Community Plumbing Project of College of the Canyons Students is Completed

This spring, two of the transferred students participated in the College "grooves community plumbing project," I serve the good internship learning led by the Department "plumbing technology" of the college and the advisory board for the industry.
As part of the project, plumbing technology students was the Code of Conduct Philip Griffin and Brandon Harrison Koglr- the opportunity to work side by side with professional plumbers skilled workers to complete the project's multi-faceted residential plumbing, and two days in a private home in Santa Clarita.
Work focused on several much-needed renewal of plumbing and replacements that are designed to help restore arrival hot water and bring home water heater up to code and replace the pipes leak, re vertically and move the washer drier and accessions, sewage disposal problems improper and ensure that the overall home plumbing system operate efficiently.
Beginning with the project walk through in the middle of March / March, Griffin and Harrison Kugler involved with every aspect of the project.
"Home have survey and wrote the draft, presented a list of tools and materials, set a time table for the project, and the completion of the permit process and put placebo project estimates, and the proposal," said Randy Winter, faculty member of the plumbing code of conduct and the owner of the building winter Randall, Inc., which He was one of the main organizers of the project plumbing.
"I want my students to be able to do everything associated with the project - from start to completion," the winter. "I also keep a daily log of work, and presented a study to assess the home."
After that was completed prep work required Griffin and Harrison Kugler joined by journeyman plumber from plumbing Heys start work on Tuesday, March 31 / March Was wrapped work on the project before the end of the week part, with the final inspection and project Vinelisehnz place later in April / April
"It is through working on this project I talked about in class, or learning to do all the users hands-on things that you do the others" Harrison Kugler. "I did more work than ever before in any other place, but more than that I would like in this way."
It also seems to echo the feeling Griffin Koglr- Harrison about working on the project.
He said that "many of these jobs've never had the opportunity to work in a real house before - always only in the laboratory," Griffin, referring to the time spent as part of the plumbing technology college program. "Has been a great experience, but the best part is being able to do something to help someone else."
Total 2015 project "grooves community plumbing" cooperation between the Department of "plumbing technology" for college, the program code of conduct collaborative work education experience (KO), as well as several companies and individuals associated with the "plumbing Advisory Board technology" of the college including: Dale Heys, Heys owner plumbing; Randy Winter, plumbing College Code of Conduct and the owner of the building winter Randall, Inc; Rudolph Dutch, Faculty of plumbing code of conduct, and the owner of the foundry Land d d; and Hirsch pipes Land Supply Company, Inc.
All materials, time and labor required to do this project were donated.
He said that "This project win for everyone involved," Gina brick, associate dean of the College of internal training, professional development center Land Position. "Our students plumbing gain experience in the practical training industry while receiving college credit. Local companies are able to give back to the community by donating their time, materials and expertise in the industry, and we have a host family will gain the peace of mind to know that they can depend on the existence of clean and efficient plumbing system in their homes, which will last for years to come. "
"We look forward to building on the success of this collaborative effort," Regina Blesperj, head of the IT department plumbing code of conduct, "and we hope that our students will be able to benefit from this experience as they take the next step in their career."

More information about plumbing technology of the Code of Conduct program
This program was designed "plumbing technology Code of Conduct" to help address the current and long-term need for a sustainable work force of qualified and trained plumbers are well trained in all parts of the state.
Currently, the college offers plumbing certificate programs in the fields of 'new construction' and 'repair service'. Both programs have been developed in collaboration with industry partners to ensure that the instruction meets the various industry skills standards
Courses are held at the college plumbing state of the art technology lab is located inside the application of Education Technology Center (old-fashioned) inside the campus of the College "Canyon Country."

Resume Rallies in The College of the Canyons Job & Career Center on March 31 and April 1

There are two Resume Rallies in The College of the Canyons Job & Career Center  to help students and community members to create, improve and optimize their professional resumes in advance Academy two upcoming job & career fairs.

Biography Rally participants will meet with staff who can provide tips and advice on how to create a resume and cover letter stand out during the job search and application.

The Resume Rallies are scheduled:

Tuesday
Date: March 31, 2015
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Place: Valencia campus (staff dining room, Student Center)

Wednesday
Date: 1 April 2015
Hours: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Place: Canyon Country campus (Quad 1, Building B, Room 110)


Both events are free for all students and community members. Participants without parking passes students would be willing to buy a day pass for $ 3, or print a flyer biography Rally Web Centre for Job & Career Schools and place it on the dashboard.

There are two Job & Career Fairs will be held on:

The first Job & Career Fair

Wednesday
Date: 15 April 2015
Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Place: in the East Physical Education Building at the Valencia campus

The second Job & Career Fair

Wednesday
Date: 29 April 2015
Hours: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m
Place: at the Canyon Country campus

Attendees will be able to the make use of Reviews their updated resumes in two upcoming Job & Career Fairs

$230,000 is a Grant for College to Develop Healthcare Workforce

For two years, regional cooperation (IDRC) based gives approximately 23 million dollars worth of industry, after receiving the Canyon's University medical information technology State-wide personnel training model in the development of the found himself on the ground floor, designed to complement the professional coding programs that the nation's health care is a booming segment of the industry needs.

