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DOL SGA- DFA- PY -10 -13 Orange County Bridge to Engineering . <br />each well positioned to recruit and serve cohorts of diverse participants. As shown in Table 3, La- <br />tino students are a large plurality of Santa Ana's student population. Santa Ana is a federally desig- <br />nated Hispanic Serving Institution and is working with the K -12 system and CSU Fullerton, as well <br />as with UCI, to boost enrollment by underrepresented minorities in STEM curricula. CSU Fullerton <br />titution. Saddleback in Mission Viejo, 20 miles south of <br />is also a designated Hispanic Serving Ins <br />Santa Ana, tends to serve a more affluent and more white student body. Its student population is <br />60% female. However, only 10% of students in Saddleback's Engineering 101 classes are female. <br />Prerequisites for proposed training; minimum educational requirements for trainees; <br />how these requirements position trainees to enter H1B occupation. As noted above, all high <br />school graduates /GED holders with an interest in and commitment to the program will be eligible <br />to apply. The Core Engineering Bridge positions trainees to enter the articulated engineering path- <br />ways and enter engineering occupations at a professional level. <br />Employers' commitment to hire program; anticipated wages graduates. OCTANe em- <br />plovers have indicated strong interest in potentially hiring OC B2E graduates, who will be prepared <br />to enter H1B engineering occupations at annual wages of $65,000-$75,000 /year. The attached. Letter <br />of Commitment, representing more than 17 employers, demonstrates that employees are eager to <br />hire third -year OC B2E students through OJT contracts and maintain successful OJT trainees as <br />employees for at least one full year. We anticipate that wages for OJT placements will average <br />$17 /hour for positions such as Engineering Technician Trainee and Computer Assisted Drafting <br />Trainee. <br />2: Prograrh� AcfivitI ' , a . toibct M:anagemenfi <br />i Description of Training Strategy <br />The OC B2E project meets the requirements outlined in Section I.C. (11 It tareets sl�i]ls and <br />com etencies in demand by industries and occu ations for which em' to ers are using H -1B visas to <br />lure foreign workers as illustrated in Table 1; () it ur� ovides education and training for jobs currently <br />available (Table 1); and Jai t results in an industry recognized credential. AU.00 B2E participants <br />Page 7 of 20 . <br />20A -58 <br />