The California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI)
is a grant offered by the CCCCO to support the creation of new apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeship training programs. It's main purpose is making sure students from all backgrounds succeed in reaching their goals and improving their families and communities. An apprenticeship is a combination of employment, on-the-job training (OJT), and related classroom instruction that takes place under the supervision of a journey-level craft person or trade professional. If accepted, you will br matched with an employer and all education costs are covered by the program.
A limited number of spots are available in the group that begins Spring 2023. This apprenticeship is part of a New and Innovative Apprenticeship grant awarded to Merritt College. It intended to help students get into the high-paying field of Cybersecurity as part of the growibg need for software solutions to securing systems. It is part of the Computer Science Pathway. Students may choose betwen Group A: Cybersecurity - Secure Software Development, or Group B: Cybersecurity - DevOps (Dev/Sec/Ops).