How Do I Find an Apprenticeship Program?
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Pros: on-the-job PAID training, tools paid for, certificates paid for, health insurance, etc.
Cal Apprenticeship- You don't have to be 18 to start some of their programs. You can be 17!
Union Apprenticeship Programs:
General Contractor: Lakeside, Santa Ana, and Riverside.
Plumber: This is for San Diego and Imperial Counties: UA Local 230
Heating/Air Conditioning: This is in Santee, California. San Diego & Imperial Counties Pipe Trades Service Refrigeration & Air Conditioning J.A.C.
Center for Employment Training(CET)- electrician (residential and general, Green Building Construction Skills, Medical Assistant, Welding Fabrication
Hawthorne Technician Apprenticeship Program (HTAP): mechanic for CAT equipment.
Masonry Industry Training Association (MITA): Escondido, Ontario, and Moreno Valley
MTS: Electro-Mechanical Technician Apprentice—Maintenance of Wayside OR Electro-Mechanical Technician Apprentice - Light Rail Vehicle
ABC Southern California: Electrical, Plumbing, Low Voltage, Sheet Metal
SD Workforce: Construction Pre-Apprenticeship- SD and Imperial County
Apprenticeship Readiness Program: You can be 17 with a parent's consent.
Digital Marketing-Social Media and Web Design: Clear Digital Labs
Pre-apprenticeships
Internships and apprenticeships
Full and/or part-time
Career Pathways in Live Entertainment
Music Forward Foundation: Marketing, Special Events Coordinator, Lighting Technician, Grip/Rigger, Stagehand, AV Tech, Music Supervisor, Talent Coordinator and Audio Engineering
Show Imaging: Warehouse, Tech, Production Manager, Event Managers, Designers (Motion/2D)
Baking, Culinary, and Hospitality Apprenticeship
Cosmetology: California Barber and Beauty School, Bellus Academy, TNN Beauty, San Diego City College, Palomar Institute of Cosmetology, Riggins Urban Barber College (Imperial Beach), Associated Barber College.
College Apprenticeship Programs:
Palomar College/Off Site Locations:
Acoustical Installer (AP AC)-4 year program
Inside Wireman (AP IW)-5 year program
Accounting
Auto Mechanics
Cybersecurity Technicians
EMT / Paramedics
Nursing
Teacher Education
Water Treatment Technicians
Wine Viticulture Technicians
Certificate/Career Education Programs by College
San Diego County
Mira Costa College: Community Education and Workforce Development
Imperial County
Riverside County
Orange County
Los Angeles County
San Bernardino County
Certificate Programs (Alpha Order)
Accounting: San Diego City
Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, and Environmental Control Technology (AIRE): San Diego City
Architecture: Southwestern
Automotive Tech: Southwestern, Cuyamaca, Grossmont
CAD-Drafting and Design: Southwestern
CNA: Southwestern
Child Development: Cuyamaca College, San Diego City
Construction Management: Southwestern
Construction Inspection: Southwestern
Cosmetology: California Barber and Beauty School, Bellus Academy, TNN Beauty, San Diego City College, Palomar Institute of Cosmetology, Riggins Urban Barber College (Imperial Beach), Associated Barber College
Culinary Arts: San Diego Mesa College, Grossmont College
Cybersecurity: San Diego City
Dance/Choreography: San Diego Mesa College
Dental Assistant: Concorde Career College, San Diego Mesa College, Southwestern
Design School: Flat Iron School
EMT/Paramedic: Southwestern
Geographic Information Science(GIS): Southwestern
Hospitality Management: San Diego Mesa College
Landscape Architecture: Southwestern
Medical Assistant: Southwestern, Pima Institute
Medical Office-Billing/Coding: Southwestern
MRI/Xray Tech: Smith Chason College-San Marcos, Concorde Career College, San Diego Mesa College
Occupational Therapy Assistant: Grossmont College
Office Related Jobs: Grossmont College
Paralegal: Cuyamaca College
Personal Trainer/Fitness: San Diego Mesa College, Southwestern
Pharmacy Tech: Pima Institute
Photography: Grossmont College
Phlebotomist: Mesa College, PhlebotomyU
Physical Therapy Assistant: San Diego Mesa College
Telemetry/ECG Tech: Grossmont College
Ultrasound Tech: Smith Chason College-San Marcos
Respiratory Therapy: Grossmont College
Real Estate: San Diego Mesa College, Cuyamaca College
Vet Tech/Assistant: Mesa College, Southwestern College, Pima Institute, San Diego Mesa College