Welcome to Health Occupations
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Office of the Health Occupations Division and Skills Lab, will be switching from a face-to-face to online customer service effective March 23 until further notice.
During this temporary office closure, we will continue to be available online from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday thru Friday.
Applications for the Dental Assisting, Dental Hygiene and Speech Language Pathology Assistant programs have been placed on hold. We hope to resume accepting applications May 8, 2020 through June 4, 2020. This will delay the date of advisement of acceptance status into the program. Please go directly to the individual program’s website for up-to-date information.
The Physical Therapy Assistant applications will be going to an online submission process. Please go to the program website for up-to-date information.
For information on the Child Development Center, please refer to their website of up-to-date information.
Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time.
Dental Hygiene Virtual application workshops
It is highly recommended, but not required, that Dental Hygiene applicants attend a workshop to learn how to complete the application. The workshops will be conducted on Zoom. After signing up for a workshop an email will be sent to the email on file that was selected as preferred. A second email will go out 24-48 hours before the workshop with the meeting information and Zoom link. All completed applications and official transcripts should be mailed in to school, in care of the Dental Hygiene Dept, Cerritos College, 11110 Alondra Blvd. Norwalk, CA 90650
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Friday, April 24, 2020 | 10:00am-Noon |
| Wednesday, April 29, 2020 |
5:00-7:00pm |
| Friday, May 8, 2020 |
10:00am-Noon |
| Wednesday, May 13, 2020 |
5:00-7:00pm |
| Friday, May 29, 2020 |
10:00-12:00pm |
If you have met all the requirements and are ready to apply, register into a Virtual Dental Hygiene Application Workshop:
Available Dental Hygiene Workshops
For questions, please contact us:
Division Office
Sandy Marks, MSNEd, MSN(HCA), RN
Dean, Health Occupations
smarks@cerritos.edu
Jan Senf
Administrative Secretary II
jssenf@cerritos.edu
contact for: scheduling, payroll, time cards, catalog, book orders, TAs, ER requisitions
Stephanie Heddon
Administrative Clerk III
sheddon@cerritos.edu
contact for: purchasing, deliveries, room reservations. Support for CA, CD, DA, MA,
Pharm, SLPA
Victoria Vaja
Administrative Clerk II
vvaja@cerritos.edu
contact for: all program applications and nursing clinical clearance, mail. Support
for DH and PTA
Skills Lab
Laura Milne
Health Occupations Skills Lab Coordinator
lmilne@cerritos.edu
Vince Vizcarra
Instructional Laboratory Assistant
vvizcarra@cerritos.edu
Child Development Center
Debra Ward
Director, CDC
dsward@cerritos.edu
Welcome to Health Occupations
Certificates of Completion and Associate in Arts/Science Degrees can be earned as well as transfer credits to four year colleges and universities.
Vaccination Policies
Students enrolled in Health Occupations programs, must meet State and Local regulations regarding immunizations. Immunizations are required to protect students and clients, especially those who are immunocompromised, from contracting illness or diseases prevented by immunizations. Please refer to each program for a list of required immunizations and required time frames for compliance.
Stay Connected