Harbor Occupational Center-General Information

MISSION STATEMENT
“We are committed to providing the highest quality vocational training, academic courses, and job placement services to a diverse population, empowering students to succeed in a technologically changing society.”

Expected School wide Learning Results

Students completing their educational programs at
Harbor Occupational Center – San Pedro/Wilmington Skills Centers

Demonstrate effective communications skills
enabling them to compete in the job market.

Demonstrate interpersonal skills that will
allow them to work effectively in the work place.

Demonstrate the ability to using critical thinking
and problem solving skills in classroom activities.

Demonstrate academic and vocational skills
to succeed in a technologically changing society.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Harbor Occupational Center (HOC), San Pedro Skills Center (SPSC) and Wilmington Skills Center (WSC) are full-time Regional Occupational Centers operated by the Los Angeles Unified School District, Division of Adult and Career Education. The centers are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and provide short-term career technical training and job placement assistance. English as a Second Language (ESL), Math and English skills remediation, General Educational Development (GED) and high school diploma classes are also available. HOC, SPSC and WSC are approved by the U.S. Department of Health Education, the Welfare Bureau of Higher Education and the State of California Department of Education for high school diplomas, work-study participation and college work-study programs.

CERTIFICATES
Certificates are awarded upon successful completion of training. All course competencies must be met before a certificate is awarded.

COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE
An orientation and assessment in reading and math is given to all new students. Please call for scheduled times. Students may receive assistance in course credit evaluation, program planning and career-technical guidance. Job placement services are available through our Career Center. Bilingual counselors are available.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT
It is the policy of the Los Angeles Unified School District to maintain a working and learning environment that is free form sexual harassment. Sexual harassment of or by employees or students is a form of gender discrimination, in that it constitutes differential treatment on the basis of gender, and, for that reason, is a violation of state and federal laws and a violation of this policy.

TOBACCO FREE SCHOOL/NO SMOKING ON CAMPUS
The federal and state governments have adopted various anti-tobacco laws that require schools to have adopted and fully implemented tobacco-free environment policies. As required by these laws, the Los Angeles Unified School District has prohibited smoking and the use of all tobacco products on all school and District property.

UNIFORM COMPLAINT PROCEDURE
Complaints alleging unlawful discrimination or failure to comply with state or federal law in adult basic education, consolidated categorical aid programs, migrant education, career-technicall education, child care and development programs, child nutrition programs and special education programs must be made in writing and given to the District’s Compliance Officer. If you have a complaint see an administrator at HOC-SP/WSC or call (310) 547-5551 or TDD (310) 547-5346. Confidentiality of the facts of the complaint will be observed to the maximum possible. The District will not tolerate retaliation against anyone who files a complaint.