil conservation.
🗸 Comprehend and apply fundamental concepts and practices of field data collection, data storage, and manipulation by using Web GIS technologies.
🗸 Document data collection activities and assess data for accuracy and completeness.
🗸 Effectively communicate, and present field work results in oral, written, and graphic forms.

This program provides students with the concepts, methods, and applications of fieldwork in watershed management and hydrology. Watershed program categories include the conservation of floodplains, invasive species, river restoration/bank stabilization and limiting nonpoint source pollutants. Also, students will be prepared to perform basic tasks in hydrology, such as quality sample collection, data retrieval from stream gages, and surveying, by using standard fieldwork methods, and GIS field applications to collect, store and interpret data. Emphasis is on techniques in data collection by following industry protocols for proper collection of reliable data, and quality assurance procedures. In addition to performing field work, the technicians will complete tasks such as compilation of review of collected data, database management, and data analysis, in collaboration with or in support of certified professionals.

Students who complete this program may get entry-level jobs as field technicians in a multitude of job settings, in government, agencies, such as Fish and Wildlife, Water Resources, utility companies, and federal agencies including Environmental Protection, Geological Survey, and National Parks and private industry.

Students who complete this program should be able to:

🗸 Acquire knowledge and skills in watershed management and perform tasks in the conservation of floodplains, control invasive
species, river restoration/bank stabilization and limiting nonpoint source pollutants.
🗸 Acquire the knowledge and skills for fieldwork in hydrology, such as performing measurements of water level, stage and discharge; collect and prepare samples for lab analysis and verify accuracy of data; check water quality parameters in streams, lakes or
groundwater.
🗸 Comprehend and apply fundamental concepts and practices of field data collection, data storage, and manipulation by using Web GIS technologies.
🗸 Document data collection activities and assess data for accuracy and completeness.
🗸 Effectively communicate, and present projects’ results in oral, written, and graphic forms

Are you interested in media and their affect on our lives? The Mass Communications degrees and certificate provide a foundation to understand the theory and impact of media, and to wield that power in audio-visual production. Students learn scriptwriting, audio and video production in both the studio and the field, and post-production work using industry-level software.

Students who complete this program should be able to:

🗸 Demonstrate effective speaking, writing, and listening skills for communication in personal, public, and media areas.
🗸 Demonstrate the ability to observe events, gather information, write news reports and news releases, report on events, and edit other people’s writings.
🗸 Demonstrate the ability to understand the media critically and recognize how media shape and are shaped by politics, society, culture, economics, and daily lives.
🗸 Demonstrate the ability to recognize the power of persuasion and ethical responsibilities of communicators in communication at all levels.

This certificate prepares students for entry into an apprenticeship program in the utility industry. Topics include job-site safety requirements, electrical and gas principles, blueprint reading, electrical power distribution, utility pole climbing, and apprenticeship preparation.
This program provides opportunities for entry into the utility industry where there is high demand for trained entry level workers.

Student Learning Outcomes
✔ explain electrical fundamentals such as Ohm's and Watt's Law.
✔ define terms and vocabulary used in the utility industry.
✔ explain electrical and gas distribution for the utility industry.
✔ identify safety laws, regulations, and safe working conditions for apprenticeship.
✔ describe effective conflict resolution methods.
✔ describe the functions of transformers, electrical generators, and electrical equipment.

This certificate prepares students for entry into an apprenticeship program in the infrastructure industries such as bridge, levee, and road construction. Topics include bridge construction practices, construction job site safety requirements, construction mathematics, and apprenticeship entry requirements.

Student Learning Outcomes
✔ explain safety regulations and safe working conditions for apprenticeship training.
✔ identify construction practices used by different building trades such as carpenters, bricklayers, pile-drivers, cement masons, laborers, operating engineers, and surveyors.
✔ describe the construction processes involved in a typical bridge building.

This certificate prepares students for entry into an apprenticeship program in the commercial and industrial building and construction industries. Topics include green building practices, construction job site safety requirements, construction mathematics, and apprenticeship entry requirements.

Student Learning Outcomes
✔ explain safety regulations and safe working conditions for apprenticeship training.
✔ identify construction practices used by different building trades such as sheet metal workers, electricians, plumbers, pipe-fitters, and carpenters.
✔ describe the life cycle phases of a building and impacts on the green environment over its life cycle.

This program concentrates on training shingler apprentices to the specific levels required for the construction industry and has been approved by the State of California Division of Apprenticeship Standards. It includes safety, blueprint reading, commercial construction processes, building codes, estimation, and various shingler topics.
Upon completion of this certificate, students may find employment in the following sectors: government, residential, and commercial construction.

Student Learning Outcomes
✔ demonstrate safe working practices in a field construction environment.
✔ demonstrate proper selection, use, care, preparation, and handling of the tools used in the shingler trade.
✔ analyze, interpret, and apply national building codes relating to a shingler.
✔ analyze and interpret construction blueprints.
✔ evaluate, lay out, and construct various project types.
✔ identify and select appropriate materials for each phase of construction.