Grant Saddleback College, Santa Barbara City College and the University College of the canyons, granted as a result of the cooperation of multiple hosts. In addition, California State University, Northridge and a colleague at the University of a Mesa program development is included in the price.

An implementation of the affordable care Act of 2010, the demand for well trained frontline workers nationwide has increased. Two-year degree program is already present, but medical technology industry and the development of the rapid development of skilled workers was placed a high premium.

Grants are computer information systems, health information technology and health science education, including on-time, five-course certificate program will help you develop.

“This is an excellent opportunity to develop a program that strengthens the workforce in the health care industry with expanding the knowledge, skills and abilities of a technical support staff person,” said Paula Hodge, deputy sector navigator of information and communication technologies and digital media at the college.

“We are excited to have our industry and education partners recognizing the value that both bring to this training model,” added Hodge, who also serves as sector director for the state’s South Central Coast Region.

Each part of the health care industry is focused on a particular concentration at the side of the planned programs are the five components, each lasting eight weeks. Theme e-security and privacy in a special-purpose programming languages ranging from basic medical terms.

This is a comprehensive training strategy is to require new workers to the industry that will help you to adapt. However, in order to maintain their employment, competition and the incumbent worker training, we recommend that you take advantage of it.

"This project is aligned with the two merging health and information and communication technology sector. We were competitive in the health care workplace has provided training to in-service workers, "said John Cordova, South Central Coast region College Division from agents of the Division of allied health Navigator said.

"For data entry and report writing and given the additional duty of medical aid, but without the necessary training or skill sets you will. 'Technical improvement for the ' current workforce performance, increased job and employment sustainability. "

The Canyon is one of the seven colleges and the University of California Community College economic development Division Office of the Superintendent of personnel and funded by the program, will receive the award.

The program included two of the three courses was already a Committee on health information and information management training has been certified by the certification.

Grants are also certification programs for those who have completed the program development, internships, and community service opportunities will be state-wide panels.

The school is awarded the title of the canyons in the Grant

In ensuring a competitive five-year, $ 2,600,000 in grants, College of the canyons-Latino-serving institution entitled-have the opportunity to improve the educational experience of serving an increasingly diverse student population.

Latino students now represent the largest demographic of students on the Committee, which consists of 43 percent of the students. In total, the student population is non-white in the Committee of contributors has tripled since 2000 and now sits at more than 60 percent.

Dr Barry Gribbons, an Assistant Superintendent and Vice President of the College's institutional development, technologies and services online tells that when he was still a student at the COC precisely in 1980 ago, the students who come from students latino only amounted to 10%

"So obviously, significant changes occurred. It is great to see that we have students from many different backgrounds, both of the Committee really focuses on all segments of society. "

According to the grant proposal that at the high school, there are many challenges facing Latino students at COC. Seventy percent of Latino students who work part-time, with a further 25 percent committed to work on a full-time basis.

Simply put, to provide a resource that grants the title in the COC will make it easier to solve this problem with the new procedures and more specific goals.

As stated in the plan for full development of the College, the grant will directly be allocated for improvements, which include online educational plans, expanded online tutoring programs, the increased use of open educational resources, online counseling and training for cultural congruent pedagogical faculty increased.

According to Dr. James Temple, An Associate vice president of information technology and project director of the grant, the students should be given a lot of knowledge and also to be provided what their needs so that they can be successful. According to him, the use of technology will be very helpful for channeling knowledge to the students.

Although these initiatives are implemented as a result of title V funding, all of the COC students will reap the benefits.

Dr Gribbons explained if the title V projects is something that is very useful, it will help a lot of students in COC.

See how to better plan their college experience since passing a comprehensive plan for education." "This is also a good method structure of the schedule of classes help the administrator exclusive data returned to us so we have ideas.

By September. 30, 2016 College aspires to are fully accessible online counseling and educational planning, with the level of participation of at least 50 percent. Looking ahead to 2018, the title V funding is expected to increase this participation rate of at least 70 percent.

By 2019 the last year in grants for funding, the COC is expected to have trained an additional 250 full-time and lecturer in cultural importance education.

"Grant money develop for ready service very honored 29 University one US National University funded applications that have ' and Teresa Zuzevich, University grant money directed development. " we are interested with the good impact for our students".

The history of the College of the Canyons

This is a brief history of the "College of the Canyons". COC college was formed in 1967 and officially opened in 1969. The college is temporarily COC operates in College William S. Hart High School in Newhall. In 1970 the college COC build a permanent campus on the east side of Interstate 5, just south of Valencia Boulevard and north of McBean Parkway.

COC college moved to the collection of buildings while in 1970 while permanent facilities are being built. Meanwhile Over the years, educational facilities constructed to ensure that they blend in with nature and the environment, thus creating a relaxed and comfortable environment.

The history of the College of the Canyons 1960

The Map of the College of the Canyons