Leveraging Federal Funding...The TAA CCCBC

1. Lab Skills Certification

2. Lab Skills Hub
City College of San Francisco
Austin Community College
Madison College (MATC)

3. Bio-Link Robust Network Since 1998
National Science Foundation Advanced Technological
Education Center
Very active website: www.bio-link.org
Career website: www.biotech-careers.org
Programs based on skill needs of local industry
Programs have Associate Degrees, Certificates, Bridge, and
Post-Bac Programs

4. Overcoming Barriers
 Age
 Time away from classroom
 Family responsibilities
 Transportation
 Intimidation by biosciences
 Limited resources
 Language & math out of context
 Self confidence

5. Industry Recognized Credentials
 No industry recognized credential
 No unified system for remote learning
 No tracking system for follow completers
 No universal public workforce system for biotech

6. Core Lab Skills
 Revise skill standards as needed
 Develop assessment of core competencies
 Contribute to stacked & latticed credentials
 Focus on TAA eligible & veterans
 Use evidence based design
 Harmonize skill standards

7. CCSF Environmental Monitoring
 Foundations of Environmental Monitoring
 Environmental Field Instrumentation
 Environmental Toxicology
 Environmental Microbiology
 Ecosystem monitoring, a sustainability course, ion
chromatography (short course), GCMS (short course), a
regulations course NEPA CEQA (short course), thermal
coupling (short course)

8. Bio-Link is Excited
 We look forward to some great work ahead
 We commit to collaborating
 We have high expectations for preparing workers