Addendum with evidence (8.2 MB) - Accreditation - Bakersfield ...

Job Skills Certificates
Job Skills Certificate (JSC) Title
Units
Required
Air Condition/ Heating/ Refrigeration Jobs Skills Certificate (JSC) 6.0
Architectural CAD JSC 11.0
AutoCad JSC 8.0
Automotive Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) JSC 15.0
Basic and Advanced Clean Air Car Course JSC 15.0
Basic Machine Tool Operations- Lathe, Mill JSC 3.0
Blueprint Reading and Layout for Welders JSC 6.0
Career Opportunities in Emergency Medical Technology 7.5
Child Development Assistant Teacher JSC 6.0
Child Development Associate Teacher JSC 12.0
Computer Numerical Control Programming JSC 6.0
Emergency Medical Technician 1 (EMT-1) JSC 7.5
Gas Metal Arc/Gas Tungsten Arc/Flux Core Arc Welding JSC 8.0
General Business JSC 12.0
General Management JSC 12.0
Human Services JSC 15.0
Nurse Assistant JSC 6.0
Office Assistant JSC 11.0
Principles of Fluoroscopy JSC 2.0
Principles of Venipuncture JSC 1.0
Registered Veterinary Technical Option JSC 17.5
Shielded Metal Arc Welding JSC 12.0
Woodworking/Cabinetmaking JSC 6.0
Source: Bakersfield College Catalog 2011-12
However, the College will review the Job Skills Certificates (JSCs) to determine whether to
submit them to the state for awards credit. Numerous Job Skills Certificates awarded to students
have been reported to the State in the last ten years. These awards, submitted in the annual program
data, are counted as successes for completions in both the Carl Perkins Act vocational programs
accountability and in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) reports of
student program completion.
Four programs requiring 12 to 17.5 units have been approved as Certificates of
Achievement: (1) Office Assistant; (2) Human Services; (3) Criminal Justice; and (4) Child
Development Master Teacher. JSCs requiring between 12 and 17.5 units will be reviewed to
determine whether they merit 18 units. The awards could then be reflected on the student’s
transcript. Those that are brought up to at least 18 semester credits would then be credited to the
College in the Accountability Reporting for Community Colleges (ARCC) framework.
There is another consideration that has arisen recently. A number of policy papers have been
published in the past year that suggest that only certificates of 30 units or above have economic
value. This may be due, in part, to the small number of certificates requiring fewer units being
recorded, and thus being available for analysis in the evaluation of a student’s return on investment.
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