Occupational Skills Training, 1-yr Certificate

Learning Outcomes

The purpose of this program is to create an individualized career training opportunity focused on learning at a job site. This program offers students the ability to earn college credits while providing them the opportunity to design a career path that accommodates their occupational goals, abilities, skills and interests. The individual career plan must incorporate work site (hands-on) learning and may also include related classroom instruction as necessary to allow the student to pursue a career path toward gainful employment. The OST Certificate is intended to serve as a beginning point for students to prepare for a job or to get a better job while opening the door to further education to expand their employment opportunities. Programs are to be developed based upon the assessed needs of individual students and are not to be pre-packaged programs of study.

Students who complete this program will be able to:

• Complete occupation-specific classes and work site education/training
• Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize and display relevant data to answer them
• Gain knowledge and skills to prepare for employment in a chosen occupation
• Improve communication, human relations, and critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Interpret the concepts of a problem-solving task and translate them into mathematics
• Learn and enhance vocabulary and communication skills relevant to their individualized program and career plan
• Learn to research labor market trends and employment opportunities relevant to their career plan
• Improve awareness of individual communication and work style, and improve the ability to apply specific skills relevant to the students current Career Plan.

Admission Information

Each student will need to fill out a Career Pathways application form and Student Plan for admissions into the Occupational Skills Program. Capacity is limited. For information, go to https://www.lanecc.edu/pathways. Each student's plan should include the following:

• Occupational Goal
• Labor Market Review
• Student Assessment
• Program of Study describing skills and knowledge needed to enter employment

Program Requirements

Notes

• This program follows the Certificate of Completion Requirements  unless otherwise specified.
• Ongoing career coaching is required as part of this program.