Career Education Division

Career Education

Your Future. Now!

Oxnard College Career Education Division oversees 12 different departments with 25 programs in current and emerging professions.

With a wide range of disciplines in various areas of interest -- Hands-On Technology, Public Safety, Business & Innovation, Education, and Visual and Performing Arts -- the Career Education programs prepare students to immediately enter the job market with our Certificate Program and A.A. degrees or continue their academic path toward transferring to a University.

Each program offers a sequence of courses that provide students with the academic knowledge and applied hands-on training and technology required to step into a variety of careers in high demand, whether it is an Addictive Disorders Counselor, Auto Technician, Cybersecurity Analyst, or Firefighter to name a few professions.  Your career starts here at Oxnard College!

  • male student wearing COVID mask and baseball cap working on auto body project
    Auto Body
    The Automotive Body, Painting, and Fender Repair program prepares students to enter the industry as entry-level technicians and provides continuous skills improvement training for employed technicians.
  • exterior of Oxnard College Fire Truck with logo
    Fire Academy
    The Fire Academy offers Fire Technology, EMT, and Lifeguard programs for CTE students.
  • female Culinary student in uniform standing in foreground to Bistro kitchen.
    Culinary & Restaurant Management and Hospitality
    The Culinary & Restaurant Management and Hospitality program offers students the experience to assist with catered events at Oxnard College as well as the Bistro -- a student run cafe & eatery.
  • photo of dental hygiene workstations
    Dental Assisting & Dental Hygiene
    The Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene programs provide students with state of the art technology and current training practices to align with dental offices everywhere.
  • Professor Lynch leading a lecture for Computer Networking students
    Computer Networking & Information Technology
    The Computer Networking & Information Technology ensures students are prepared to step into positions in Cybersecurity, Information Analyst, IT helpdesk, and various careers within CNIT.

    • Career Education has over 25 career programs for students at Oxnard College. 

    Learn more by clicking on the program title below to visit the webpage. Have questions about Career Education? Simply email occareer@vcccd.edu

     Auto Service and HVAC/Control Systems

     Business, Technologies and Culinary/Hospitality

     Dental

     Law, Community, and Education 

    Career Education Programs from other areas:

     Public Safety

     Creative Media Arts