Los Medanos College

Certificate Title: Forklift Operations and OSHA-10 Safety For General

Industry.

Type of Certificate: Non-Credit CDCP Certificate of Completion

Certificate of Completion Pursuant to Title 5, § 55151, students completing noncredit courses in

a prescribed pathway, chaptered by the Chancellor’s Office, leading to improved employability

or job opportunities, a Certificate of Completion may be awarded. A noncredit Certificate of

Los Medanos College has been a source of training and education serving the business and

industry needs of East Contra Costa County since its opening in 1974. The college enjoys close

relationship with economic development staff members of each of the cities of Antioch,

Brentwood, Oakley, Pittsburg and of Contra Costa County. There are currently multiple

initiatives and/or industrial developments that will bring about the need for warehouse and

logistics career training. Two of these initiatives are briefly described below.

The Northern Waterfront Economic Development Initiative

TM

is a regional cluster-based

economic development strategy with a goal of creating 18,000 new jobs by 2035. The Initiative

The Contra Costa Logistics Center, as it is termed, will feature 2.249,544 square feet of light

industrial space on 375 acres in the city of Oakley. The site is designated as Business Park, Light

Industrial, Utility Energy and Delta Recreation in the Oakley 2020 General Plan. Opportunities

for employment in the field of warehousing and logistics will add new career pathways for East

County K12, Adult Education and community college centers. Construction on the first 180,000

sq. ft. building, which has been leased by Amazon, will be completed in early fall, 2020.

2. Demonstrate personal and workplace safety rules and practices.

Item 2. Catalog Description

warehouse operations including facilities maintenance, security, materials handling, inventory

management, and productivity improvement and measurement. Materials handling includes

forklift driving using modern industrial training standards and includes Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. The certificate also covers basic hazardous material

handling and principles of health and safety in general industry.

16 Hours

Forklift Operations Lab LOGIS-013N/ CONST-16N 12

Hours

Hazardous Materials and OSHA 10 LOGIS-014N 12 Hours

Total Hours: 40 Hours

Item 4. Master Planning

Los Medanos College has a strong history of innovative workforce development initiatives

including the Career Advancement Academies, California Apprenticeship Initiative, Workforce

Accelerator Fund grants, etc. Each of these is focused on innovative ways to engage students

using strategies such as learning communities and early alert software. These strategies, coupled

institutions such as the Industrial Association of Contra Costa County and the Contra Costa

County Department of Conservation and Development as well as with the economic

development directors of each of the East County cities. As such, the college stays well-informed

regarding the current and future workforce needs of the region. The college’s very active

advisory committees for its industrial technology programs feature companies such as Corteva

these companies welcome the addition of the FLOW program to the college’s catalog. New

partnerships with big box retailers and warehousing giants such as Amazon are now forming.

3. Promote innovation, expand organizational capacity, and enhance institutional

desire to reach students previously unserved in the community. Alignment with local K12

educational partners, including adult ed, has been a priority and seeks to ensure career pathways

for students of all ages with interests and skills in career education. With construction of millions

of square feet of manufacturing and warehousing space in the Contra Costa region the workforce

needs for this type of training will increase significantly. Expansion into industrial maintenance

to add to the college’s industrial electronics and refinery operator programs will create a one-stop

efficiencies will allow the space to be transformed with minimal effort to accommodate

instruction in newly developed fabrication technology courses, expanded HVAC offerings and

potentially a shared maker space. These investments in infrastructure, along with new state-of-

the-art forklift simulation stations will enable the college to expand its student base and enjoy

fiscally sound growth.