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Cerritos College outlines apprenticeship pipeline — free classroom instruction plus paid on‑the‑job training
Summary
Cerritos College presented apprenticeship programs for ironworkers, painters, electricians and new LA Metro rail and risk‑management tracks. Staff emphasized apprentices are paid on the job and tuition is covered by state funding; the college highlighted a grant to boost women’s participation, including up to $10,000 a year for childcare.
CERRITOS, Calif. — Representatives from Cerritos College described a growing apprenticeship portfolio to the Economic Development Commission on Jan. 13, pitching the programs as an earn‑and‑learn pathway that pairs paid on‑the‑job training with college instruction and industry certification.
Dr. Graciela Vasquez, instructional dean, and Program Facilitator Claudia Aguilar Gonzalez told commissioners the college offers multiple registered apprenticeship programs — including field iron workers (structural and reinforcing tracks), painting and decorating (PDCA), electrician trainees, and several rail‑operations…
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