Work Experience in Community Health Worker 1.0 UNITS

Catalog description

One unit of Work Experience in a community health setting requiring 54 non-paid hours of work per semester. Work Experience/Career Internship provides the opportunity for students to apply skills and knowledge learned in the classroom. This class will be required for the Certificate of Achievement in Community Health Worker. It will provide work experience for the student before entering the workforce. Work experience education courses may be taken for a maximum of 7 units per semester. The total work experience units taken by a student may not exceed 14 units. This creates greater communication with increased understanding between the students/workers, the college, and the employers. Students pursue a program of self-evaluation to determine individual job weaknesses and strengths. Semester projects that relate to their major and job skills must be completed on the job/training site.