Career & Technical Education

Career Cluster: Education and Training
Program Hours: 45
Program Contact: Shari DeMayo, Program Facilitator 386-447-4345 x1261
Location: Flagler Technical College

Program Description

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Education and Training career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Education and Training career cluster.

The content includes, but is not limited to: organizational leadership, financial management, legal obligations and responsibilities, educational programming, marketing strategies, assessment, monitoring practices, observations, referrals, and collaboration of programs with families and community resources. Child Care Center Operations prepares students to become Center Directors. Completion of the class is required for the foundational level of the state mandated Child Care Director’s Credential. The course is offered to Early Childhood Education teachers, owners, and operators.

Scholarship opportunities are available through The Florida Children’s Forum TEACH program.

Licensure/Certification

A certificate of completion is awarded upon successful completion of all program requirements. Students who complete this course will earn a Childcare Center Director Certificate and 4.5 continuing education units.

Careers

Child Care Center Operations Career Summary

Career Cluster: Education and Training
Program Hours: 300 Classroom Instruction/4,000 On-the-Job Training
Program Contact: Shari DeMayo, Program Facilitator 386-447-4345 x1261
Location: Flagler Technical College

Program Description

The Early Childhood Education program prepares students to earn a Florida Department of Education Early Childhood Professional Certificate (ECPC). Instruction includes learning activities provided in a laboratory setting using hands-on experiences with the equipment and materials appropriate to program content. Activities provide instruction in the use of manipulative equipment; language development; creative art, music, science, and dramatic play; developmentally appropriate practices; brain research; classroom management; and Child Development Associate (CDA) competencies.

Completion meets the requirements for the Florida Staff Credential mandated by the Department of Children and Families. Through an agreement with the Department of Children and Families students who complete this program will be awarded nine (9) college credits toward an associate degree in Early Childhood Education.

Instruction includes learning activities that provide students with the ability to:

• Plan a safe, healthy, learning environment for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
• Advance children’s physical and intellectual development
• Positively support children’s social and emotional development
• Establish productive relationships with families
• Manage effective program operation
• Maintain a commitment to professionalism
• Observe and record children’s behavior; and utilize principles of child development and learning

Students must be employed in the field to be eligible for this program.

Apprenticeship Information

Apprenticeship Program Page

Early Childhood Education Apprenticeship Standards

This 45-hour course is for the preschool teacher who needs a higher level of training to renew their CDA Credential. The teacher will receive 4.5 C.E.U.s.

This class includes a higher level of training for the teacher in the following areas: personality training, brain development, review of the DCF Standards, bullying, character development, managing behavior, autism, and special needs, curriculum lesson plans, and classroom organization.

Schedule

Courses are scheduled every four months. Classes are held on five Saturdays from 8:30 am–5:30 pm.

Cost

$280.00 payable by check or money order (made out to Flagler Schools), Visa, or MasterCard before the course begins.

Scholarships may be available through The Florida Children's Forum, TEACH.

This is a 45-hour course for the Director who needs a higher level of training to renew their Florida Director Credential. The director will receive 4.5. C.E.U.s.

This class includes a higher level of training for directors and anyone renewing their Florida Director Credential. This class includes a higher level of training for directors in the following areas: inclusion, asthma, cultural diversity, sexual harassment in the workplace, childhood nutrition, homeless children, domestic violence, obesity in children, labor laws, quality extended day, autism, grief in children, diabetes-nutrition, ADHD, and family involvement.

Schedule

Courses are scheduled every four months. Classes are held on five Saturdays from 8:30 am–5:30 pm.

Cost

$280.00 payable by check or money order (made out to Flagler County Schools), Visa, or MasterCard before the course begins.

Scholarships may be available through The Florida Children's Forum, TEACH.

Career Cluster: Health Science
Program Hours: 300
Program Contact: Suzanne Bott, Program Facilitator, 386-447-4345 x 1260
Location: Flagler Technical College

Program Description

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Health Science career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Health Science career cluster.

This is an instructional program that prepares students for employment as emergency medical technicians SOC Code 29-2041 (Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics) to function at the basic pre-hospital emergency medical technician level and treat various medical/trauma conditions using appropriate equipment and materials. The program prepares students for certification as EMT's in accordance with Chapter 64J of the Florida Administrative Code. The program must be approved by the Department of Health Office of Emergency Medical Services, and the curriculum must adhere to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) National EMS Education Standards for EMT. This is the initial level for a career in emergency medical services and the primary prerequisite for paramedic training and certification.

