www.shastacollege.edu Shasta College is an equal opportunity educator and employer. (530) 242-7730 Economic and Workforce Development Preparing for the Next Generation of Logging and Forest Workers SHASTA COLLEGE
SHASTA COLLEGE RESOURCES
NEW! Logging Certificate for Heavy Equipment and Logging Truck Driving, beginning Fall 2020.
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 – award-winning college support program for formerly incarcerated community members, expected to provide significant student trainees for Shasta College’s Logging programs.
FIRST-SEAT is an in-woods internship program sponsored by Shasta College’s logging industry partners (Summer 2019):
• Associated California Loggers (ACL)
• Creekside Logging
• Del Logging
• Loggers Association of Northern California (LANC)
• Peterson Timber
• Sierra Cascade Logging Conference (SCLC)
• Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI)
GRANT FUNDING – Received $3.2M as part of Fall River “RCD’s CALFIRE Forest Health Grant.”
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 – Sierra Pacific Industries provides Shasta College access for training to 45,000 acres of prime timberland.
74% of
establishments in California are
in the North/Far North
82% of
Shasta College logging located logging employment in California is found in the North/Far North 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
*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 presidentEconomic and Workforce Development
* 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). 0 20K 40K 60K 80K 100K 120K 140K 160K 180K 1.1M Deficit 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2027 2023 2028 TRUCK DRIVERS NEEDED! Projected Deficit of 1.1 Million Truck Drivers Over the Next 10 Years in the United States
Source: American Trucking Associations, Truck Driver Shortage Analysis, 2019 19-24 65+ 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 TRUCK DRIVERS 19-24 65+ 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 HEAVY EQUIPMENT 19-24 65+ 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 LOGGING
AGE DISTRIBUTION for Employment in Selected Occupations* California, 2018
Summer Semester + Semester 2, concurrent
HEALTH SCIENCES & UNIVERSITY CENTER 1400 Market Street Redding, CA 96001 (530) 339-3600 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 LOGGING AND FOREST WORKER TRAINING Job Readiness Funding for this project provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as part of the California Climate Investments Program. JOB READY! 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 Semester 2, Full Time Logging Heavy Equipment Operations and Maintenance Certificate • 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) Semester 1, Full Time CERTIFICATE Heavy Equipment Operations and Maintenance CERTIFICATE
WORKSITE LEARNING
• 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)
On-site training with local logging employers (1-8 units)