Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)Certificate

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Health & Public Services
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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*
(Not Eligible for Financial Aid) The primary focus of the Emergency Medical Technician is to provide basic emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system. This individual possesses the basic knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and transportation. Emergency Medical Technicians function as part of a comprehensive EMS response. Emergency Medical Technicians perform interventions with basic equipment typically found on an ambulance. The Emergency Medical Technician is a link from the scene to the emergency health care system. The department also recommends taking Medical Terminology (ALH 104), The Critical Six Soft Skills in the Professional Healthcare Environment (ALH 6), Introduction to Human Biology (BIOL 2), and Survey of Human Systems (BIOL 10) for more well-rounded success in the field.
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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*
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Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Certificate

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.

See the 2025-26 Catalog for official program details

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8 units
EMS 111
Emergency Medical Technician
8 units

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.

No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset point cleanly to an immediate 2-year outcome for this program.

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

  • Physical Therapists

Local Job Market

Physical TherapistsSOC 29-1123176 nearby openings

Search keyword used: physical therapist · Search window: last 30 days, 25-mile radius · Avg listed salary: $126,668/yr

Top employers in sample

  • AMN Healthcare Allied 3
  • Pioneer Healthcare Services 3
  • American Traveler 2
  • KPG Healthcare 2
  • Preferred Healthcare Staffing 2

Where the postings are

  • Manzanita, Butte County 7
  • Linda, Yuba County 5
  • Oregon, Butte County 3
  • Chico, Butte County 2
  • Live Oak, Sutter County 2

Sample current postings

  1. Travel Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Physical TherapistThe Good Life MedStaff · Oregon, Butte County · today
  2. Travel Physical Therapist (PT) - $2,802 per week in OregonKPG Healthcare · Oregon, Butte County · today
  3. Travel Physical Therapist - Paying up to $3,466/weekVivian Health · Linda, Yuba County · today
  4. Physical Therapist - Travel ContractJackson Therapy · Linda, Yuba County · today
  5. Travel Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Physical TherapistPreferred Healthcare Staffing · Live Oak, Sutter County · today

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Posting counts come from Adzuna's index of US job boards, covering the last 30 days within 25 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.

Career Connections used a same-family CIP fallback because this exact CIP was not in the NCES/IPEDS crosswalk (51.0912).

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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