www.shastacollege.edu Shasta College is an equal opportunity educator and employer. Economic and Workforce Development (530)242-7730
SHASTA COLLEGE RESOURCES
NEW! Heavy Equipment Logging Operations (HELO) certificate with Class A/B License training including Log Truck Driving.
Existing programs:
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Diesel Technology
• Fire Technology, Fire Academy and EMT
• Heavy Equipment
• Natural Resources (includes Forest Operations and Silviculture)
• Truck Driving
• Welding
STEP-UP is an award-winning college support program for formerly incarcerated community members.
FIRST SEAT is an in-woods, industry-sponsored internship program in cooperation with partners represented by:
• Associated California Loggers
• California Women in Timber
• Loggers Association of Northern California
• Sierra Cascade Logging Conference
GRANT FUNDING
• $3.2M Phase I CAL FIRE Forest Health grant in cooperation with Fall River Resource Conservation District (2019)
• $1.8M Phase II CAL FIRE Forest Health grant (2020)
• $500,000 CA Apprenticeship Initiative grant (2020)
ONE of only 11 campuses in the CA CC system that offers housing, and has farm dorm housing.
FREE tuition for two years to qualifying students.
IN-WOODS EXPERIENCE featuring a 45,000-acre outdoor classroom made available by Sierra Pacific Industries for Shasta College HELO students to train and operate modern logging equipment in real-world environments. Partners include Creekside Logging, Del Logging, Hat Creek Construction, Lepage Company, Papé Machinery, Peterson Timber, Sierra Pacific Industries, Sierra Pacific Windows and more.
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Shasta College Shasta College Main Campus Shasta College Trinity Campus Shasta College Tehama Campus Shasta College Intermountain Campus Shasta College is positioned at the epicenter of logging and forest resource management—and the only area in the state that still has a fully intact timber processing infrastructure.” Dan Opalach, Senior Biometrician, Forest Biometrics Research Institute“
% of logging establishments in California are located in the North/Far North
% of logging employment in California is found in the North/Far North*Derived from Econovue, Dun & Bradstreet, 2019.3
“With over 150 million burned, dead, or dying trees, the California logging industry has its work cut out for it. But the average logging heavy equipment operator is over 50 years old, and the pipeline of younger operators is minimal.”
Ted
James, SPI Forester and SCLC past president
Economic and Workforce Development
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AGE DISTRIBUTION for Employment in Selected Occupations* California, 2018
LOGGING HEAVY EQUIPMENT TRUCK DRIVERS
* Selected occupations for logging industry include: Fallers (SOC 45-4021); Logging Equipment Operators (45-4022; and Logging Workers, All Others (SOC 45-4029). Occupations in heavy equipment include: Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators (SOC 47-2073); Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines (SOC 49-3042); and Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators (SOC 53-7032). The occupation title “truck driver” is shortened from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers (SOC 53-3032). TRUCK DRIVERS NEEDED! Projected Deficit of 1.1 Million Truck Drivers Over the Next 10 Years in the United States 0 20K 40K 60K 80K 100K 120K 140K 160K 180K 1.1M Deficit 201120122013201420152016201720182019 2022 2027 2023 2028 Source: American Trucking Associations, Truck Driver Shortage Analysis, 2019
HEAVY EQUIPMENT LOGGING OPERATIONS Certificate Program • Intro to Construction Skills and Natural Resources or Beginning Welding (3 units) • Equipment Operations and Maintenance (3) • Surveying for Equipment Operators (2) • Technical Applications of Mathematics or Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources (3) • Career Planning and Leadership (2) Full Time Student SEMESTER TWO SEMESTER ONE • Truck Driving, Class A & B License Training (3 units) • Heavy Logging Equipment Operations and Maintenance (4) • Equipment Operations Skills Development (2) • Intro to Natural Resources (3) Full Time Student 2,000 Hours OJT REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP Logging and Forest Workers Summer Semester + Semester 2, concurrent WORKSITE LEARNING On-site training with local industry employers (1-8 units) JOB READY! Funding for this project provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as part of the California Climate Investments Program. F F a ll ll R R ii v v ee rr R R ee ss o u u rr cc ee C C o o n n ss ee rr v v a a tt ii o o n n D D ii ss tt rr ii cc tt REDDING CAMPUS 11555 Old Oregon Trail Redding, CA 96049-6006 (530)242-7500 TEHAMA CAMPUS 770 Diamond Avenue Red Bluff, CA 96080 (530)242-7750 | Ext. 2 INTERMOUNTAIN CAMPUS 37581 Mountain View Road Burney, CA 96013 (530)242-7750 | Ext. 3 TRINITY CAMPUS 30 Arbuckle Court Weaverville, CA 96093 (530)242-7750 | Ext. 4 HEALTH SCIENCES & UNIVERSITY CENTER 1400 Market Street Redding, CA 96001 (530)339-3600