Workforce Preparation: Non-Credit
34 courses · College of the Siskiyous · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026
WORK 0502 Workplace Readiness English
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- 2 hours lecture weekly, 36 contact hours total
Students will, through the development of written communication skills, strengthen business vocabulary, learn proper sentence structure and correct spelling, proper use of pronouns, and gain knowledge of online office reference materials. These skills place an emphasis on job-specific skills in the workforce.
WORK 0503 Mathematics Within Industry
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- 0.5 hours lecture weekly, 0.5 hours lab weekly, 18 contact hours total
This course prepares students for mathematical concepts encountered in various trades. These concepts include, but are not limited to, money skills, measurements, temperatures, computing taxes, decimals, percentages, estimating dollar amounts and volume of materials needed, area and calibration equations.
WORK 0505 Job Preparation
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- 2 hours lecture weekly, 36 contact hours total
This course is for the student who is actively seeking employment in the workforce. Students improve the efficiency in their job search and learn methods for finding work in their field of job-specific area. They also learn to self-assess their strengths, write resumes, cover letters and thank you letters, build interviewing skills, and use the internet to do company and industry research and locate job openings.
WORK 0506 Excellent Customer Service
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- 2 hours lecture weekly, 18 contact hours total
A course on the key skills and attitudes required for effectively delivering internal and external customer service in the workplace. Students will study how to understand and exceed customer expectations, how to better communicate with customers, and how to deal with unrealistic customer expectations. This course serves to enhance the student's skills within the workplace and is a requirement in Vocational, Occupational certificate and Hospitality certificate programs.
WORK 0507 Vocational Foundation Skills- Reading and Writing
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- 2 hours lecture weekly
This course is a workforce specific competency-based course designed to support student academic success in career, technical and vocational programs. Students learn and use job specific and workplace essential skills in reading and writing.
WORK 0508 Green and Sustainable Small Business
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- 1 hours lecture weekly, 18 contact hours total
This course serves as an exploration of the major types of green certifications and the process of achieving them, as well as the obstacles and opportunities small businesses face in implementing and maintaining sustainable practices that are economically, ecologically and socially sound. This course fulfills a requirement towards the Noncredit Small Business Certificate.
WORK 0510 American Heart Association CPR/AED/First Aid
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- 2.75 hours lecture weekly, 49.5 contact hours total
The American Heart Association CPR/AED/First Aid is a course to teach students to recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing, and first aid emergencies. This course teaches the skills that students need to know to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. The course is taught with American Heart Association curricula per standards and guidelines. Completion of the course results in an American Heart Association certification of completion.
WORK 0511 Building Business Website
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- 2 hours lecture weekly, 36 contact hours total
An introductory hands-on project based website development course for the business office. Students will plan, format, develop, and publish a basic business website using Adobe Muse web and other web development software. Students will add text, images, media, widget, navigation elements, and links to a website.
WORK 0512 Small Business Marketing and Sales
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- 2.98 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
A practical, targeted study of how to develop and implement a successful marketing and sales strategy for small business. The course prepares students to create a small business marketing and sales strategy.
WORK 0513 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
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- 0.67 hours lecture weekly, 12 contact hours total
This course will introduce participants to entrepreneurship and its role in the market economy and the value of an entrepreneurial mindset. Topics include: What is an Entrepreneur, Preparing for Business, Opportunity Recognition and Market Analysis, Marketing Plan and Sales, Analyzing Finances, Starting your Business, Managing your Business, and Growing your Business, Social Entrepreneurship, and Psychology of an Entrepreneurial Mindset
WORK 0515 Workplace Readiness Basic Math
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- 2 hours lecture weekly, 36 contact hours total
Designed for students who are entering or re-entering the workforce with an interest in maintaining employment. Emphasis on learning mathematical and computational skills and job specific training necessary for developing fundamental workplace skills that offer high employment potential.
WORK 0516 Workplace Finance for Life
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- 1 hours lecture weekly
An introductory course on personal and workplace finance, money, making financial decisions, debit and credit transactions, organizational tools, with an emphasis on the understanding and application of foundational money and financial management principles and concepts. The course topics are designed to enhance and develop a student's financial skill set for use during various phases of their life cycles, the workplace and as a required course in the Fiscal Analyst certificate.
