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Certificate of Proficiency (COP)
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.
5 credits – ENGL& 101 English Composition I OR ENGL 110 Industrial Communications (recommended)
5 credits – MATH 106 Industrial Mathematics
5 credits – BUS 144 Management of Human Relations
BLPT 150 OR BLPT 160 |
Machinists Blueprint Reading OR Blueprint Reading for Welders |
5 |
HLTH 105 | First Aid, CPR and Bloodborne Pathogens | 1 |
MASP 107 AND/OR MASP 111 |
Machining for Related Occupations (2-6 cr variable) AND/OR Machine Shop I (2-10 cr variable) for a combined total of 10 credits |
10 |
MFG 100 | Foundational Skills for the Trades | 3 |
MFG 105 |
Industrial Safety | 3 |
MFG 288 | Cooperative Education | 2 |
MFG 289 |
Seminar | 1 |
TECH 100 |
Advanced Principles of Technology | 5 |
WELD 105 |
Related Welding I | 6 |
Diversity and Distribution Lists are available in the Lower Columbia College Academic
Catalog and at lowercolumbia.edu/catalog.
Total credits required to earn this certificate: 51
Total: | 15 | Total: | 18 | Total: | 18 | Total: | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fall Quarter | Winter Quarter | Spring Quarter | Summer Quarter | ||||||||
√ | Courses | Crs | √ | Courses | Crs | √ | Courses | Crs | √ | Courses | Crs |
MFG 100 (A) |
3 |
BLPT 150 or BLPT 160 |
5 | TECH 100 (A) | 5 | ||||||
MFG 105 (A) | 3 |
MASP 107 and/or MASP 111 (A) |
10 | ENGL 110 (A) | 3 | ||||||
MATH 106 (A) | 5 | WELD 105 (A) | 3 | MFG 288 (A) | 2 | ||||||
HLTH 105 (A) | 1 | MFG 289 (A) | 1 | ||||||||
WELD 105 (A) | 3 |
Program planning is based on information available at the time of preparation. It
is the student’s responsibility to meet with their LCC advisor. Consult the LCC catalog
for LCC graduation requirements.
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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.
5 credits – ENGL& 101 English Composition I OR ENGL 110 Industrial Communications (recommended)
5 credits – MATH 106 Industrial Mathematics
5 credits – BUS 144 Management of Human Relations
BLPT 150 OR BLPT 160 |
Machinists Blueprint Reading OR Blueprint Reading for Welders |
5 |
HLTH 105 | First Aid, CPR and Bloodborne Pathogens | 1 |
MASP 107 AND/OR MASP 111 |
Machining for Related Occupations (2-6 cr variable) AND/OR Machine Shop I (2-10 cr variable) for a combined total of 10 credits |
10 |
MFG 100 | Foundational Skills for the Trades | 3 |
MFG 105 |
Industrial Safety | 3 |
MFG 288 | Cooperative Education | 2 |
MFG 289 |
Seminar | 1 |
TECH 100 |
Advanced Principles of Technology | 5 |
WELD 105 |
Related Welding I | 6 |
Diversity and Distribution Lists are available in the Lower Columbia College Academic
Catalog and at lowercolumbia.edu/catalog.
Total credits required to earn this certificate: 51
Total: | 15 | Total: | 18 | Total: | 18 | Total: | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fall Quarter | Winter Quarter | Spring Quarter | Summer Quarter | ||||||||
√ | Courses | Crs | √ | Courses | Crs | √ | Courses | Crs | √ | Courses | Crs |
MFG 100 (A) |
3 |
BLPT 150 or BLPT 160 |
5 | TECH 100 (A) | 5 | ||||||
MFG 105 (A) | 3 |
MASP 107 and/or MASP 111 (A) |
10 | ENGL 110 (A) | 3 | ||||||
MATH 106 (A) | 5 | WELD 105 (A) | 3 | MFG 288 (A) | 2 | ||||||
HLTH 105 (A) | 1 | MFG 289 (A) | 1 | ||||||||
WELD 105 (A) | 3 |
Program planning is based on information available at the time of preparation. It
is the student’s responsibility to meet with their LCC advisor. Consult the LCC catalog
for LCC graduation requirements.
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