The content includes, but is not limited to: patient assessment, airway management, cardiac arrest, external and internal bleeding and shock, traumatic injuries, fractures, dislocations, sprains, poisoning, heart attack, stroke, diabetes, acute abdomen, communicable diseases, patients with abnormal behavior, alcohol and drug abuse, the unconscious state, emergency childbirth, burns, environmental hazards, communications, reporting, extrication and transportation of patient. The student must be proficient in patient assessment and evaluation, the use of suctioning devices, oral and nasal airways, resuscitation devices, oxygen equipment, sphygmomanometer and stethoscope, splints of all types, pneumatic anti-shock garments, extrication tools, dressings and bandages, and stretchers and patient carrying devices.

Licensure/Certification

This program is an Applied Technology Diploma (ATD) program that is part of a technical degree program and is less than 60 credit hours, and leads to employment in a specific occupation. An ATD program may consist of either technical credit or college credit. A public school district may offer an ATD program only as technical credit, with college credit awarded to a student upon articulation to a community college.

Careers

EMT Career Summary

Career Cluster: Health Science
Program Hours: 1300
Program Facilitator: Suzanne Bott, Program Facilitator, 386-447-4345 x 1260
Location: Flagler Technical College

Program Description

The Medical Assisting program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Health Science career cluster, provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Health Science career cluster. This program is designed to prepare students for employment as Medical Assistants SOC 31-9092.

The content includes, but is not limited to, communication, transcultural communication in healthcare, interpersonal skills, legal and ethical responsibilities, health-illness concepts, administrative and clinical duties, emergency procedures including CPR and first aid, emergency preparedness, safety and security procedures, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and employability skills.

Licensure/Certification

A certificate of completion is awarded to upon successful completion of all program requirements, including satisfying the TABE requirement. The student is prepared to sit for the certification exam for Registered Assistant through American Medical Technologists and the fees for practice exam costs are included in the cost of the program. Having this certification upon completion of a program enables the student to be uniquely prepared for employment.

Careers

Medical Assisting Career Summary

Career Cluster: Health Science
Program Hours: 165
Program Contact: Suzanne Bott, Program Facilitator, 386-447-4345 x 1260
Campus Location: Flagler Technical College

Program Description

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Health Science career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of Health Science career cluster. This program is designed to prepare students for employment as nursing assistants, nursing aids, and orderlies, nurse aides in nursing homes or SOC Code 31-1014 Nursing Assistants.

The content includes, but is not limited to, interpersonal skills, medical terminology, legal and ethical responsibilities, safe and efficient work, gerontology, nutrition, pet-facilitated therapy, health and safety including (CPR)—Heartsaver level, and employability skills.

Licensure/Certification

A certificate of completion is awarded to a student upon successful completion of all program requirements. In order to be eligible for hire, the student must pass the State Examination for Nursing Assistant and receive the designation of Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA).

Florida Board of Nursing

Careers

Nursing Assistant Career Summary

The Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP) lists the FTC placement rate (2016-17) for this field at 86%.

Career Cluster: Health Sciences
Program Hours: 165
Program Contact: Suzanne Bott, Program Facilitator, 386-447-4345 x 1260
Location: Flagler Technical College

Program Description

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Health Science career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Health Science career cluster.

The purpose of this program is to prepare students for employment as phlebotomists SOC Code 31-9097 Phlebotomists. The content includes but is not limited to communication, leadership, human relations, and employability skills; performance of safe and efficient work practices in obtaining adequate and correct blood specimens by capillary or venipuncture on adults, children and neonates; maintaining the integrity of the specimen in relation to the test to be performed; preparing blood smears; labeling specimens accurately and completely; collecting timed specimens; promoting the comfort and well-being of the patient while performing blood collecting duties; observing safety policies and procedures; medical terminology; emergency procedures including CPR (Heartsaver); delivering a variety of clinical specimens to the clinical laboratory; sorting and recording specimens received in the laboratory; centrifuging specimens and preparing aliquots of samples according to the designated protocol; distributing samples to appropriate laboratory sections; and preparing collection trays for specimen procurement.

Licensure/Certification

A voluntary national certification is available through an exam offered by: 

The National Health Career Association
7500 West 160th Street Stilwell, Kansas 66085
800-499-9092 x8223 

Eligibility

• Have a High School Diploma or equivalency and have completed an NHA approved training program, or;
• Have a High School Diploma or equivalency and have worked in the field for a minimum of one (1) year

Careers

Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist Career Summary

Career Cluster: Human Services
Program Hours: 1200
Program Contact: Adrienne Harvey, Program Facilitator, 386-447-4345 x3290
Location: Flagler Technical College

Program Description

The Cosmetology program prepares students for a career in the professional care of nails, skin, and hair. The program provides students training in the theory and practical skills needed in the beauty industry as a licensed cosmetologist. Students will learn the proper procedures and techniques related to nails, skin, and hair. Skills practiced in a salon atmosphere include manicures, pedicures, nail extensions, facial treatments, hair removal, waxing, makeup artistry, shampoos and sets, permanents, scalp treatments, haircuts, hair coloring, and proper sanitation.

