Career Certificates

Cochise College offers many certificates designed for direct employment. A minimum of 25 percent of the required credits used in the certificate must be completed from Cochise College for each certificate granted. All courses must be completed with a grade of C or better. A maximum of 50% of the total credits of any certificate may be satisfied by prior learning course (exception as noted for the AGEC, if applicable). Gainful employment disclosure information for financial-aid eligible certificates includes cost, median loan debt, and normal completion time. Cochise College has the following career certificates:

Advanced Behavioral Health Sciences	20 credits	Major Code - BHSA
Aerospace Welding Technology	18 credits	Major Code - AEWT
Amazon Web Services Cloud Architecting	6 Credits	Major Code - CLDA
Amazon Web Services Cloud Foundations	3 Credits	Major Code - CLDF
Animal Science	16 credits	Major Code -ASC
Automotive Fundamentals	12 credits	Major Code-AUTF
Automotive Technology	24 credits	Major Code - ATC
Basic Behavioral Health Sciences	14 credits	Major Code - BHS
Commercial Driver License (CDL) Training	8 credits	Major Code - CDL
Communications Officer	6 credits	Major Code - COC
Computer-Aided Drafting	26 credits	Major Code - CAD
Crop Science	17 credits	Major Code - CRSC
Culinary Arts	22 credits	Major Code - CULA
Culinary Baking & Pastry	17 credits	Major Code - CULB
Culinary Fundamentals Certificate	7 credits	Major Code - CULF
Culinary Skills Certificate	16 credits	Major Code - CULS
Digital Marketing for Business	21 credits	Major Code - DMB
Early Childhood Care and Education	21 credits	Major Code - ECEC
EKG Technician	4 credits	Major Code - EKGT
Emergency Medical Technician (Prep for External Licensure)	9 credits	Major Code - EMT
Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management	18 credits	Major Code - ENTC
Fire Science Technology	21 credits	Major Code - FST
General Computer-Aided Drafting	16 credits	Major Code - GCAD
General Welding Technology	19 credits	Major Code - GWLD
Google IT Professional	3 credits	Major Code - GITP
Home Health Aide	6 credits	Major Code - HHAC
Horticulture Science	17 credits	Major Code HCSC
HVAC	16 credits	Major Code - HVAC
Law Enforcement	30 credits	Major Code - LEOC
Light Vehicle Diesel Certificate	15 credits	Major Code - ATCD
Linux System Administrator	19 credits	Major Code - LSA
Medical Assistant	27 credits	Major Code - MEDA
Medical Billing and Coding - Certificate	27 credits	Major Code - MBC
Nursing Assistant (Prep for External Licensure)	6 credits	Major Code - CNA
Paraeducator Certificate	28-30 credits	Major Code - PARA
Paramedicine	49-55 credits	Major Code - PAR
Phlebotomy Technician Training	6 credits	Major Code - PTTC
Practical Nursing (Prep for External Licensure)	32 credits	Major Code - PN
Residential Construction Technology	37 credits	Major Code - RCC
Tax Preparer Certificate	16 credits	Major Code - TAXP
Virtual Reality Content Developer	16 credits	Major Code - VRD
Welding D1.1 FCAW/GMAW - Certificate	15 credits	Major Code - WFGM
Welding D1.1 SMAW - Certificate	16 credits	Major Code - WSM
Welding Fundamentals	12 credits	Major Code - WLDF
Welding Motorsports - Certificate	21 credits	Major Code - WMS
Welding Pipe and Fitting - Certificate	22 credits	Major Code - WPF

These programs are inactive, and students are not currently being admitted to the program:

Carpentry Technology	23 credits	Major Code - CTC
Diesel Technology I - Certificate	16 credits	Major Code - DTEC
HVAC Refrigeration	20 credits	Major Code - REFR
Innovation LaunchPoint	4 credits	Major Code - ILP
Residential Construction Fundamentals	14-16 credits	Major Code - RCTF
Supply Chain Management	16 credits	Major Code - SCM
Unmanned Aircraft System Operations	16 credits	Major Code - UASO
Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technician	16 credits	Major Code - UGVT
Virtual Reality Technologist	16 credits	Major Code - VRTC