Columbia Gorge Community College

Teachers and home care providers of young children, ages birth through five, plan the environment, develop suitable learning experiences, and work closely with families in childhood care education situations. They also supervise play and physical needs of small children, organize daily activities, keep records of children’s progress and confer with parents. Early childhood education graduates may also work in related fields such as child care resource and referral.

The Basic Computer Skills certificate helps the student gain a foundational understanding of how computers work and what computers can do. Students will become more computer literate while they improve keyboarding skills and learn to manage documents, spreadsheets and emails effectively. Computer terminology is explained and best practice skills are shared for productive and secure use of the computer.

Computer Information Systems (CIS) prepares students for careers in Internet based commerce, including web server administration, webmaster, E-commerce manager, help desk/user support specialist, web technologist and web developer.

The Web Development Assistant less-than-one-year certificate provides training for entry-level positions in web site development and maintenance for businesses. A web development assistant is trained to understand the essential functioning of the Internet, the basic tools needed to develop and manipulate web pages, such as competence with HTML and Cascading Style Sheets. Web development assistants also will understand other common web-related tools, such as PHP, search engine optimization, various Java tools, and database manipulation using SQL.

The Electro-Mechanical Technology (EM-Tech) program provides a solid foundation in automated electronic technologies preparing students to work as technicians in a broad range of industries: wind, hydropower, avionics manufacturing, food and beverage manufacturing, engineering, and others.

The Electro-Mechanical Technology (EM-Tech) program provides a solid foundation in automated electronic technologies preparing students to work as technicians in a broad range of industries: wind, hydropower, avionics manufacturing, food and beverage manufacturing, engineering, and others.

The Manufacturing Certificate is designed to prepare students for entry-level welding employment in a manufacturing environment. Career opportunities include entry level jobs in cutting parts, blueprint reading and fitting, tacking, production welding, repair welding and fabrication.

The Manufacturing Certificate is designed to prepare students for entry-level welding employment in a manufacturing environment. Career opportunities include entry level jobs in cutting parts, blueprint reading and fitting, tacking, production welding, repair welding and fabrication.

Those training in the Medical Assisting Program will find occupations involved with administrative and clinical aspects of health care in clinics and physicians’ offices. The medical assistant performs a variety of clinical and administrative duties. Clinical duties may include: assisting physicians and preparing patients for examinations and treatment; taking and recording vital signs and medical histories; performing certain diagnostic tests; preparing, administering and documenting medication; collecting and processing specimens. Administrative duties may include: scheduling and receiving patients; maintaining medical records; handling telephone calls; correspondence and reports; insurance matters; office accounts; fees and collections.

This program is designed to prepare individuals for professional office positions combining basic office skills with key medical administrative assistant/secretarial skills such as: managing an appointment schedule, organizing patients’ medical records, bookkeeping procedures, and processing insurance claims. Medical Office Professional Career Pathway Certificate coursework prepares the student to secure entry-level employment in a health care office setting.

The Nursing Assistant course is offered two to three times per year and prepares students to work in area nursing homes or hospitals. The course combines 75 hours of lectures and 80 hours of clinical time, with practice on-site at area healthcare facilities. Students finishing this course are generally hired immediately into one of these facilities. The primary focus of this course is to prepare the student with the knowledge and skills needed to provide safe physical care to patients in long-term facilities. This Course of Study is intended to prepare students for the Oregon State Board of Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) examination.

Students who take this course will gain the knowledge and skills required for employment as a phlebotomist. Students will understand the concepts related to phlebotomy and the laboratory, including non-analytical factors affecting test results, knowledge about basic anatomical systems related to venipuncture and micro-collection, and many of the special tests phlebotomists are required to perform.

The Web Design Assistant provides foundational training in the principles of web design and the creation of computer graphics. This one-year certificate is designed to prepare students in entry-level web site design duties such as the design, creation and modification of graphics. Students are prepared to assist web designers with editing graphics on existing web pages and creating or designing graphics for specific customer web pages.