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Incident Safety Awareness For Hired Vendors
with Greg McFadden
Incident Safety Awareness for Hired Vendors
This course provides an awareness of fireline and incident safety to hired vendors who plan to engage in wildland fire suppression and other incident support activities. It includes an overview of hazards and safety issues, entrapment avoidance, incident organization, how to recognize and mitigate risk, maintain safe work practices while working under an agency supervision, fire shelter deployment, and case studies.
Designed For: Hired vendors working with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) or the United States Forest Service (USFS) on any active incident, including water tender operators, heavy equipment drivers or operators, crew bus drivers, vehicles with a driver, mechanics, fallers, and swampers.
Authority: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and United State Forest Service (USFS) agreements
Standard: State Fire Training (SFT) requires every student to attend the entire course, participate in classroom and group discussions, complete and pass all activities, and complete an oral evaluation.
Date(s): Session 1: March 21st, 2026
Session 2: May 23rd, 2026
Session 3: June 20th, 2026
Session 4: July 18th, 2026
Schedule: 1- Saturday
Time: 8:00am- 5:00pm
Location: Shasta College Main Campus 11555 Old Oregon Trail, Redding, CA 96003- Room 5006
Facilitator: Greg McFadden
Fee: $200.00
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SFT Ethical Leadership for Instructors
with Brian Hammond
SFT Ethical Leadership for Instructors
Description: This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to identify the value of ethical behavior in instructional settings, describe how ethical norms influence individual ethics, identify a personal ethical perspective and core values and how they impact communication and ethical decision making, and make an ethical decision using an ethical decision-making model, in order to assist in making ethical decisions when faced with an ethical dilemma in an instructional setting and carry out the roles and responsibilities of an SFT instructor in an ethical manner.
Designed For: Individuals who wish to teach State Fire Training courses as a registered instructor and anyone interested in pursuing ethical behavior in an instructional setting.
Authority: Office of the State Fire Marshal
Standard: Attend all class sessions and complete all activities and assignments.
Total Hours: 8
Dates: May 26 & 27
Schedule: Tuesday and Wednesday
Time(s): 6:00PM-10:00PM
Location: Online / Synchronous
Facilitator: Brian Hammond
Fee: $200 (includes $75 SFT Diploma)
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How to Start Using AI- Practical Tips
with Rio Miner
How to Start Using AI- Practical Tips
This course is a practical introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Learn what newly available AI tools can do, what they do not do very well, how to use them, and how to keep personal information secure. Description:AI is everywhere, asking to re-write things, summarize a subject, or help us plan. What can it do? How does it work? Can it be trusted? These questions plague even the early-adopters and tech friendly. Let’s learn together. Discover practical tips and use cases for various AI tools, how to write effective prompts, and keeping your personal information secure. Course overview:
1. What is AI? Robotic Process Automation (RPA) vs. Machine Learning (ML) vs. true Artificial Intelligence
2. What is generative AI and how do Large Language Models (LLM) work?
3. What can it do? Instructor’s Top 10 personal and business uses
4. Do more: numbered prompts & specificity, agent mode, deep research, codex and other ‘gpts’
Lessons include lectures with live demos and guided practical exercises.
Hybrid Course Design: This course may be joined in-person or online! Instructor will email virtual link at least 24 hours before the start of class.
Date(s): Session 1: May 28th, 2026 (Thursday)
Session 2: June 24th, 2026 (Wednesday)
Schedule: 1- Thursday or Wednesday
Time: 5:30pm- 7:00pm
Location: Shasta College Health Sciences 1400 Tehama St Redding CA 96001 Room 8113
Facilitator: Rio Miner
Fee: $50.00
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Quick Tips for Microsoft Excel (Tehama Campus)
with Rio Miner
Quick Tips for Microsoft Excel (Tehama Campus)
Improve your MS Excel use with this refresher course. Learn to quickly review, analyze, and interpret data using MS Excel tricks, formulas, tables, and graphs.Become a better Excel spreadsheet user with this practical skill-enhancing class. Use simple tricks to quickly see patterns, identify outliers, and visualize the numbers better than ever. Learn useful Excelfunctions and formulas to make operations more efficient and identify problems before they grow. If understanding data is key to your business, let us help you unlock the analytical power of Excel.Course Overview:
1. Sort & filter; Conditional formatting; Text-to-Columns
2. How to create a pivot table and recognize patterns in large datasets
3. How to use basic & intermediate formulas
4. Quick Check formulas: sum, count, and average
Hybrid Course Design: This course may be joined in-person or online! Instructor will email virtual link at least 24 hours before the start of class.