WORK 0517 Basic Construction Fundamentals and Green Building
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- 0.44 hours lecture weekly, 0.44 hours lab weekly, 16 contact hours total
This course will introduce students to the basic fundamentals of residential construction. Students learn the basic concepts and skills needed to prepare for entry-level employment in the construction industry. This course includes instruction and practice in the application of basic math skills for construction and the safe use of construction power tools. Students are introduced to green building concepts, techniques and materials as they relate to new code requirements and employment opportunities.
WORK 0518 Introduction to Electrical Systems
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- 1 hours lecture weekly, 16 contact hours total
This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of electricity as applied in residential construction and renovation. Students are introduced to general principles of electricity, job site considerations, and safety practices. Proper use of tools and materials will be demonstrated and applied in a lab setting. This course includes an introduction to the National Electric Code (NEC), content on energy efficiency, and prepares students for employment and certification options.
WORK 0519 Introduction to Plumbing
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- 1 hours lecture weekly, 8 contact hours total
This course introduces students to the basic concepts, vocabulary, tools, materials, and practices of residential plumbing. Students learn about various plumbing systems, focusing on pipe, fittings, fixtures, layout, water heating, and concepts related to energy and resource efficient plumbing. This course includes an introduction to the Uniform Plumbing Code and hands-on practice in design, layout, installation, troubleshooting, and repair.
WORK 0520 Introduction to Photovoltaics (Solar)
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- 1 hours lecture weekly, 8 contact hours total
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of photovoltaic (solar) technology and the process of residential PV system design and installation. This course includes instruction and practice in site evaluation, basic financial analysis, and code compliant PV system design and installation. Students learn basic concepts and skills needed to work with potential clients and prepare for entry-level employment in the solar PV industry.
WORK 0521 Work Internship
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- 1 hours lecture weekly, 8 contact hours total
Supervised work experience in a professional organization. Analysis of professional activities, behavior style and collaborative team dynamics. Designed also for students accomplishing a Certificate of Completion to assist in employment transition.
WORK 0524 Introduction to Robotics
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- 1 hours lecture weekly, 2 hours lab weekly, 21 contact hours total
This course introduces students to the design and programming of a variety of robotic systems. Student will design and build a number of mobile robots and will develop a variety of ways to control them. Topics will include: robot design, software/control systems, structured program techniques, mechanical design, microcontrollers, motors and locomotion, sensors, navigation, and computer vision.
WORK 0528 Construction Trade Welding
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- 1 hours lecture weekly, 2 hours lab weekly, 18 contact hours total
This is a beginning welding course designed for the student interested in acquiring basic welding skills to be used in trade or service occupation. Covers fundamentals of oxyacetylene welding theory and practices and beginning electric welding. Includes arc welding and gas welding, brazing and cutting in the horizontal position.
WORK 0529 Introduction to Gas Welding
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- 1 hours lab weekly, 8 contact hours total
This is a beginning course designed for students interested in acquiring the essential welding skills necessary to function in a trade or service occupation. Emphasis is placed on metal fabrication and iron working equipment. Students are required to furnish their own safety glasses and gloves.
WORK 0530 Graphic Design, Digital Tools, Manufacturing, and Innovation
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- 0.44 hours lecture weekly, 0.22 hours lab weekly, 12 contact hours total
An introduction to the principles of the graphic design field, print production, and innovative design principles and techniques. This includes the study of graphic design and visual communication, typography, introduction to design layout, color theory, image production, intermediate to advanced layout, t-shirt design and fundamentals of manufacturing design in a co-creating space. This course will include non-traditional marketing and promoting ideas, creative problem solving, entrepreneurial mindset skills and career opportunities.
WORK 0532 S-190 Intro/Wildland Fire Behavior
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- 8 hours lecture weekly, 8 contact hours total
This course provides instruction in the primary factors affecting the start and spread of wildfire and recognition of potentially hazardous situations. It is designed to meet the fire behavior training needs of a firefighter type 2 (FFT2). NWCG certified.
WORK 0533 Confined Space Awareness
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- 9 hours lecture weekly, 9 contact hours total
This course is a career and technical course designed for Rescue/Fire personnel or private company employees for work in, and rescue from, confined spaces. Topics include new equipment, air monitoring equipment, ventilation equipment, tripod operations with belay systems, lowering systems, safety considerations, and OSHA regulations. This course meets OSHA requirements for training for confined space entry operations and rescue.
