Career Technical Education (CTE) PROGRAMS
Program: Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
SCSA currently offers all levels of EMT training and certificates. All students complete the testing for the National Registry. Our classes are now offered on both sides of our county and held in Downieville and Loyalton. Our EMS courses, curriculum, and instructors are certified by NorCal EMS and listed on the California EMS site as a registered training agency. We are also listed with the Workforce Alliance as an official location for all EMS training.
Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Emergency Medical Technician (Basic), and Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) are the current courses we provide. They run on a varied schedule so that candidates can complete the series in a year’s time.
The school provides the proctor for the psychomotor portion of the national registry testing for AEMT, and it is the student’s responsibility to register and complete the written portion. That component can be taken at either school location in the computer lab.
Course: Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
The Emergency Responder course is a basic-level course that prepares the EMR student to provide emergency pre-hospital assessment and care for patients of all ages with a variety of medical conditions and traumatic injuries. A valid CPR card is provided as part of the study of this course, as well as an introduction to emergency medical services systems, the roles and responsibilities of EMRs, anatomy and physiology, medical emergencies, trauma, and special considerations for working in the pre-hospital setting. This course is often a precursor to further education in the EMS, paramedic, and nursing fields. A certificate of completion from SCSA accompanies successful completion of the course. This level of training does not have a National Registry testing component.
Course: Emergency Medical Technician (Basic)
The Emergency Medical Technician Basic (EMTb) course prepares the EMT student to provide pre-hospital assessment and care for patients of all ages with a variety of medical conditions and traumatic injuries. Areas of study include an introduction to emergency medical services systems, the roles and responsibilities of EMTs, anatomy and physiology, medical emergencies, trauma, special considerations for working in the pre-hospital setting, and providing patient transportation. Candidates must have a current CPR card when registering for this course.
Course: CPR
SCSA offers two CPR courses for health care professionals: the initial certification, which is four hours, and the two-hour recertification classes, which cover all of the required skills necessary for CNA’s, LVN’s, and in-home health providers. In addition, SCSA offers a community Heart Saver CPR/AED/First Aid class that is seven hours long and is renewed biannually.
REGRISTRATION BY PHONE ONLY. Weekly CPR classes are being offered as needed by demand. Contact us for more information.
Program: Hospitality Industry Boot camps
SCSA has partnered with the Sierra County Visitors Bureau, several businesses, and the North/Far North Hospitality Industry Director to be able to offer two industry-vetted boot camps. Upon completion, the expectation is that the participants can effectively work the front-end part of the resort business as well as have a firm foundation in the 21st century skills that employers are requesting that all potential employee candidates possess and/or be able to work in any commercial kitchen safely and effectively. We modified the Guest Services boot camp to be Sierra County-centric, focusing on the activities and attractions that Sierra County has to offer visitors and tourists to our area. Participants have the ability to earn a variety of area-specific digital skill badges that become part of their resume and transfer to any employer in the hospitality industry.