Date(s): Session 1: June 10th, 2026
Schedule: 1- Wednesday
Time: 10:00am- 11:30am
Location: Shasta College Tehama Campus 770 Diamond Ave Red Bluff CA 96080 Room 7114
Facilitator: Rio Miner
Fee: $50.00
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Notary Public Certification
with Tracy Boyum, Masters Notary Academy
6- Hour CA Notary Public Course and Exam
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and professional skills necessary to become a proficient California notary public and prepare for the State’s examination.
In addition, this course will satisfy the California State’s mandatory education requirement of reviewing notary laws and practices for current notary public professionals seeking reappointment. The successful applicant will become a more valuable employee or be able to start his/her own community business.
California State Proctors will administer the Notary Examination at the end of the class.
IMPORTANT: Class starts promptly at 8:30am. Please check in at the door prior to 8:30. Due to the mandated time to be in class, students who arrive after 8:30 will NOT be admitted, no exceptions. No refunds will be granted.
IMPORTANT: Students must each provide a $40 check or money order made to California Secretary of State- this is the registration fee for the State Exam. Please also provide a 2x2 photo or if you would like to purchase a 2x2 photo for the required application you can pay $15 on day of class- cash, venmo, or check to Tracy Boyum are acceptable for photo payment.
Class Schedule:
- 8:30-3:30 Class
- 8-8:30 Check-in/photos for application
- 10:30-10:40am break
- 12:00pm- 1:00pm lunch
- 2:20pm- 2:30pm break
- 3:30-4:30 Check-in for Exam
- 4:30-5:30 State Exam
PLEASE NOTE: There will be appropriate breaks throughout the day as well as a (no-host) lunch break. Participants may bring a cooler with beverages and food. There are also many places to eat in downtown Redding within walking distance.
Date(s): Session 1: April 10th, 2026
Session 2: July 10th, 2026
Schedule: 1- Friday
Time: 8:00am-5:30pm
Location: Shasta College Community Leadership Center 1401 California St Redding CA 96001 Room 9205/9206
Facilitator: Tracy Boyum, Masters Notary Academy
Fee: $150.00 (includes materials)
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INTEREST LIST - Class A Commercial Driver's License Training (CDL)
INTEREST LIST - Class A Commercial Driver’s License Training (CDL) - $3500
If you are interested and would like more information, please click Register, to add yourself to this interest list. It is free to do so and a friendly Student Success Facilitator will reach out with more information about start times, payment, and other logistics.
This comprehensive training program is delivered through a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) compliant curriculum that meets the Entry Level Driving Training (ELDT) requirements. Students can expect to receive the instruction and hands-on driving practice needed to obtain a Commercial Class A Driver’s License, emphasizing safe operations, pre-operations inspections, training in backing exercises, and on-road driving skills. This course can fulfill the behind-the-wheel section of Entry Level Driver Training requirements.
Requirements Before Registering:
- Must be 18 years of age
- Successful completion of a required FMCSA approved Entry Level Driving Training (ELDT) theory course such as Shasta College’s CONS 140A – Commercial Driver Learner’s Permit Preparation class- Approx $150
- DOT Physical-Approx $100
- Drug Testing- (Included in fee) Administered by Shasta College’s accredited third-party provider
- Includes pre-test, random, and reasonable suspicion
Class Content Includes:
Led by experienced instructors with industry experience, students will have access to modern trucks, hands-on training, and expert guidance through all training components, including DMV appointment coordination, and test-day preparation. Depending on the learner’s dedication and pace, this class can be completed in as little as two weeks, but no more than four weeks. Students can expect training in the following areas.
- Walk-around inspections
- In-cab brake checks
- Up to 25 hours of behind the wheel training (minimum of 15 hours for legal requirements)
- Truck driving simulator usage for extra practice
- Complete backing and highway components
- Operation of 6-speed manual transmission
- DMV appointment logistics
- Step-by-step guidance through all training components
- Strategies and options to accelerate learning and prepare for the DMV test
- Classes are 2-weeks, or 10 days long and start approximately every 3 weeks
*The course fee of $3500 excludes additional fees that are required prior to registration. This fee includes the use of a Shasta College truck and instructor for DMV testing (4 hours of use). There is an additional $500 fee for each additional attempt to pass the DMV driving test.
**Shasta College does not guarantee students will pass the DMV driving test after completion of this class. It is the student's responsibility to understand and track their own eligibility and completion of ELDT and DMV requirements.
Current Sessions:
January 5-15
January 26 – February 5
February 16 – 26
March 9 – 19
March 30 – April 9
April 20 – 30
May 11 – 21
June 1 – 11
June 22 – July 2
If you are interested and would like more information, please click Register, to add yourself to this interest list. It is free to do so and a friendly Student Success Facilitator will reach out with more information about start times, payment, and other logistics.