WORK EXPERIENCE COURSES

Late Start Class Information - Class Begins March 28

Get units for working! Work Experience courses can help the working student acquire desirable work habits, attitudes, and career awareness all while earning college units at their job site. Below is a table that shows the difference between the two types of Work Experience courses. 

ENROLL IN WORK EXPERIENCE

• DETERMINE: SHOULD YOU BE IN GENERAL OR OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE?

  DETERMINE YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE COURSE

  You must have currently have a job in order to take a Work Experience course.

  GENERAL OR OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

  WORK EXPERIENCE TYPE	REASON	EXAMPLE
  GENERAL (WRKEX 97)	This course is for students whose jobs are not related to their educational goals.	You are a communications major, and you work at Juice Shack.
  OCCUPATIONAL Internship ("99i" Courses)	This course is for students whose job is related to their declared college major.	You are a communications major, and you work at a radio station or newspaper.

  DO YOU NEED HELP FINDING A JOB?

  Are you hoping to take work experience but you don't currently have job? We can help!  

  • Check out SRJC's Online Job Board: Jobspeaker.
  • Set up an appointment with our staff. Contact us.
  • You can get units for volunteering as well, check out Community Engagement course.

   

• FIGURE OUT HOW MANY UNITS YOUR ARE TAKING THE COURSE FOR
  For Work Experience courses, the amount of hours worked determines the number of units you may enroll in. Use the tables below to determine how many units you can take!

   

  NOTES ABOUT COURSE/UNITS

  • Work Experience courses are variable unit courses and can be taken multiple times for a maximum of 16.00 units while attending SRJC (in combination with units accumulated from Internship courses you had taken). 
  • Work Experience units apply toward an Associate's Degree (AA/AS) from any California Community College (CCC) and are transferable to any California State University (CSU).

   

  FALL & SPRING SEMESTERS

  Units of Work Experience	Average Hours Worked Per Week*	Total Semester Hours
  1.00	5 hours	75 hours
  2.00	10 hours	150 hours
  3.00	15 hours	225 hours
  4.00	20 hours	300 hours
  5.00	25 hours	375 hours
  6.00	30 hours	450 hours

  SUMMER SESSION

  Units of Work Experience	PAID Average Hours Worked Per Week*	PAID Total Semester Hours
  1.00	9.5 hours	75 hours
  2.00	19 hours	150 hours
  3.00	28 hours	225 hours
  4.00	37.5 hours	300 hours
  5.00	47 hours	375 hours

  *This average is based on the weeks classes are in session. Hours accumulated before classes begin can be counted, thereby reducing the average weekly hours required to meet the minimum total hours for the semester.
   

   

• REGISTER FOR THE COURSE

  REGISTER FOR THE COURSE

  Once you know how many units you are going to take (and your add code if applicable), register through your student portal. Choose the appropriate course using the A through Z tree view and select the corresponding section number. During the registration process, look for the link to the Employment Information Form, which is required to complete your registration after finalizing your schedule.

   

• NEXT STEP AFTER YOU ARE ENROLLED

• NEXT STEP ONCE YOU ARE ENROLLED

  This is a hybrid course. You can begin working on assignments in Canvas. Your instructor of record is Kim Kinahan however, your primary contact for the duration of the course will be your Assigned Instructor who will be in contact with you by the 3rd week of class..

   

• WORK EXPERIENCE COURSE REQUIREMENTS

  COURSE REQUIREMENTS

  • Student must be employed by any licensed business prior to enrollment in the course.
  • Enroll in a Work Experience course 
  • Develop 3 on-the-job learning goals with your supervisor that focus on new job-related knowledge or skills.
  • Meet with your assigned Work Experience instructor at least twice during the semester via zoom
  • Write a 3-page report about your experience in the course.
  • Resume
  • Complete 1 work-related seminars or activities (offered online)
  • Keep track of total hours worked for reporting to your Assigned Instructor at your 2nd job site visit.

   

• ONCE ENROLLED - WORK GOAL EXPECTATIONS

  WORK GOAL EXPECTATIONS

  Writing Work Goals

  • In any job, there is a way it can be done better.
  • Develop creative ways for your company to be more efficient.
  • Discuss these with your supervisor.
  • Communicate with your job supervisor. Be ready and willing to carry out changes he/she may have in mind to improve the fulfillment of productivity with which you are both involved.
  • Have a plan for goal accomplishment and stick with it.

  Brainstorm

  • What job functions must be learned to prepare me for promotion to a higher job classification?
  • What jobs now being handled by my supervisor could I learn and perform in a few months, freeing my supervisor for more important tasks?
  • What functions or responsibilities now being accomplished by a co-worker could I learn so ·that, in the absence of the co-worker, I could fill that job for limited periods?
  • How can I do my current job better? Do you have an idea that can increase your or your company's, efficiency?
  • Looking two to five years down the road, what on-the-job learning must be acquired to fulfill your intermediate or long-range goals?
  • Are merit-pay raises based upon individual output or productivity? If so, you might consider improving your work output by a reasonable percentage during the semester.

  Sample:

  SMART Goal: I will earn a promotion to a senior customer service representative by completing the required training modules in three months and applying for the role at the end of the next quarter.

   

  • Specific: The goal setter has clearly set the objective to be promoted to senior customer services rep.
  • Measurable: Success can be measured by training module completion, filing the application and earning the promotion.
  • Achievable: The goal setter will complete the training necessary to earn the promotion.
  • Relevant: The goal setter is planning to apply for the promotion after finishing their training modules.
  • Time-Based: The goal setter has set a deadline to achieve their objective at the end of the following business quarter.

