SDCCD Partnerships

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	The Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT) located at City College assists manufacturers in a two-county region to modernize their production technologies to enhance competitiveness. For more information on CACT, call (619) 388-3080 or email. The CACT also operates a technology incubator where up to 20 start-up research and development and manufacturing companies are housed on the City College campus. The companies are provided affordable space administrative support, business development and technical training. For more information on the San Diego Technology Incubator, call (619) 388-3081 or email.
	Industry Advisory Committees The district tries to keep abreast of the latest trends and techniques in business and industry so our students can be well prepared to enter the workforce. Helping advise the district are concerned members of these many occupational areas. Active, interested committee members perform a valuable service to the community and the community college district. For more information see our list of industry advisory committees and contact information.
	The San Diego Career Center is a model one-stop career center providing unemployed San Diegans with job training, retraining, placement assistance and social services by the center partners, which include the SDCCD, California Employment Development Department, San Diego Chamber of Commerce, San Diego Private Industry Council and County of San Diego Department of Social Services. For more information, call (619) 516-2200 or visit the either the Metro Career Center or the South Metro Career Center web sites.
	The SDCCD operates through its three colleges and continuing education an expanding international education program, which currently conducts international development and exchange activities in Mexico. With grants from the Ford Foundation and funding from the Mexican government, SDCCD faculty have been training professors from Mexico's technical institutes in advanced technology. For more information, contact SDCCD Instructional Services, (619) 388-6861.
	Miramar College's Transportation and Energy Technology program prepares skilled technicians who can maintain and repair advanced transportation vehicles and systems, including diesel technology, compressed natural gas vehicles, electric and other alternative fuels. For more information, call (619) 388-7670 or visit the Miramar College website.
	San Diego Regional Public Safety Training Institute administered by Miramar College provides fire and law enforcement training for city, county, state and federal agencies operating in San Diego County. For more information, call (619) 388-7860 or visit the Miramar College website.