Lower Columbia College (LCC) Multicraft Trades Certificate program is designed to prepare individuals to go to work, enter an apprenticeship training program, or enroll in one of LCC's vocational programs. This program promotes a diverse and skilled workforce and prepares participants to meet basic qualifications for entry employment in a skilled trades profession.
Build Your Pathway: This program is a key asset for local workforce systems' career pathway strategies. Through partnerships with K-12 Career & Technical Programs and industry partners, this program is valuable training approach for students to build pathways to family wage careers. Participants can use this program as an entryway to a local apprenticeship, a skilled trade career, or into a LCC degree program such as Advanced Manufacturing, Diesel/Heavy Equipment Technology, Machine Trades, or Welding.
See also
- Degree Requirements for Manufacturing, Trades and Transportation programs
- Course descriptions in the LCC Catalog
- Distribution lists in the LCC Catalog
Important: Many course sequences only begin in fall quarter. Check with your program advisor.
First Quarter
- COLL 101: College Success 101 (2 credits)
- MATH 106: Industrial Mathematics (5 credits)
- MATH 079 or TECH 079 with a C or better or instructor permission*
- WELD 105: Related Welding (1-6 credits)
*Pre- and/or co-requisite(s)
Second Quarter
- BLPT 150: Machinist Blueprint Reading OR BLPT 160: Blueprint Reading For Welders (5
credits)
- BLPT 160-MATH 106 or higher*
- MASP 107: Machining for Related Occupations (2-6 credits) AND/OR MASP 111: Machine Shop I (2-10 credits)
*Pre- and/or co-requisite(s)
Third Quarter
- ENGL 110: Industrial Communication (5 credits)
- COLL 289: Employment Portfolio Seminar (1 credit)
- MFG 288: Cooperative Work Experience (2 credits)
- Instructor or Cooperative Education Coordinator permission. Concurrent requirements: COLL 289 or BTEC 294 or BUS 294 or IT 294*
- MFG 105: Industrial Safety (3 credits)
- HLTH 105: First Aid, CPR and Bloodborne Pathogens (1 credit)
*Pre- and/or co-requisite(s)
Fourth Quarter
- TECH 100: Advanced Principles of Technology (5 credits)
- One year of HS Principles of Tech or TECH 090 or MATH 106*
- BUS 144: Management of Human Relations: DIV (5 credits)
*Pre- and/or co-requisite(s)
1. College Success 101
COLL 101 (2 credits)
2. Industrial Mathematics
MATH 106 (5 credits)
Pre- and/or co-requisite(s): MATH 079 or TECH 079 with a C or better or instructor
permission
3. Related Welding
WELD 105 (6 credits)
4. Machinists Blueprint Reading OR Blueprint for Welders
BLPT 150 OR BLPT 160 (5 credits)
Pre- and/or co-requisite(s): for BLPT 160 - MATH 106
5. Machining for Related Occupations AND/OR Machine Shop I
MASP 107 (2-6 credits) AND/OR MASP 111 (2-10 credits)
6. Industrial Communication
ENGL 110 (5 credits)
7. Employment Portfolio Seminar
COLL 289 (1 credit)
8. Cooperative Work Experience
MFG 288 (2 credits)
Pre- and/or co-requisite(s): Instructor or Cooperative Education Coordinator permission. Concurrent requirements: COLL 289 or BTEC 294 or BUS 294 or IT 294
9. Industrial Safety
MFG 105 (3 credits)
10. First Aid, CPR and Bloodborne Pathogens
HLTH 105 (1 credit)
11. Advanced Principles of Technology
TECH 100 (5 credits)
Pre- and/or co-requisite(s): One year of HS Principles of Tech or TECH 090 or MATH
106
12. Management of Human Relations: DIV
BUS 144 (5 credits)
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