Concrete Industry TechnicianCertificate of AchievementAS Degree
- Community of interest
- Industrial Technologies & Agriculture
- Award
- Certificate of Achievement
- Program code
- 45770.00CA
- Department
- Applied Construction
- CIP code
- 46.0000: Construction Trades, General.
- TOP code
- 0952.00 - Construction Crafts Technology*
Program detailsAward, code, department, CIP/TOP
Program Snapshot
- Community of interest
- ITAG Industrial Technologies & Agriculture
- Award
- Certificate of Achievement
- Program code
- 45770.00CA
- Department
- Applied Construction
- CIP code
- 46.0000: Construction Trades, General.
- TOP code
- 0952.00 - Construction Crafts Technology*
Next Steps
Certificate of Achievement — expand to learn about this award
A career-aligned credential built around a specific field of study or area of emphasis. Faster to complete than a degree, and the coursework typically stacks into a related AS or AA later if you choose to continue.
Semester-by-Semester Map
Term 1
Class Schedules
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This course is designed to teach students a broad overview of the construction industry and the opportunities available in this field. Emphasis will be on developing an understanding of the trades, processes, terminology, practices, and documents in the construction field. The student will be introduced to time, equipment, and materials and their relationship to estimating, cost, and performance.
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This course will introduce students to reading construction documents and specifications used in civil, residential, commercial, industrial, and specialty construction. The correlation of plans and specifications to the contract documents will be introduced, as well as the use of the plans for material takeoff. The introduction to surveying will cover fundamental surveying methods, field practices in measuring, note taking/mapping, and staking.
Term 2
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This course is a study of various types of concrete materials and applications. The students will learn about concrete production, transportation, forming, reinforcing, placing, consolidating, jointing, finishing, and curing. The students will be introduced to foundations, pavements, slabs on grade, structural concrete, and tilt-up/pre-cast concrete. Quality control, quantity take-off, and estimating will be included throughout as they relate to each topic.
Term 3
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This is the study of accounting as an information system, examining why it is important and how it is used by investors, creditors, and others to make decisions. The course covers the accounting information system, including recording and reporting of business transactions with a focus on the accounting cycle, the application of generally accepted accounting principles, the financial statements, and statement analysis. Includes issues relating to asset, liability, and equity valuation, revenue and expense recognition, cash flow, internal controls, and ethics. (C-ID ACCT 110).
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This course is a comprehensive study of foundations and structures. Students will learn to analyze the practical applications of foundations/structures and the corresponding layout, excavation, form system, and material placement. Modern methods of material delivery and placement for foundations/structures and their forming system are studied and practiced.
Term 4
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This course provides students an in depth study of how managers use accounting information in decision-making, planning, directing operations and controlling. It focuses on cost terms and concepts, cost behavior, cost structure and cost-volume-profit analysis. Includes issues relating to cost systems, cost control, profit planning, and performance analysis in manufacturing and service environments. (C-ID ACCT 120).
Prerequisite: ACCT 2
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Fundamental legal principles pertaining to business transactions. Introduction to the legal process. Topics include sources of law and ethics, contracts, torts, agency, criminal law, business organizations, and judicial and administrative processes. (C-ID BUS 125).
Career Connections
2-Year Degree Paths
Entry points students may pursue after associate-level study, technical preparation, or licensure pathways.
Example roles: 4
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
- Electricians
- Construction Laborers
4-Year Degree Paths
Roles that more often open up after transfer and a bachelor's degree.
No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the 4-year pathway for this program.
Graduate School Paths
Advanced roles commonly associated with graduate, professional, or post-baccalaureate study.
No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the graduate-school pathway for this program.
Local Job Market
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersSOC 47-10113 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Butte-Glenn Community College District 1
- WALGREENS 1
- Walgreens 1
Where the postings are
- Thermalito, Butte County 2
- Oroville, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
ElectriciansSOC 47-211111 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Aymium 3
- ADM 1
- Adams Group 1
- Archer Daniels Midland Company 1
- BoxPower 1
Where the postings are
- Arbuckle, Colusa County 4
- Williams, Colusa County 3
- Corning, Tehama County 1
- Grass Valley, Nevada County 1
- Union Hill, Nevada County 1
Sample current postings
Construction LaborersSOC 47-20611 nearby opening
Top employers in sample
- TJMaxx of CA 1
Where the postings are
- Chico, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
CarpentersSOC 47-20312 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Feather Falls Casino 2
Where the postings are
- Las Plumas, Butte County 1
- Oroville, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
Posting counts come from Adzuna's index of US job boards, covering the last up to 60 days within up to 50 miles of ZIP 95965. Coverage and salary visibility vary by employer. Empty searches expand the radius and posting window before the section gives up.
Source Notes
Course sequencing is generated from the Acadia Program Mapper cache. Career groupings use local CIP-to-SOC mappings and BLS occupation data when available. Confirm education plans with Counseling and Advising.
Live wage data was not available from the BLS helper for the mapped occupations, so some pay fields may be blank.
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