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Arrived at the HVAC program to find it mostly run down at the Temecula Campus. The rest of the school implemented ID card access points to enter the building for safety, considering all the school shootings. However, anyone at any time can just walk into HVAC and do pretty much whatever they want. The equipment used for hands on exercises are old and hardly work. The program was severely lacking tools, so much so that the instructors had to bring their personal tools to class for students. Good luck trying... Read More to log into ANY of the school laptops because they are old and so far gone they struggle to do any basic function. Took and passed the CPR cert and the school attempted to deny that I ever went to the class, which then required me to send them photo and video evidence; still did not receive my COR cert. Left the school completely due to atrocious levels of greed and unprofessionalism. Stay away from this place.

Me and some friends decided to check out some education and training courses.Compare some in the bay area and the valley, Modesto We all had slightly different interests and skills. So we went to sjvc. They were selling it hard, pushing all the dreams. I went in to electric and well I was disappointed. Tuition was high, promises and success stories shown A few of the instructors in my program seemed to know electric, there were a few that just blew hot air. Seemed the chief running the place was more concerned... Read More with appearances. Others uniform or if your tats were showing and not if you were doing good or had problems. My friend took the industrial maintenance course and said the students were teaching each other, the instructor kind of just sat there and followed a schedule and seemed like he didnt know what he was doing. Our other guy from our group took Criminal justice and loved it. Said the manager taught most of the classes and was very good. Also he did get hired by a sheriffs department with the program managers help and people he worked with. the career services were pushing him to be a security guard and yeah who pays a ton of money to become a guard. career services found some electrical jobs leads, but nothing great above labor. My friend in IT took some different training from an employer where he learned more and got paid to learn. He regretted it. For the cost and return wasnt worth it for me or my cousin that took it. So one out of 4 of us feel it was good. My cousin got a better job in the bay area but not sure if it was because of this electric training or his other work experience.