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Skill Sets
Bookkeeping
The Bookkeeping Skill Set is of value to office workers who need bookkeeping skills for cross-training and/or to increase employment opportunities.
The full Bookkeeping Skill Set is available online. Some courses may be offered at Campus locations. Check schedule for offerings.
Program Details
Central Sterile Supply Technician
Certificate
30 Credit Hours
The Central Sterile Supply Technician Certificate Program is designed to introduce the primary responsibilities of a sterile processing technician including practical application of learned concepts and procedures. Students will gain experience in instrument identification, preparation, storage, and distribution of supplies and equipment. Four-hundred clinical hours are required. The program will prepare the student to take the national certification exam.
Skill Set
15 Credit Hours
The Central Sterile Technician Skill Set prepares the student to ensure that all instruments used by medical personnel in the healthcare facility are clean and sterile. This entails performing manual cleaning prior to sterilization, placing cleaned instruments in sterilizers, and the ability to run and monitor the sterilizers. Central Sterile Technicians are integral members of the healthcare team who are responsible for decontaminating, inspecting, assembling, disassembling, packaging and sterilizing surgical instruments and devices in a healthcare facility that is essential to patient safety.
Program Details
Computer Repair Technician
The Computer Repair Technician Skill Set prepares the student for work as a computer repair and maintenance technician. Students will be prepared to sit for the CompTIA A+ and Network + certifications.
Program Details
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
The Emergency Medical Technician Skill Set prepares individuals under the remote supervision of physicians to recognize, access, and manage medical emergencies in prehospital settings. Includes instruction in basic EMT procedures; emergency surgical procedures; medical triage; rescue operations; and crisis scene management.
Campus Location: The full Emergency Medical Technician Skill Set is available on the Logan and Williamson campuses.
Some courses may be offered online. Check schedule for offerings.
Program Details
Industrial Welding
The Industrial Welding Skill Set is a 6 credit hour skill set designed to provide maintenance personnel with the basic skills required to perform routine welding duties in an industrial setting.
Campus Location: The full Industrial Welding Skill Set is available on the Williamson Campus.
Program Details
Payroll
The Payroll Skill Set is of value to office workers who need payroll skills for cross-training and/or to increase employment opportunities.
The full Payroll Skill Set is available online. Some courses may be offered at Campus locations. Check schedule for offerings.
Program Details
Phlebotomy
The Phlebotomy Skill Set is designed to train students to perform phlebotomy and a variety of other waived tests in the medical laboratory under the direction of a medical laboratory technician, medical laboratory scientist, or other professional. The main focus of the program is to prepare students to attain basic phlebotomy skills in collecting, processing, and transporting patient specimens; to attain basic skills and knowledge in performing waived laboratory procedures; to achieve knowledge and skills to successfully pass a phlebotomy certification exam; to communicate verbally and non-verbally with patients, health care professionals, and others in an effective, appropriate, and capable manner, while respecting the confidentiality of patient results; to demonstrate professionalism and conduct that reflects safe, legal, and ethical behavior, to demonstrate the importance of attendance, punctuality, and proper notification protocol. Students must provide evidence of 100 successful venipunctures during the phlebotomy clinical practicum, along with satisfactory evaluations, and satisfactory attendance to qualify to take the phlebotomy certification exam.
Campus Location: The full Phlebotomy Skill Set is available on the Logan Campus
Program Details
Pipe Welding
The Pipe Welding Skill Set consists of 6 credit hours of training that provides the student with the education and skills to become an entry-level pipe welder in today’s modern manufacturing industry. Upon completion of this series of courses, a student will have the knowledge and skills necessary to make high-quality welds using steel pipe and stainless steel pipe.
Campus Location: The full Pipe Welding Skill Set is available on the Williamson Campus.
Program Details
Tax Preparation
The Tax Preparation Skill Set is of value to office workers who need tax preparation skills for cross-training and/or to increase employment opportunities.
The full Tax Preparation Skill Set is available online. Some courses may be offered at Campus locations. Check schedule for offerings.
