This program concentrates on training pile driver 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, welding, and various pile driving topics.
Upon completion of this certificate, students may find employment in the following sectors: government, residential and commercial construction, and utilities.

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

This program concentrates on training office modular systems 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 required courses for office modular systems Level I.
Office modular systems technicians are in high demand. The office modular systems industry is not able to hire the amount of certified employees needed to fill the workforce and meet the needs of the industry. Students that are in this apprenticeship program are currently working in the office modular systems industry.

Student Learning Outcomes
✔ demonstrate safe working practices in a field construction environment.
✔ demonstrate proper selection, use, care, preparation, and handling of the office modular systems tools of the trade.
✔ identify and select appropriate materials for each phase of construction.

This program concentrates on training office modular systems 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 office modular systems topics.
Office modular systems technicians are in high demand. The office modular systems industry is not able to hire the amount of certified employees needed to fill the workforce and meet the needs of the industry. Students that are in this apprenticeship program are currently working in the office modular systems industry.

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

This certificate includes the training required to meet the Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS) level III guidelines for the millwright apprenticeship program.
Millwright technicians are in high demand. The millwright industry is not able to hire the amount of certified employees needed to fill the workforce and meet the needs of the industry. Students that are in this apprenticeship program are currently working in the millwright industry.

Student Learning Outcomes
✔ demonstrate basic safety practices with hand and power tools, scaffold and fall protection use, fire protection, respiratory protection, and confined spaces as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's regulations.
✔ describe the responsibilities of the apprentice as required by Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) and other governing agencies.
✔ demonstrate basic layout methods for establishing a right angle.
✔ describe fall protection anchorage points for scaffolding.
✔ identify and troubleshoot optical instruments.
✔ analyze faulty readings from optical instruments.
✔ explain the purpose, printing, modifications, and assembly of blueprints.

This certificate includes the training required to meet the Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS) level II guidelines for the millwright apprenticeship program.
Millwright technicians are in high demand. The millwright industry is not able to hire the amount of certified employees needed to fill the workforce and meet the needs of the industry. Students that are in this apprenticeship program are currently working in the millwright industry.

Student Learning Outcomes
✔ demonstrate basic safety practices with hand and power tools, scaffold and fall protection use, fire protection, respiratory protection, and confined spaces as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's regulations.
✔ describe the responsibilities of the apprentice as required by Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) and other governing agencies.
✔ demonstrate basic layout methods for establishing a right angle.
✔ describe fall protection anchorage points for scaffolding.
✔ identify the characteristics of a variety of shapes of structural materials and appropriate applications of each.
✔ calculate and lay out angles using appropriate methods.

This certificate includes the training required to meet the Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS) level I guidelines for the millwright apprenticeship program.
Millwright technicians are in high demand. The millwright industry is not able to hire the amount of certified employees needed to fill the workforce and meet the needs of the industry. Students that are in this apprenticeship program are currently working in the millwright industry.

Student Learning Outcomes
✔ demonstrate basic safety practices with hand and power tools, scaffold and fall protection use, fire protection, respiratory protection, and confined spaces as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's regulations.
✔ describe the responsibilities of the apprentice as required by Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) and other governing agencies.
✔ demonstrate basic layout methods for establishing a right angle.
✔ describe fall protection anchorage points for scaffolding.

The Early Childhood Education Certificate of Training prepares those entering the field of Early Childhood Education, entry-level skills in a private preschool or daycare program. This certificate meets the academic requirements for the Associate Teacher level on the California Department of Education Child Development Permit Matrix. In order to obtain this Permit, you must also complete 50 days of experience at 3+ hours a day within 2 years and apply through the County Office of Education.

Students who complete this program should be able to:

🗸 Exhibit cultural competence through the development of intentional practices with respect to diversity and the inclusion of all children, families, staff, and communities
🗸 Proficiently design developmentally appropriate curriculum, and demonstrate effective implementation using international teaching methods that scaffold children's co-construction of knowledge through exploration, risk-taking, reflection, and the respectful inclusion and support of individual life experience.
🗸 Promote higher levels of child learning through the use of international teaching methods that support the unique development of every child.
🗸 Use their understanding of cognitive development and apply it to their roles as curious, confident, life-long constructors of knowledge.

The Transitional Kindergarten (TK) and Early Education Certificate of Achievement will fulfill the Early Childhood Education/Child Development units required for the newly passed law based on Transitional Kindergarten Senate Bill 837. The law states that a credential (or preliminary credentialed) teacher must have 24 units of early childhood education/child development to teach transitional kindergarten in a California school district. This certificate will provide preliminary and credentialed K-8 teachers the units that cover the knowledge, skills, and strategies to teach effectively in a transitional kindergarten classroom. This certificate will also provide the coursework recommended for those planning to work with children in transitional kindergarten through 3rd-grade classroom settings.

Students who complete this program should be able to:

🗸 Recognize the importance of early childhood as a unique time in children’s development that requires specialized developmentally appropriate activities, routines, interactions, and guidance
🗸 Plan and implement a curriculum based on a blend of routine caregiving and play/exploration activities
🗸 Learn and practice professional ethics, personal and social responsibility, and effective team membership in their work as child care professionals.

This certificate will prepare students to work in the childcare field, focusing on working with children and families, including California State funded and Head Start programs. This certificate will prepare the students to specialize in work with the families of young children, including work as a home visitor, family advocate and family service plan coordinator. This Certificate of Achievement can be used as an ECE Specialization when combined with the Child Development Certificate of Achievement. Students can then apply for the Child Development Master Teacher Permit issued by the Commission on Teaching Credentialing. For the Master Teacher Permit, 350 days of 3 or more hours per day of experience is also required.

Students who complete this program should be able to:

🗸 Demonstrate effective program practices to successfully implement culturally appropriate practices in working with families in an early childhood classroom.
🗸 Demonstrate communication strategies in order to develop effective Teacher/Family partnerships with families that benefit the child enrolled in an early childhood program.
🗸 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the challenges facing the diverse families of the children in their community.

This certificate includes the training required to meet the Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS) Journey Worker guidelines for the Millwright apprenticeship program.
Millwright technicians are in high demand. The millwright industry is not able to hire the amount of certified employees needed to fill the workforce and meet the needs of the industry. Students that are in this apprenticeship program are currently working in the millwright industry.

Student Learning Outcomes
✔ demonstrate proper procedure for working on turbines.
✔ prepare a one-inch-thick vertical groove joint that meets AWS standards.
✔ produce the AWS 3G and 4G unlimited thickness practice test with FCAW.
✔ distinguish alternative energy sources, such as wind, nuclear, and tidal power.
✔ install machinery safely and effectively at the proper elevation.
✔ explain the layout and fabrication of header steel and methods for connecting and attaching support steel.
✔ explain the layout and fabrication of a monorail system.
✔ identify and explain plasma welding and cutting processes, components, and safety issues.
✔ demonstrate safe rigging practices, including hand and voice signals.