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Collaborative Design Certificate of Accomplishment

City College of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA

Cost
$976
Length
34 weeks
Working 6 months later
Not reported

Program names, program descriptions and occupation titles appear here in English, because that is the only language the federal and state records publish them in. 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 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties), it appears beneath the statewide one. Statewide stays the headline: people who train here do not necessarily work here.

Designers, All Other

The Department publishes no list of daily tasks for this job. This is how it describes the work instead.

All designers not listed separately.

Typical pay in California
$67,251per yearSan Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD: $105,441
Projected openings
7,360San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD: 520
Projected change
+3.3%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Getting in

Experience needed first
None
Training after you are hired
None

No earlier job experience is expected, and new hires are not put through a long training period. For work like this, a program is usually the way in.

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.

What people in this job actually studied

Most common: Four-year degree — 45% of the people doing this work.

California says this job usually needs: Bachelor's degree. 38% of the people doing it went less far than that.

No high school diploma
2%
High school diploma
8%
Started college, no degree
16%
Two-year degree
13%
Four-year degree
45%
Master's degree
15%
Doctorate or professional degree
2%

This counts people already doing this job, across the whole United States. Every other figure on this page is California's, and the federal government publishes no state version of this one. It is what people happen to have, not a rule about who gets hired. A small row does not mean you would be turned away, and a large one is not a promise of a job.

Program details

This is a hybrid or blended program providing both in-person and online instruction.

The certificate program in Collaborative Design provides studentswith a strong foundation in multidisciplinary approaches to designand collaboration. This approach offers students the collaborative skillsand experiences needed for success in todays workplace. The programenhances a focused study in any design discipline and also provides anintroduction to design thinking and making for all students.https://www.ccsf.

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 (2026-08-04). 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.

The place to ask is an America's Job Center of California

A comprehensive center is where all the required partner programs can be reached; an affiliate site offers some of them. California's Employment Development Department directs people to CareerOneStop's finder to locate one. Contacting a center before traveling is worth it — the state notes that its own staff are not physically present at every location.

The rule: 20 CFR 678.305 — What is a comprehensive one-stop center? · 20 CFR 678.310 — What is an affiliated site? · California EDD — Office Locator

  • Human Services Agency of San FranciscoAffiliate site

    Phone: 415-401-4800

    3120 Mission StreetHSA-Mission OfficeSan Francisco, CA 94110about 2.2 miles away

    Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

  • EDD Workforce Service - San Francisco Civic CenterAffiliate site

    Phone: 415-749-7503

    801 Turk StreetEDD BuildingSan Francisco, CA 94102-3117about 4.4 miles away

    Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

    Has a veterans' representative

  • Goodwill Centralized Job CenterComprehensive center

    Phone: 415-575-4570

    750 Post StreetGoodwill of the San Francisco BaySan Francisco, CA 94109about 4.9 miles away

    Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00am-4:00pm

    Has a veterans' representative

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.

The rules cited here, and the state and federal sites linked to, are published in English.

How this site gets its figures, and what they do not tell you