Certificates of Achievement prepare you to enter a specific field of endeavor, typically a career field with prospects of employment, or enhance your skills for advancement in your job.
Cerro Coso offers thirty certificates of achievement.
Certificates of Achievement
Addiction Counseling Studies Certificate
- Prepares individuals for counseling in alcohol, drug, and other addictions.
- Is for students who want to make a difference and help others.
- Is for students dedicated to improving or maintaining the physical and mental health and general well-being of people.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Administrative Medical Assisting Certificate
- Prepares students for the State Exam for Medical Assistants (CCBMA).
- Provides the students with the opportunity to develop the necessary administrative skills needed to be an effective medical assistant.
- Focuses on the physician's front office including receptionist, office management, billing, and coding.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Associate Teacher Certificate
- Provides students with the minimal level of education to work with children in a group setting.
- Allows students to qualify for Assistant Teacher and Associate Teacher* permits.
- Classes needed for this degree are available online.
Business Certificate
- Helps students develop skills for immediate employment in an increasingly challenging business environment.
- Prepares students for a career in business.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online and at Ridgecrest/IWV.
Clinical Medical Assisting Certificate
- Prepares students for the State Exam for Medical Assistants (CCBMA).
- Provides the students with the opportunity to develop the necessary clinical skills needed to be an effective medical assistant.
- Focuses on the physician's back office including patient assessment, physician's laboratory, and medication administration.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online, at Ridgecrest/IWV, and at ESCC Bishop and Mammoth Lakes.
Cyber Security Technician Certificate
- Provides students with skills to enter the job market as information security specialists, information security technicians, information assurance technicians, networking security technicians, and cyber security technicians.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Data Analyst I Certificate
- Prepares students for positions in data collection, data processing, and data analysis
- Provides a foundation for future training in data science and big data analysis
- Provides students with the skills to work with others to manage large projects
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Digital Media and Marketing Certificate
- Equips individuals from the broader business community with fundamental skills in visual communication, such as creating and editing newsletters, advertisements, technical illustrations, photographs, web sites, and videos.
- Provides skills in social media marketing.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Entrepreneurship Certificate
- Provides students with the fundamental knowledge necessary for starting a business.
- Students learn how to create a business plan.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online and at Tehachapi/EKC.
Human Services Worker Certificate
- Prepares students for employment in a broad range of human services settings.
- Is for students who want to make a difference and help others.
- Is for students dedicated to improving or maintaining the physical and mental health and general well-being of people.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Industrial Process Technician Certificate
- Demonstrate a general understanding of the equipment in an industrial environment.
- Learn their role as it applies to safety, health, and the environment.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available at Ridgecrest/IWV.
Information Technology Certificate
- Provides students with skills to enter the job market as help desk providers, computer support specialists, entry level programmers, networking technicians, information assurance technicians, and cybersecurity technicians.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Information Technology: Cloud Computing Certificate
- Provides students with understanding of cloud environments and cloud support principles and configurations that are commonly used in the industry.
- Prepares students to transition traditional technology architectures to a cloud platform.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Information Technology: Linux Operating System Certificate
- Provides students with a working knowledge of Linux administration by designing, analyzing, administering and supporting computer systems and networks including end-user stations and servers.
- Prepares students with a thorough understanding of system administration from a command-line interface.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
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Information Technology Plus Certificate
- Prepares students for positions in computer information systems for business
- Provides with skills to enter the job market as help desk providers, computer support specialists, computer repair technicians, networking technicians, information assurance technicians, and cyber security technicians
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Management Certificate
- Provides students with the management skills necessary to succeed in today's technological business environment.
- Helps students develop a general understanding of business, apply critical thinking skills to technical and managerial issues, make ethical decisions in a managerial context, and apply management, supervision, and leadership skills in a diverse and complex environment.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Master Teacher Certificate
- Provides students with the minimal level of education to work with children in a group setting.
- Includes required classes in the core areas (development; child, family, and community; curriculum).
- Allows students to qualify for Assistant Teacher, Associate Teacher, Teacher, and Master Teacher permits.
- Classes needed for this degree are available online.
Medical Billing Certificate
- Designed around the national American Academy of Professional Coder's (AAPC) Certified Professional Biller (CPB) curriculum.
- Provides the student with the opportunity to develop the necessary skills in the health insurance industry, legal and regulatory issues, and differences in reimbursement methodologies
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Medical Coding Certificate
- Designed around the national American Academy of Professional Coder's (AAPC) Certified Professional Coder (CPC) curriculum
- Covers Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), and International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10-CM) coding.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Paralegal Studies Certificate
- Prepares students for work in the legal environment as either professional paralegals or legal assistants.
- Trains students in all aspects of the legal system, including the court system, legal research, client interviews, legal briefs, and court procedures
- Prepares students for career opportunities with private attorneys, local court jurisdictions, corporate law offices, and self-employment as an independent paralegal or document preparer.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Site Supervisor Certificate
- Provides students with the minimal level of education to work with children in a group setting.
- Allows students to qualify for Assistant Teacher, Associate Teacher, Teacher, and Site Supervisor permits.
- Classes needed for this degree are available online.
Teacher Certificate
- Provides students with the minimal level of education to work with children in a group setting.
- Allows students to qualify for Assistant Teacher, Associate Teacher, and Teacher permits.
- Classes needed for this degree are available online.
Vocational Nursing Certificate
- Is an intensive program totaling 1,662 hours.
- Is approved by the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians.
- Prepares students to take the licensure examination provided by the National Council of State Board of Nursing (NCLEX-PN).
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online, at Ridgecrest/IWV, at KRV Lake Isabella, and at ESCC Bishop and Mammoth Lakes.
Web Fundamentals Certificate
- Prepares students for career entry in the web industry
- Develops technical and design skills, a combination of competencies that employers and clients value
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Web Professional Certificate
- Prepares students for employment or self-employment in the web industry
- Emphasizes standards-based coding, usability, accessibility, and creative problem solving
- Classes needed for this certificate are available online.
Welding Processes Certificate
- Trains students in multiple welding processes.
- Prepares students for an entry level welding position in diverse fields.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available at Ridgecrest/IWV.
Welding Technology Certificate
- Trains students in multiple welding processes.
- Prepares students for an entry level welding position in diverse fields.
- Classes needed for this certificate are available at Ridgecrest/IWV.
Current and prospective community college students are encouraged to meet with a counselor to develop an educational plan that best meets their goals and needs.
