Rick Christl
Dean of Instruction
Alicia Cowan
Office Assistant III (ext. 8512)
Mona Kohl
Administrative Aid (ext. 8536)
Cheryl Gerety
Office Assistant III (ext. 8533)
Sandy Peterson
Department Secretary (ext. 8513)
Dr. Fred Emerling
Counselor Division Liaison
Division Office: T-100
Phone: (559) 442-8273
FAX: (559) 498-8350
The Applied Technology Division
provides experiences which serve to guide students in their transition
from the classroom to employment, employment upgrade and transfer
to other education institutions.
Counselors and educational
advisors are available to assist students in planning specific
courses of study. To ensure that courses are in keeping with
current occupation and industrial practices and requirements,
joint management and employee advisory committees are set up
in each occupation in which courses are offered.
Major fields of study offered
by this division include air conditioning, architectural drafting,
automotive collision repair technology, automotive technology,
building safety and code administration, cabinetmaking technology,
computer aided drafting and design, construction, electronic
technology, environmental technology, fire technology, graphic
communications, industrial education, networking/computer technician,
manufacturing technology, photography, and welding/metal fabrication.
Transfer college programs in
architecture and industrial technology are available. Apprenticeship
training and trade extension classes, in addition to other fields
of study offered by the Technical and Industrial Division, are
also available in the evening programs.