WORK 0536 Emergency Medical Responder
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- 2 hours lecture weekly, 1 hours lab weekly, 54 contact hours total
This course prepares the emergency medical responder to provide treatment for patients with medical and traumatic emergencies in the pre-hospital environment. This course includes CPR for the professional rescuer.
WORK 0537 Fire 1C
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- 1.66 hours lecture weekly, 1.44 hours lab weekly, 56 contact hours total
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- Fire Fighter 1A-Structure if FIRE 1C is taken as part of academy program.
The course is designed to provide a noncredit course to fulfill the CalFire Academy Fire 1C course. The course is comprised of the California state-mandated Fire 1C curriculum. This course provides the skills and knowledge needed for the entry-level firefighter to recognize hazards and unsafe situations, don, doff, and maintain wildland personal protective equipment; deploy a fire shelter; maintain suppression of hand tools and equipment; assemble and prepare for response; construct and secure a fireline; reduce the threat of fire exposure to improved properties; and mop up and patrol a fire area when working with wildland fires.
WORK 0538 Electrical Theory
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- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
This course introduces the foundational principles of electricity and electrical circuits. Students will explore key concepts such as voltage, current, resistance, and power, and learn how they interact through Ohm’s Law and basic circuit analysis. Topics include series and parallel circuits, electrical measurements, magnetism, and the function of common electrical components like resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Designed for beginners, this course provides a solid theoretical groundwork for further study in electrical systems, electronics, or related technical fields.
WORK 0539 Electrical Mathematics
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- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
This foundational course provides electrician trainees with the essential mathematical skills required in electrical work. Emphasis is placed on practical application of math concepts to real-world electrical problems. Topics include Ohm’s Law, electrical formulas, unit conversions, fractions and decimals, measurements, and interpreting electrical diagrams and blueprints.
WORK 0540 Introduction to Electrical Code
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- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
This course introduces electrician trainees to the fundamentals of the National Electrical Code (NEC), the standard for safe electrical design, installation, and inspection in the United States. Students will explore the structure, purpose, and application of the NEC, learning how to navigate chapters, articles, and tables to ensure code-compliant work in residential, commercial, and industrial settings. Key topics include code definitions, general requirements for wiring and protection, grounding and bonding, wiring methods, and equipment installation. Emphasis is placed on safety, understanding code updates, and the practical use of the NEC in everyday job scenarios.
WORK 0541 Introduction to Wastewater Treatment
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- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
Designed to provide the student with a general background in the design, operation, and maintenance of wastewater treatment plants and to prepare the experienced operator for certification examinations. Provides information on how treatment of wastewater protects the environment. This course is directed primarily towards entry-level operators, industrial waste inspection, lab technicians, maintenance personnel, and related occupations. This course is one of 2 courses required for the Water/Wastewater Treatment Certificate I.
WORK 0542 Introduction to Water Treatment
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- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
<span style="font-size:14px">This course is designed to provide the student with a general background in the design, operation, and maintenance of water treatment plants. This course is one of 2 courses required for the Water/Wastewater Treatment Certificate II. </span>
WORK 0543 Intermediate Wastewater Treatment
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- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
This course will provide the student with a general background in intermediate and advanced wastewater treatment processes in secondary and tertiary treatment. It will also prepare the student for advanced certification examinations. This course is one of 2 courses required for the Water/Wastewater Treatment Certificate 1. <br />
WORK 0544 Intermediate Water Treatment
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- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
This course covers water supply and treatment, historical development of water quality control practices, water sources, public health aspects of water supply, chemical treatment, and evaluation of the various treatment processes. This course is one of 2 courses required for the Water/Wastewater Treatment Certificate II.
WORK 0545 Advanced Wastewater Treatment
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- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
<span style="font-size:12px">This course is designed to provide the student with a more in-depth background in the design, operation, and maintenance of wastewater treatment plants and to prepare the experienced operator for higher-level certification examinations. This course is one of 2 courses required for the Water/Wastewater Treatment Certificate III. </span>
WORK 0546 Small Water Systems & Distribution
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- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
<span style="font-size:12px">This course provides the student with a general background in the design, operation, and maintenance of small water systems and water distribution systems. This course is one of 2 courses required for the Water/Wastewater Treatment Certificate III. </span>