Career Education

If you’re looking for a job in a technical field or specific occupation, El Camino College has the courses you need to get a head start on a great career.

Comprehensive Training - Personalized Support

You’ll find 36 career-specific programs at ECC, from automotive specialties to healthcare to real estate. You can start your studies here, or take continuing education classes to hone your skills for advancement.

Every Career Education course is focused and intensive, taught by expert professionals with years of field experience. And when you’re ready to start or expand your job hunt, our placement service team will connect you with the best prospects for a sustainable career you can be proud of.

Career Education Programs

Art

Craft a comprehensive foundation in the history, theory, and practice of Art.

Administration of Justice

Prepare for a degree in criminal justice while gaining an ability to apply the principles of the justice system.

Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

Build skills to work with residential, commercial, and industrial heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems.

Architecture

Explore educational paths in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Community Planning, and more.

Auto Collision Repair/Painting

Gain essential skills to enter the industry as an automotive collision repair technician or automotive painter.

Automotive Technology

Prepare to enter the industry as a technician in automotive service, repair, tune-up, or automotive air conditioning.

Business

Pursue immediate business career goals and objectives or prepare to transfer to a four-year college or university.

Childhood Education

Gain skills for private or public programs and teach infants, toddlers, preschoolers, or children with special needs.

Communication Studies

Develop personal and professional communication skills that may be directly applied in interpersonal and group settings.

Computer Aided Design/Drafting

Prepare for upgraded employment opportunities in career fields utilizing computer aided drafting (CAD) processes.

Computer Information Systems

Gain a solid technical foundation to compete in this rapidly changing field that is in high demand in the marketplace.

Computer Science

Transfer to a four-year institution with this technical major focused on the study or application of computer concepts.

Construction Technology

Acquire proficiency in basic residential construction techniques and learn to analyze, evaluate, and provide solutions.

Cosmetology

Become proficient in hair cutting, coloring, permanent waving, chemical relaxing, manicuring, pedicuring, and facials.

Electronics & Computer Hardware

Prepare for employment in the areas of computer hardware and industrial, military, and consumer electronics.

Engineering Technology

Learn principles of engineering and design, digital electronics, and automated manufacturing within technical fields.

English

Develop interpretive and analytical skills and an ability to read prose and poetry with understanding and discernment.

English as a Second Language

Prepare for college-level English courses and employment in English-speaking environments.

Environmental Technology

Understand ecological and social issues driving sustainability and gain a global awareness of environmentalism.

Fashion

Prepare for a career in the fashion industry in design, styling, construction production, or merchandising.

Film/Video

Foster critical skills in traditional and digital filmmaking with related courses in cinema history and aesthetics.

Fire & Emergency Technology

Apply principles of fire combat, fire protection organization, fire prevention and behavior, and building construction.

Journalism

Prepare for a career in electronic journalism, newspaper, magazine, advertising, public relations, or radio/television.

Machine Tool Technology

Learn skills to obtain employment in machine shops, tool rooms, or instrument and experimental laboratories.

Manufacturing Technology

Acquire a foundation in computer aided design, machining, electronics, technical mathematics, and welding.

Music

Create a versatile and comprehensive foundation within the theory, history, and performance of music.

Nursing

Develop a strong foundation in nursing theory and concepts with practical experience to serve the health of individuals.

Nutrition Science

Study dietetics and human nutrition, along with how to apply it to meet the dietary needs and goals of individuals.

Paralegal Studies

Begin a career as a paralegal in as little as four semesters with this American Bar Association (ABA) approved program.

Photography

Develop a comprehensive foundation in the skills, techniques, and processes for commercial and creative photography.

Physical Education/ Kinesiology

Explore a well-rounded curriculum that teaches students lifelong wellness while using sound theory and application.

Radiologic Technology

A diagnostic medical radiography program leading to an A.S. Degree and eligibility to take the ARRT for an R.T. license.

Real Estate

Get trained in residential and commercial real estate appraisal, development, property management, sales, and more.

Respiratory Care

Gain competence in cognitive, psychmotor, and affective learning domains of respiratory care practice performed by RRTs.

Sign Language/ Interpreter

Learn general communication skills in American Sign Language classes and advanced proficiency in interpreter classes.

Welding

Develop skills for welding ferrous and non-ferrous alloys in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions.

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David Gonzales

Dean of Industry & Technology

310-660-3600

dgonzales@elcamino.edu

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