  ACTION WORD LIST (Possible terms to start your SMART Learning Goals)

  Clerical	Communications	Creative	Critical	Financial	Human
  			Thinking		Resources
  Arrange	Address	Adapt	Analyze	Allocate	Advise
  Automate	Arbitrate	Author	Apply	Analyze	Assess
  Budget	Arrange	Blend	Appraise	Appraise	Assist
  Catalog	Articulate	Change	Arrange	Audit	Clarify
  Calculate	Lecture	Conceive	Evaluate	Transfer	Coach
  Collect	Author	Create	Assemble	Balance	Collaborate
  Complete	Convince	Design	Assess	Budget	Consult
  Compute	Correspond	Develop	Calculate	Calculate	Counsel
  Copy	Define	Devise	Categorize	Compute	Diagnose
  Define	Develop	Direct	Choose	Forecast	Educate
  Dispatch	Direct	Enhance	Collect	Increase	Employ
  Decrease	Draft	Establish	Compare	List	Group
  Distribute	Edit	Formulate	Compose	Manage	Guide
  Evaluate	Enlist	Illustrate	Construct	Market	Hire
  Examine	Formulate	Improve	Create	Plan	Integrate
  File	Influence	Introduce	Design	Project	Handle
  Generate	Interpret	Invent	Diagram	Research	Mediate
  Identify	Interview	Initiate	Estimate	Tabulate	Monitor
  Inspect	Meet	Launch	Examine	Update	Motivate
  Interview	Moderate	Market	Formulate		Negotiate
  Monitor	Negotiate	Originate	Inspect		Recruit
  Operate	Participate	Plan	Justify		Represent
  Organize	Persuade	Prepare	Learn		Select
  Prepare	Present	Produce	Measure		Sponsor
  Process	Preside	Propose	Organize		Strengthen
  Purchase	Promote	Publish	Plan		Train
  Record	Publicize	Setup	Prepare
  Retrieve	Recommend	Structure	Rate
  Review	Recruit	Write	Revise
  Separate	Represent		Score
  Schedule	Sell		Select
  Screen	Speak		Setup
  Summarize	Translate		Solve
  Survey	Write		Summarize
  Systematize			Test
  Transcribe
  Update
  Verify

   

  Management &	Management &	Research	Teaching	Technical
  Leadership	Leadership (cont.)
  Administer	Propose	Arrange	Advise	Assemble
  Analyze	Recommend	Automate	Clarify	Build
  Approve	Reduce	Catalog	Coach	Calculate
  Assign	Regulate	Categorize	Communicate	Change
  Attain	Remove	Calculate	Control	Complete
  Authorize	Reorganize	Classify	Design	Compute
  Chair	Replace	Collect	Develop	Convert
  Collaborate	Reposition	Compare	Encourage	Construct
  Conduct	Reproduce	Compile	Evaluate	Design
  Consolidate	Retain	Complete	Explain	Engineer
  Contract	Review	Compute	Guide	Install
  Control	Revise	Critique	Influence	Operate
  Coordinator	Schedule	Define	Inform	Overhaul
  Delegate	Simplify	Diagnose	Instruct	Modify
  Develop	Strengthen	Decrease	Interpret	Program
  Direct	Standardize	Distribute	Motivate	Remodel
  Enact	Supervise	Evaluate	Persuade	Repair
  Establish		Examine	Present	Restructure
  Evaluate		Formulate	Rewrite	Service
  Execute		Generate	Stimulate	Solve
  Expand		Identify	Test	Sort
  Guide		Inspect		Upgrade
  Head		Interview
  Implement		Investigate
  Improve		Monitor
  Incorporate		Operate
  Increase		Organize
  Initiate		Prepare
  Institute		Process
  Investigate		Record
  Launch		Retrieve
  Lead		Review
  Maintain		Separate
  Mediate		Schedule
  Negotiate		Screen
  Organize		Summarize
  Oversee		Survey
  Perform		Systematize
  Prioritize		Tabulate
  Plan		Update
  Preside		Validate
  Produce		Verify

   

  LEARNING PROCESSES WORD LIST- Possible terms or ways to describe How you learn, change or improve your SMART Learning Goals. 

  Adapting classroom knowledge	Seeking information
  Applying new/current skills	Seeking input
  Asking	Studying
  Assisting	Surveying
  Attending	Using a journal or report
  Demonstrating	Testing
  Experiencing	Training
  Follow policies and procedures	Trial and error
  Gathering information or data	Updating
  Increasing communication	Visiting
  Increasing product knowledge	Using necessary materials
  Installing	Working with co-workers
  Investigating
  Meeting with
  Memorizing
  Observing
  Obtaining feedback
  One-to-group-sessions
  One-to-one-group-sessions
  On-the job training
  Operating
  Organizing information or products
  Planning
  Reading
  Receiving
  Recording
  Researching
  Reviewing

  MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION WORD LIST - Possible terms or ways of measuring or evaluation SMART Learning Goals.

  Accuracy	Observation
  Client/customer feedback	Participants review
  Company evaluation	Product development
  Compare	Project completion
  Co-worker feedback	Program review
  Control process	Progress report
  Critique	Quiz
  Cross-check	Sales receipts
  Display	Supervisor review
  Demonstrate	Surveying
  Improved communications	Tally
  Improved resource usage	Test
  Improved organization	Verification
  Improved time management	Written report
  Increased accuracy
  Increased efficiency
  Increased knowledge
  Increased productivity
  Increased safety
  Inventory checks
  Invoice review
  Journal
  Meet standards

   

   

   

   

WORK EXPERIENCE COORDINATOR | KIM KINAHAN

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