A certificate is designed to provide career technical skills; it is not equivalent to an associate degree.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

✔ Analyze and apply measures to resolve problems in areas of fire suppression, fire prevention and EMS.

✔ Recognize the importance of ethics, professionalism and diversity within the fire technology field.

✔ Communicate effectively in both oral presentations and written reports.

✔ Demonstrate technical, cognitive, and psycho‐motor skills necessary to achieve and maintain employment in the fire service.

✔ Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the fire service industry.

This certificate program provides a comprehensive understanding of the skills necessary for success as a Company Officer/first line supervisor in the Fire Service industry. This program is designed to meet the needs of in-service professionals interested in promoting to a supervisory position and for those seeking to advance their knowledge in this area. Fire Company Officer Certificate of Achievement Certification includes the completion of the courses listed below. Career opportunities include: Fire Captain, Fire Engineer/Driver-Operator, or Lieutenant.

A certificate is designed to provide career technical skills; it is not equivalent to an associate degree.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

✔ Analyze and apply measures to resolve problems in areas of fire suppression, fire prevention and EMS.

✔ Recognize the importance of ethics, professionalism and diversity within the fire technology field.

✔ Communicate effectively in both oral presentations and written reports.

✔ Demonstrate technical, cognitive, and psycho‐motor skills necessary to achieve and maintain employment in the fire service.

✔ Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the fire service industry.

This certificate program provides a comprehensive understanding of the skills necessary for successful employment in the Fire Service industry. This program is designed to meet the needs of students interested in seeking entry-level firefighting positions by completing a California State Fire Training Accredited Region Training Fire Academy. Fire Academy Certificate of Achievement Certification includes the completion of FIRE 0100 and FIRE 0100A. Correquisites for FIRE 100 include: FIRE 1 and HSCI 2 (Fire Protection Organization & Emergency Medical Technician). Career opportunities include: Seasonal Firefighter, Intern Firefighter, Volunteer
Firefighter, and Career Firefighter. A certificate is designed to provide career technical skills; it is not equivalent to an associate degree.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

✔ Analyze and apply measures to resolve problems in areas of fire suppression, fire prevention and EMS.

✔ Recognize the importance of ethics, professionalism and diversity within the fire technology field.

✔ Communicate effectively in both oral presentations and written reports.

✔ Demonstrate technical, cognitive, and psycho‐motor skills necessary to achieve and maintain employment in the fire service.

✔ Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the fire service industry.

Designed to give students basic support knowledge and abilities required to enter the workforce. Focuses on skills relative to the fields of fashion retail, fashion merchandising, wardrobe styling and personal shopping. This is a specialty skills certificate designed to provide career technical skills; it is not equivalent to an associate degree.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

✔ Demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge of fashion design and merchandising.

✔ Create elements of fashion merchandising and design that reflect creative expression.

✔ Critique elements and principles of design in Fashion design and merchandising.

✔ Develop skills in teamwork through group projects.

✔ Use computer skills to work with fashion industry software.

Designed to give students basic support knowledge and abilities required to enter the workforce. Focuses on skills relative to the fields of fashion design, fashion consulting, alterations, wardrobe styling and personal shopping. This is a specialty skills certificate designed to provide career technical skills; it is not equivalent to an associate degree.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

✔ Demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge of fashion design and merchandising.

✔ Create elements of fashion merchandising and design that reflect creative expression.

✔ Critique elements and principles of design in Fashion design and merchandising.

✔ Develop skills in teamwork through group projects.

✔ Use computer skills to work with fashion industry software.

This certificate is designed to give the students the specific knowledge needed for entering the workforce in the area of fashion social media. Examples of jobs in this area include running social media sites for retailers, creating fashion blogs, and setting up web based fashion businesses.

A certificate is designed to provide career technical skills; it is not equivalent to an associate degree.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

✔ Demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge of fashion design and merchandising.

✔ Create elements of fashion merchandising and design that reflect creative expression.

✔ Critique elements and principles of design in Fashion design and merchandising.

✔ Develop skills in teamwork through group projects.

✔ Use computer skills to work with fashion industry software.

The Fashion Industries program is designed to provide students with the necessary background for a variety of careers in the fashion industry or as a basis for advanced study.

A certificate is designed to provide career technical skills; it is not equivalent to an associate degree.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

✔ Demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge of fashion design and merchandising.

✔ Create elements of fashion merchandising and design that reflect creative expression.

✔ Critique elements and principles of design in Fashion design and merchandising.

✔ Develop skills in teamwork through group projects.

✔ Use computer skills to work with fashion industry software.

The ESL Noncredit Intermediate-High Certificate of Writing and Reading Skills is designed to meet the needs of students whose first language is other than English. This certificate provides essential language skills for students to use written communication effectively in their community and career. It also provides the writing, reading, and student skills to be successful in further career training or credit college programs.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

✔ Integrate form and usage to produce and understand level-appropriate written and oral English discourse following language conventions, and using acceptable grammatical forms, word order and purpose.

✔ Devise meaning accurately from aural discourse and orally construct sociolinguistically appropriate and accurate language for community, vocational, and academic functions using authentic, level-appropriate language and skills.

✔ Decode, comprehend, and analyze English texts applying lexical and reading skills and strategies for intensive and extensive purposes.

✔ Compose level-appropriate academic writing in English applying developmental, organizational, grammatical, lexical and mechanical skills through the use of the writing process.

✔ Expand English language skills for workplace and community needs.

The ESL Noncredit Intermediate-High Certificate of Oral Skills is designed to meet the needs of students whose first language is other than English. This certificate provides essential language skills for students to be able to communicate effectively in their community and career. It also provides the listening, speaking, and student skills to be successful in further career training or credit college programs.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

✔ Integrate form and usage to produce and understand level-appropriate written and oral English discourse following language conventions, and using acceptable grammatical forms, word order and purpose.

✔ Devise meaning accurately from aural discourse and orally construct sociolinguistically appropriate and accurate language for community, vocational, and academic functions using authentic, level-appropriate language and skills.

✔ Decode, comprehend, and analyze English texts applying lexical and reading skills and strategies for intensive and extensive purposes.

✔ Compose level-appropriate academic writing in English applying developmental, organizational, grammatical, lexical and mechanical skills through the use of the writing process.

✔ Expand English language skills for workplace and community needs.

The ACE - Advanced Preparedness Certificate is a non-credit mirrored certificate that  recognizes advanced level proficiency in English language writing, reading, listening/speaking and grammar skills. This skills certificate may be used to demonstrate academic preparedness for college courses as well as workplace-ready language skills. This noncredit certificate is not equivalent to an associate degree.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

✔ Integrate form and usage to produce and understand level-appropriate written and oral English discourse following language conventions, and using acceptable grammatical forms, word order and purpose.

✔ Devise meaning accurately from aural discourse and orally construct sociolinguistically appropriate and accurate language for community, vocational, and academic functions using authentic, level-appropriate language and skills.

✔ Decode, comprehend, and analyze English texts applying lexical and reading skills and strategies for intensive and extensive purposes.

✔ Compose level-appropriate academic writing in English applying developmental, organizational, grammatical, lexical and mechanical skills through the use of the writing process.

✔ Expand English language skills for workplace and community needs.