Today’s industry needs employees with high levels of technical skills, excellent communication skills and technical knowledge from the get-go in order to succeed in the globally competitive environment. Industry also faces a growing shortage of skilled workers given the large number of retirements of the baby-boomers, as well as increased demand, creating an ideal opportunity for a new, highly-skilled and trained workforce to enter into these lucrative jobs.

The industry partners that have collaborated with Los Medanos College (LMC) to design the program include oil refineries, steel processors, chemical manufacturers, power production and distribution companies, and local water and waste treatment plants, to name just a few.

Los Medanos College is in a unique position to offer an outstanding, up-to-date curriculum that has been designed by industry for industry. No other college in this area provides similar education and training needed to obtain these high-skill, high-wage and high-demand jobs.

Surveys conducted by the ETEC industry advisory board at LMC indicate that the region will need to recruit and hire 150 electrical technicians and instrumentation technicians each year for the next 10 years.

The Electrical Technician specialization is designed to train electricians to maintain complex electrical automation systems used in the manufacturing and power generation industry.