Continuing Education

Contract Education

Contract education offers workforce development training to local businesses and industry, designed to increase the skills of your workforce, and allowing you to remain competitive in a changing environment. Our contract education works closely with managers, deans, and internal trainers to identify the training needs of your workforce and customize training courses to meet those needs. The training can be conducted at Citrus College or at a corporate facility.

Proterra Contract Education

Citrus College has formed a four-way public/private partnership to offer short-term workforce training in electric bus manufacturing technology that leads directly to employment. These partners include the Los Angeles County Department of Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services (WDACS), the Los Angeles County America's Job Centers of California (AJCC), the Proterra Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Company, and the career, technical and continuing education division of Citrus College. See below for recent and future training opportunities.

Spring 2022 Courses

Unit 1 Section 1: Hanking and Handling: Basic Harness Care
03/25/2022
Mariano Rubio
10 instructional hours

Unit 1 Section 2: Basic Electrical
03/26, 04/01 - 04/02/2022
Priscilla Englert
30 instructional hours

Unit 2 Section 1: Cooling System Service and Inspection
04/29 - 04/30/2022
Bryce Neighbors
15 instructional hours

Unit 2 Section 2: Pneumatic Lines and Connections-Introduction to Air Line Connection and Installation
05/06 - 05/07/2022
Bryce Neighbors
20 instructional hours

Unit 3 Section 1: Labels
05/13/2022
Mariano Rubio
10 instructional hours

Unit 1 Section 3: Electric Terminals 1 and 2
04/08 - 04/09/2022
Jeremy Clark
20 instructional hours

Unit 1 Section 4: Schematics
04/15 - 04/16/2022
Dave Brown
15 instructional hours

Unit 4 Section 1: Torque
05/14 - 05/20/2022
Mariano Rubio
20 instructional hours

Unit 5 Section 1: Steering, Suspension, and Alignment
05/27 - 05/28/2022
Dave Brown
20 instructional hours

Unit 6 Section 1: Battery Assembly Line and Testing
06/03 - 06/04/2022
Mariano Rubio
20 instruction hours

Class Meetings: Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Proterra training site and Citrus College site

Cost: $5,000 per student

Restricted Enrollment: If interested, please contact the office of continuing education at (626) 852-8022.