According to the latest labor market projections from the Employment Development Department, occupations in public safety such as firefighters, environmental science and protection technicians, and emergency medical technicians and paramedics rank among California's top 100 fastest growing occupations with the most job openings. Students who aspire to have careers in the public safety sector must be prepared to succeed in a knowledge-based, globally competitive environment that is ethnically and culturally diverse and demands a sophisticated set of skills.
Because jobs in public safety cannot be outsourced, it is imperative that students have access to the training they need to meet the workforce demands. The Allan Hancock College is responding to this need with the construction of a state-of-the-art Public Safety Training Complex at its Lompoc Valley Center, which currently hosts the Central California Environmental Training Center (ETC). The Public Safety Training Complex is a $46.2 million, 51,197 square-foot facility that has been meticulously designed to meet a variety of training and certification needs. The complex includes an emergency vehicle operations course, skid pad, a six-story fire training tower, a scenario village, confined space/trench rescue training facilities, shooting range, fitness track, obstacle course and more. The training complex will also feature more classrooms, laboratories, locker facilities and conference spaces than currently available in existing facilities. In total, the project spans 80 acres.
Allan Hancock College and the Central Callifornia ETC are confident that when the Public Safety Training Complex opens, new students and professionals from all over the state will be attracted to train and obtain their professional certifications at the facilities.
For more information about Allan Hancock College's Public Safety Training Complex, visit www.hancockcollege.edu. For more information about EWD's Environmental Training Centers and its programs, visit www.envtraining.org, or call Richard Della Valle at (925) 672-2209.
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