News Release

SK, KRV, IWV Campus

CCCC Offers Renewable Energy Class in California City

July 9, 2009

Renewable energy technology is the way of the future! The Cerro Coso Community College, South Kern Campus is offering a Wind Turbine Tech I Class (RET C102, CRN 73054) this Fall at the California City High School. This 4.00 unit class is the first in a series of two courses designed to instruct students in the fundamentals of wind turbine operation and maintenance and prepare them for positions in the wind industry as technicians. In this course there is a strong emphasis on safety as well as electrical testing equipment, AC and DC theory and hydraulics. Instructed by Larry Board, this class will meet on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 1:30 p.m. until 4:40 p.m. at the California City High School. The Fall Semester begins on August 24, 2009 and goes through December 12, 2009.

Students may register on-line at www.cerrocoso.edu or on-campus at the IWV Campus in Ridgecrest, the Kern River Valley Campus in Lake Isabella, or the South Kern Campus on Edwards Air Force Base (the South Kern Campus will be closed from July 15 through July 24).

For additional information, call the Cerro Coso Community College, IWV Campus at (760) 384-6100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Clark, Director of Public Information (760) 384-6230