The vocational training provides trainees with the skills required
for entry level employment in specific occupations that offer job
opportunities and possible future career advancement.
More than 25 vocational courses are offered at the San Jose Job
Corps Center. All are in courses approved by the National Office
of Job Corps. Most of this Center's vocational courses are taught
by the Central County Occupational Center at their state-of-the-art
training center in San Jose. CCOC also teaches four courses at the
Job Corps Center, they are the Cement Masonry, Financial Computer Accounting,
Office Occupations, and Landscape Technician.
At the Job Corps center, two additional vocational courses are
taught by Job Corps staff, they are Culinary Arts and the Building and Apartment Maintenance.
Each vocation teaches to competency levels specified in the official
Job Corps Training and Achievement Records (TARS). Vocations also
teach to levels beyond the competencies in the TARS if needed to
meet local labor market requirements.
After completing vocational training to specified levels, some
trainees may be selected for participation in Work-Based Learning
in which they work in paid or unpaid internships at an employer
work site. Work-based learning relates work experience with Job
Corps classroom-based learning activities.
Trainees are assisted by the Job Corps employability and placement
staff in developing job search and job readiness skills. As they
become available for job placement, Job Corps aids them in obtaining
suitable employment and in appropriately making the transition from
school to work.
The San Jose Job Corps Center has developed partnerships with local
employers in support of the education and training opportunities
for trainees and in support of the hiring needs of the participating
employers. Each vocational course in Job Corps has an associated
industry council that helps develop course content and labor market
information.
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