- Community of interest
- Health & Public Services
- Award
- Certificate
- Program code
- EMT.CC
- Department
- FCOX Skill Builder
- CIP code
- 51.0904: Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic).
- TOP code
- 1250.00 - Emergency Medical Services*
Program detailsAward, code, department, CIP/TOP
Program Snapshot
- Community of interest
- HPS Health & Public Services
- Award
- Certificate
- Program code
- EMT.CC
- Department
- FCOX Skill Builder
- CIP code
- 51.0904: Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic).
- TOP code
- 1250.00 - Emergency Medical Services*
Next Steps
Certificate — expand to learn about this award
A short-cycle credential built around a specific skill or job role. Useful as an entry point to a field, a step toward a larger credential, or a way to round out an existing degree.
Financial aid note. Courses taken solely to complete a Certificate of Completion are not eligible for financial aid.
Semester-by-Semester Map
Term 1
Class Schedules
course details
This course will instruct students to the level of Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). This course complies with the required course content for the state of California and the curriculum consists of the required U.S. Department of Transportation EMT-Basic National Standard Curriculum. The course includes all skills necessary for the individual to provide emergency medical care at a basic life support level with an ambulance service or other specialized service. Upon successful completion the student will be eligible to take the National Registry Exam required for certification as an EMT in the state of California. Graded only.
Prerequisite: American Heart Association BLS CPR Card, or equivalent, and must be 18 years of age as of first day of class
Career Connections
2-Year Degree Paths
Entry points students may pursue after associate-level study, technical preparation, or licensure pathways.
Example roles: 2
- Paramedics
- Emergency Medical Technicians
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.
Example roles: 1
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Local Job Market
ParamedicsSOC 29-20432 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Enloe Health 1
- Quest Diagnostics 1
Where the postings are
- Chico, Butte County 2
Sample current postings
Emergency Medical TechniciansSOC 29-20422 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Enloe Health 1
- Quest Diagnostics 1
Where the postings are
- Chico, Butte County 2
Sample current postings
Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondarySOC 25-1071no nearby openings indexed
No nearby openings matched any of: Health Specialties instructor, Health Specialties teacher, health specialties teachers postsecondary, health specialties teacher. Browse this occupation on Adzuna for postings outside the mapped keyword set.
Posting counts come from Adzuna's index of US job boards, covering the last up to 90 days within up to 100 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.
Last generated 2026-07-05T16:57+00:00