Skills Panel Project
Washington community and technical college programs
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NOTE: This is not a complete list of community and technical college programs, but only those from the colleges that responded to our request for information.
The colleges listed below offer courses directly related to the field of Homeland Security. Click on a college name for a list of additional Homeland Security courses offered at that school. For a complete list of courses offered by Washington state community and technical colleges, go to full listing at CTC courses listed by College or CTC courses listed by discipline.
Bellevue Community College
BCC offers a Fast Track program in Fingerprint Identification. This program is an entry-level curriculum designed to prepare students for opportunities in criminal investigation and security.
As more resources are dedicated to Homeland Security, career opportunities are growing in fields such as fingerprint verification and authentication. This is especially true for individuals skilled in the latest technologies who possess valuable research and troubleshooting skills.
Headquartered at Bellevue Community College (BCC), the Center for IT Excellence (CITE) is a statewide resource for community and technical colleges, the K-20 educational system, and the information technology (IT) industry.
CITE plays a leadership role as an information resource and solution provider regarding model educational programs, best practices for IT education and training, up-to-date research, information dissemination, instructor professional development, and sharing of IT trends impacting hiring, educational needs and business growth across industry sectors in Washington State.
CITE is affiliated and co-located with the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET) at BCC. Sponsored by the Washington State Board for Community and TechnicalColleges, CITE is one of eleven Centers of Excellence in Washington and the only one of the Centers devoted to Information Technology.
For more information: http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/cite/default.asp
Big Bend Community College
Through the Center for Business and Industry Services (CBIS), the college offers Homeland Security and Terrorism Awareness Training. Check the CBIS website under Safety and First Aid for current listings.
Clark College
Clark College currently offers a 24-hour introductory course in Computer Forensics. This introductory course is meant for those without any previous experience in the discipline. The student will be introduced to basic forensic concepts and the course will culminate with each student conducting a forensic investigation of a floppy disk and hard drive.
Who should take this class? Anyone in an information technology related field: new security personnel, IT security officers, security professionals, security auditors, network engineers, network administrators, troubleshooters and technicians. Appropriate for anyone interested in network security-technical CEOs and law enforcement as well.
Clover Park Technical College
Clover Park Technical College offers an Associate of Applied Technology and an Associate in Applied Science (Transferable) in Emergency Management.
This 1,518-1,551 clock-hour program is approximately five quarters in length, depending on the time students need to satisfactorily complete all graduation requirements. Program course work is completed on-line.
The following three options are available to students:
- Emergency Management Specialization
- Business Continuity Planning and Recovery
- Industrial and Homeland Security
Edmonds Community College
The college offers a series of online classes including Incident Command, Worker Safety for Disaster Response, Introduction to Mass Fatalities, and Emergency Response to Terrorism through the college's Business and Training Center. For more information: http://www.the-btc.com/.
In addition the college also offers a 40-credit Computer Information Systems Network Security Specialist Certificate program. More information . . .
Lake Washington Technical College
Lake Washington Technical College offers an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Computer Forensics and Security, a Security Specialist Option Certificate and a Forensics Specialist Option Certificate.
The Computer Forensics and Security Program is designed to provide students with the skills to collect, preserve, analyze and present digital evidence. Students will learn how to investigate cyber crime, recover data, and setup network snifers and observation traps, working with current forensics tools to perform these tasks.
Students will enhance their computer skills to assist in network design, security implementation and forensics investigations.
Pierce College
Pierce College has been designated a Center of Excellence (COE) for Homeland Security. The Center is an initiative involving a coalition of the 34 community and technical colleges, public agencies, and private sector organizations dedicated to delivering dynamic domestic preparedness training statewide.
Acting as a hub, the COE is responsible for facilitating and coordinating the Washington state community and technical college system's Homeland Security initiatives to ensure Washington state first responders from eleven industry disciplines are prepared and fully qualified for responding to a Weapons of Mass Destruction terrorism event.
- The Center is also overseeing a Skills Panel project funded by the Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board.This project is designed to identify current and emerging education and training programs (and gaps) in Homeland Security and related disciplines.
The Homeland Security Institute (HSI), funded by the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC), is housed at Pierce College. The Institute is a stand-alone organization, not aligned with any agency.
HSI facilitates and coordinates training throughout all the emergency response disciplines (law enforcement, fire services, 9-1-1, Washington Military Department, emergency management, public health, hospital, public utilities, public ports, Department of Transportation, public officials and others).
HSI provides a coordination structure to ensure training meets national standards and is applicable to the Washington State emergency response community. This will lead to less training duplication and help responders meet realistic competency-based, national standards.
South Puget Sound Community College
South Puget Sound Community College offers a series of four courses related to forensic sciences. These courses include: Introduction to Forensic Sciences, Human Osteology, Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Homicide Investigation. They are not part of a certificate or degree program.
Walla Walla Community College
The department of Allied Health and Safety Education offers a wide variety of training in health and safety topics for health and social service professionals and the general public. Basic training and continuing education components are provided for pre-hospital providers such as First Responders and EMTs (Emergency Medical Technician).
