Field Ironworker Supervisor

The Field Ironworkers Supervisor degree prepares students for employment in the industrial trades and construction industry. Through courses that build on apprenticeships in the skilled trades focusing on industrial trades management, students will learn advanced principles of supervisory for continuing academic achievement and professional success. Core topics include industrial trades leadership, human resources, labor law, operations, IT for enterprise management for skilled trades, cost estimating and control, negotiations, accounting, multicultural communication, and advanced CAD. Graduates are employed as managers in residential/nonresidential building construction, building equipment contractors, utility system construction, pipeline transportation of natural gas, semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing, oil and gas extraction, metal ore mining, and computer system design and related services. Spatial intelligence, cognitive ability, and eye-hand coordination are recommended for those entering the program.

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The Field Ironworkers Supervisor degree prepares students for employment in the industrial trades and construction industry. Through courses that build on apprenticeships in the skilled trades focusing on industrial trades management, students will learn advanced principles of supervisory for continuing academic achievement and professional success. Core topics include industrial trades leadership, human resources, labor law, operations, IT for enterprise management for skilled trades, cost estimating and control, negotiations, accounting, multicultural communication, and advanced CAD. Graduates are employed as managers in residential/nonresidential building construction, building equipment contractors, utility system construction, pipeline transportation of natural gas, semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing, oil and gas extraction, metal ore mining, and computer system design and related services. Spatial intelligence, cognitive ability, and eye-hand coordination are recommended for those entering the program.

Field Ironworkers Supervisor Program is a two-part program; two years of required prerequisite courses, then, following acceptance into the program, two years of upper division major and general education courses. The bachelor’s degree requires completion of one of the following general education patterns prior to admission into the program: the local GE curriculum, the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC), or the CSU General Education Breadth Requirements.

The acceptance of college work previously completed is at the discretion of Cerritos College and the Apprenticeship Department. Factors such as elapsed time since the course was completed and grades will be used in determining whether a previously completed course can be accepted towards fulfillment of the graduation requirement. Five years is usually considered the maximum elapsed time.

Continued Education

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