Applicants must possess or qualify for a valid, full-time Three-Year Preliminary or Five-Year Clear Designated Subjects Career Technical Education Credential including English Second Language Certification. NOCROP will assist you in starting the credentialing process. Three-Year Preliminary Credential Must meet all of the following requirements: • Three years of work experience directly related to each industry sector to be named on the credential. • One year equals a minimum of 1000 clock hours and the experience may be full-time or part-time, paid or unpaid. • At least one year of the required work experience must be within the last five years, or two years within the last ten years. - A combination of the following may be accumulated to total 1000 clock hours: • Work experience • College-level related course work • Non-college related course work • Occupational internship • Vocational teaching experience • Completion of 48 semester units of postsecondary vocational training related to the industry sector(s) named on the credential may be substituted for a maximum of two of the three years of required work experience. - Additionally, one of the following may be used as one year of work experience toward meeting the three years of required experience: • Possession of an advanced industry certificate related to the industry sector to be named on the preliminary credential, as determined by a Commission-approved CTE program sponsor • One year of full-time general education teaching experience providing instructional services in preschool or grades K-12 earned in a public or private school of equivalent status • High School diploma • Recommendation by a Commission-approved CTE program sponsor Additional information may be found at http://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/cl888.pdf