EIM: Electrical & Instrument Maintenance
College of Instrument Technology · Bellflower, CA
- Cost
- $9,999
- Length
- 24 weeks
- Working 6 months later
- Not reported
Program names and program descriptions appear here in English, because that is the only language the federal and state records publish them in. Occupation titles are translated where O*NET publishes a Spanish name. Everything else on this page is translated.
What happened to people who took this
No outcomes reported for this program
About a third of California programs report nothing. That is a fact about the program's reporting, not evidence that it works or does not.
The job this trains for
This describes the jobs people do, not the classes this program teaches. It comes from the U.S. Department of Labor, which asks people already doing the work. The Department publishes it in English only, so the job names and the sentences below stay in English on this page.
Where California publishes a separate figure for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County), it appears beneath the statewide one. Statewide stays the headline: people who train here do not necessarily work here.
Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other
The Department publishes no list of daily tasks for this job. This is how it describes the work instead.
All precision instrument and equipment repairers not listed separately.
What this pays in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)
Each bar runs from the lowest-paid tenth to the highest-paid tenth. The darker middle is where half the people are, and the line is the median.
| Area | The lowest-paid tenth earn under | Half earn under | The highest-paid tenth earn over |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $50,085 | $61,372 | $109,505 |
| Across California | $50,961 | $82,324 | $120,031 |
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) beside the same figures for the whole state. A region can sit well below or above the statewide spread, and the statewide number is the one most often quoted — so where they differ, the local row is the one that describes the work near this program.
- Typical pay in California
- $82,324per yearLos Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD: $59,298
- Projected openings
- 1,410Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD: 300
- Projected change
- 0%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Getting in
- Experience needed first
- None
- Training after you are hired
- More than a year
New hires are trained on the job for more than a year after they start. The classroom part is the beginning of this work, not the whole of it.
These are the federal government's answers for the occupation, not rules this provider sets. California publishes the same two answers for every one of these jobs.
Program details
This program provides in-person instruction only.
Classroom, video, and hands-on instruction to calibrate, design, install, trouble shoot automatic process control instrument systems. Green examples are seam co-gens, land fill vacuum extraction co-gens, thermal co-gens, solar co-gens, etc. New automatic instrument control systems upgrades air quality and fuel efficiency for boiler, furnace, and burners. Process instrument control technicians in the last 50 years, have reduced the usage of water, fuel, and energy required to refine raw materials. This program is designated to teach students the basics of instrument and electrical maintenance for entry-level jobs: such as electrical technician, electrical wire terminator, technical sales, and instrument maintenance. Many graduates go to work as electrical instrument technicians, but many others enter fields for which CIT training, combined with their previous experience, qualifies them to obtain better jobs. Simple, easy instructions are given in how to test and certify instrument control systems that measure and control flow, level, speed, altitude, temperature, pressure, differential pressure, PH, conductivity, and chemical analysis. Maintenance electricians, technicians, engineers, salesmen and managers are taught to troubleshoot systems, change out components, make critical adjustments, to assure high product quality, and prevent damage to expensive systems. The courses are designed to prepare students to start as entry-level maintenance helpers. Past graduates show up with unusual jobs for which they tell us CIT retraining gave them the edge needed to obtain. Coupled with their previous work experience, CIT training has enabled graduates to be hired in electrical sales, electrical maintenance, and other fields touching on electrical knowledge of auto controls. Students benefit from learning the additional, high tech skills needed, along with their existing skills and work background, to enter this new career.
Someone else may be able to pay for this
This program was on California's Eligible Training Provider List when the state last reported it to the U.S. Department of Labor (2026-09-18). Programs on that list can be paid for through an Individual Training Account. Listings are renewed periodically and can lapse, so a program listed when the state last reported may not be listed today. Ask before you rely on it.
Ask before you enroll, not after
The order the rules set out starts at the center rather than at the school. Before a center can find somebody eligible for training services it has to gather enough to decide, at a minimum through an interview, evaluation or assessment and career planning. Referring a person to the provider they have chosen and setting up the account both come after that, and both are the center's to do — the account is a payment agreement with the training provider, and it is the provider that is paid through it. So the call belongs before enrolling and before paying. Anyone who has already done either should still ask, and ask what it means for them.
The place to ask is an America's Job Center of California
SELACO Cerritos AJCCComprehensive center
Phone: 562-402-9336
10900 E 183rd StreetCerritos Professional Center Suite 392Cerritos, CA 90703about 1.9 miles away
Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00-5:00 pm
Has a veterans' representative
LBWIN Adult Career Services CenterAffiliate site
Phone: Public- 562-570-3700
4811 Airport Plaza DriveSuite 120Long Beach, CA 90815about 4.9 miles away
Hours: Monday -Friday 8:00am -5:00pm
Has a veterans' representative
Rancho Dominguez- AJCC of CaliforniaComprehensive center
Phone: 310-762-1101
2909 E Pacific Commerce DriveCompton, CA 90221about 4.9 miles away
Hours: Monday - Friday 8am-5pm
Has a veterans' representative
At a comprehensive center all the required partner programs can be reached; an affiliate site offers some of them. Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Call before you travel: opening hours here are as the federal directory published them, and the state notes its own staff are not present at every location.
Find a center anywhere in California, and check what is on the list today:
CareerOneStop — American Job Center Finder (U.S. DOL) · California EDD — Office Locator · California EDD — Eligible Training Provider List
How this gets paid for, and what to ask →
Whether a person can have a program paid for is decided by their local workforce development board and the America's Job Center staff who interview them — not by this site, and not by the training provider. California has 45 local workforce development areas and each sets its own policies, so the answer can differ between two people in neighboring counties. Nothing here is a promise of funding or a determination of eligibility.
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