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DOL SGA- DFA- PY -10 -13 <br />Orange County Bridge to Engineering <br />Technical Proposal <br />The Orange County Bridge to Engineering (OC B2E) partnership, with the Santa Ana Work- <br />force Investment Board (SA WIB) as the lead applicant, brings together Saddleback (SB) and Santa <br />Ana (SAC) Community Colleges, California State University Fullerton (CSUF), University of Cali- <br />fornia Irvine (UCI), and statewide workforce interinediary Growth Sector. OC B2E will provide in- <br />tensive, cohort -based learning communities that will increase the participation of underrepresented <br />minorities and women in engineering and increase the supply of qualified engineers in Orange <br />County. Canada Community College and San Francisco State University (SFS'U) will provide techni- <br />cal assistance in implementing the Bridge to Engineering model, based on a similar cohort and <br />bridge model which is currently being implemented for dislocated wotkets in the Bay Area. <br />OC B2E addresses Southern California employers' acute need for engineering graduates, pro- <br />vides OJT opportunities in engineering, and accelerates students into articulated engineering path- <br />ways that exist between- community colleges (CCs) and the California State University and University <br />of California systems. Recognizing that lack of math skills is a significant barrier to entry to engi- <br />neering careers, OCB2E incorporates an intensive math Bridge that enables students to cut math <br />remediation time from 2' /z years to nine months. Building on this Bridge, OCBM willglve un- <br />employed adults a supported oppottu -aity to ptogtess from pte- collegemath to a B.S, in Efi- <br />gr`rleeting within Five years. <br />1 Statement'of Need <br />i. Targeted Industries and Occupations <br />Targeted high - growth occupation(s): The OC B2E partnership is targeting engineering oc- <br />cupations as listed in Table 1, below, which are in high demand among Orange County employers, <br />as well as in neighboring Los Angeles and San Diego Counties <br />Evidence of demand among employers requesting H1B visas: Table 1 shows that all of <br />the occupations we are targeting are listed as top HlB occupations by the Department of Labor's <br />Foreign Labor Certification Data Center and summarizes projections for future employment in <br />Page 1 of 20 <br />