Technical Certificate Programs

The Technical Certificate shall be awarded upon satisfactory completion of a planned program of postsecondary studies in a specialized area. A minimum of 25 percent of the program, other than credit-by-examination, must be earned in residence at PHSC. A cumulative grade point average of not less than 2.0 or "C" must be achieved in the program courses by graduation. Some Technical Certificate programs are open entry.

1. Applied Welding Technologies
This specialized program is designed to enable persons to acquire skills and knowledge necessary for initial employment as welders. Emphasis is placed on care and safe use of welding equipment, tools and materials. Employability skills are included.
2. Correctional Officer
The purpose of this technical credit hour program is to prepare students for entry-level employment as correctional officers. The program is prescribed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission in accordance with Florida Statutes.
3. Crossover from Correctional Officer To Law Enforcement Officer
The purpose of this technical credit-hour program is to train students who want dual certification in basic law enforcement and basic corrections. The program is designed for students who already have completed a corrections officer program satisfactorily.
4. Crossover from Law Enforcement Officer To Correctional Officer
>The purpose of this technical credit-hour program is to train students who want dual certification as a correctional officer and a law enforcement officer. The program is designed for students who already have completed a law enforcement officer program satisfactorily.
5. Dental Assisting
This technical credit-hour program is designed to prepare students for employment as dental assistants and dental auxiliaries. The program meets the standards of the Florida Board of Dentistry. Graduates of the program are eligible for employment as dental assistants with expanded functions and radiography skills.
6. Health Unit Coordinator
This technical credit-hour program is designed to prepare students as health unit coordinators. Some of the topics included in the program are: interpreting medical terminology, performing clerical duties (reading, interpreting and coordinating physicians' orders); legal and ethical responsibilities, and performing supervised clinical duties.
7. Law Enforcement Auxiliary Officer
This technical credit-hour program is designed to prepare students for compensated or uncompensated employment or appointment by criminal justice agencies, to assist or aid full-time or part-time officers.
8. Law Enforcement Officer
This technical credit-hour program provides job related training at the entry level to candidates for law enforcement positions. The curriculum is prescribed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission in accordance with Florida statutes.
9. Law Enforcement Officer Crossover to Traditional Correctional Basic Recruit Training
The purpose of this technical credit-hour program is to train students who want dual certification as a correctional officer and a law enforcement officer.  The program is designed for students who already have completed a correctional officer program satisfactorily.
10. Medical Administrative Specialist
The purpose of this technical credit-hour program is to prepare students for employment as office clerks in medical facilities and as examining room assistants in physicians' offices. This program includes instruction in both general office and medical record skills and includes a clinical component.
11. Nursing Assistant (Long Term Care)
The purpose of this technical credit-hour program is to provide the knowledge and skills required to pass the written and skills portion of the State of Florida Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) exam and enter the workforce as a CNA in a health care facility. Students who successfully complete this program are eligible to take the state exam.
12. Pharmacy Technician
The purpose of this program is to prepare students to work as pharmacy technicians in retail and hospital settings, under the direct supervision of a pharmacist. Students successfully completing this program are eligible to sit for the national pharmacy technician certification examination administered by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or the Institute for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians.
13. Phlebotomy
The purpose of this technical credit-hour program is to prepare students to work as phlebotomists. Students can work in hospitals, doctors' offices, nursing homes and other health care facilities.
14. Practical Nursing
This technical credit-hour program is designed to prepare individuals to provide nursing care to clients in hospitals and other comparable health agencies as practical nurses and is approved by the Florida State Board of Nursing. Upon satisfactory completion of the prescribed course work, a graduate is eligible to apply to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses in accordance with regulations set forth in the Nurse Practice Act, Chapter 464.008 and 464.108. A graduate also is eligible to apply for admission to the associate degree in nursing program at the ADN-LPN entry point.
15. Surgical Technology
The purpose of this program is to prepare students to work as surgical technologists in hospital operating rooms, outpatient surgical centers, labor and delivery units, physician's offices and medical sales positions. Upon successful completion of the program, students are qualified to take a National Certifying Examination to become a Certified Surgical Technologist (CST).