WANT TO START
A SMALL BUSINESS?
CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS AT
DEL MAR COLLEGE MAY BE THE FIRST STEP
CONTRIBUTED BY: MICHAEL BRATTEN, DEL MAR COLLEGE
I
f your dream is to be your
own boss, Del Mar College
(DMC) can provide the skills
and certifications you need in
less than two years.
Earning a Class A Commercial Driver’s License at DMC – the
type required to drive a tractor trailer rig – takes just four weeks
of daytime classes or 10 weeks of evening classes.
Truck driver training is one of many DMC certification programs
that can be completed in under two years and can lead to small
“Owning a business was one of business creation. Instructors at DMC say it’s easy to start a
the most incredible experienc- business with the right skills, determination and planning.
es of my life,” said Lynette Cer-
vantes, instructor for the DMC
Transportation Training Services “It’s nice to be your own boss,” said Tom Matula, DMC asso-
program, who started a trucking ciate professor of Air Conditioning Applied Technology. “You
company with her husband in work as hard as you want to, to make as much as you want to.”
2003. “I’ve been to all 48 con-
tinental states and all of the Ca- Matula started a business repairing, replacing and installing
nadian provinces. By being a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in
truck owner-operator, I was able 1993. He now operates the business on a part-time basis, he
to control my own destiny.”
said.