The content also includes Florida law and Board of Cosmetology rules, ethics, human relations, sales techniques, business management, employability skills, and safe, efficient work practices.

Licensure/Certification

A certificate of completion is awarded upon successful completion of all program requirements. Students must complete a Board of Cosmetology approved four-hour HIV/AIDS course before the certificate is awarded. Students must complete an application with the Board of Cosmetology on the Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s (DBPR) website and pass the Florida State Board of Cosmetology examination in order to work as a cosmetologist.

Fees for the Board of Cosmetology Application and State Board Exam are included in the cost of the program.

Careers

Hairdresser, Hairstylist, and Cosmetologist Career Summary

Manicurist and Pedicurist Career Summary

Skincare Specialist Career Summary

Makeup Artists: Theatrical and Performance Career Summary

Career Cluster: Human Services
Program Hours: 220
Program Contact: Adrienne Harvey, Program Facilitator 386-447-4345 x3290
Location: Flagler Technical College

Program Description

The Facials Specialty program prepares students for a career in the professional care of the skin. The program provides students training in scientific principles and fundamentals related to the structure and function of the skin, bacteriology, sanitation procedures, chemistry, and electricity. Students will receive instructions on basic facials, skin analysis and protocols, massage techniques during facial manipulations, hair removal, color theory, makeup application, lash application, and brow and lash tinting.

The content also includes Florida law and Board of Cosmetology rules, ethics, human relations, sales techniques, business management, employability skills, and safe, efficient work practices.

Licensure/Certification

A certificate of completion is awarded to a student upon successful completion of all program requirements. Students must complete a Board of Cosmetology approved four-hour HIV/AIDS course before the certificate is awarded. Students must complete an application with the Board of Cosmetology on the Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s (DBPR) website for their specialty registration in order to work as a Facial Specialist.

Fees for the application are included in the cost of the program.

Careers

Aesthetician/Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist Career Summary

Career Cluster: Human Services
Program Hours: 180
Program Contact: Adrienne Harvey, Program Facilitator 386-447-4345 x3290
Location: Flagler Technical College

Program Description

The Nails Specialty program prepares students for a career in the professional care and beautification of the nails, hands, and feet. The program provides students training in scientific principles and fundamentals related to the structure and function of the nails, as well as the safety and sanitation required to perform services in the professional world. Students will learn proper procedures in the art of performing manicures and pedicures, adding nail extensions, and techniques in nail artistry.

The content also includes Florida law and Board of Cosmetology rules, ethics, human relations, sales techniques, business management, employability skills, and safe, efficient work practices.

Licensure/Certification

A certificate of completion is awarded to a student upon successful completion of all program requirements. Students must complete a Board of Cosmetology approved four-hour HIV/AIDS course before the certificate is awarded. Students must complete an application with the Board of Cosmetology on the Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s (DBPR) website for their specialty registration in order to work as a Nails Specialist.

Fees for the application are included in the cost of the program.

Careers

Manicurists and Pedicurists Specialist Career Summary

Career Cluster: Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics
Program Hours: 320
Program Contact:  Bruce Winters, Program Facilitator 386-447-4345 x1193
Location: FTC Industry Center

Program Description

The Commercial Vehicle Driving program prepares students for entry into the trucking and logistics industry. Students explore career opportunities and requirements of a professional commercial vehicle driver. Students study vehicle safety, accident prevention, operating regulations, cargo handling, documentation procedures, pre-trip preparation, vehicle inspection, maintenance, service, control procedures, backing, coupling, uncoupling, maneuvering, road and hazardous driving skills, math, communication, employability, entrepreneurship, and licensing requirements.

Licensure/Certification

A certificate of completion is awarded to a student upon successful completion of all program requirements.

Careers

Commercial Vehicle Driving Career Summary

Third-Party Testing and Refresher Courses

FTC also offers third Party Testing for Class A, B, and C licenses as well as a Commercial Vehicle Driver Refresher Course. For information on testing or the refresher course, please contact Bruce Winters directly at 386-447-4345 x1193.

Career Cluster: Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
Program Hours: 900 Classroom Instruction/1,200 On-the-Job Training
Program Contact:  Chris McDermott, Program Facilitator 386-447-4345 x1204
Location: FTC Industry Center

Program Description

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Transportation, Distribution and Logistics career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Transportation, Distribution and Logistics career cluster. 

The content includes but is not limited to: communication skills, leadership skills, human relations and employability skills, safe and efficient work practices, and skills to operate and maintain a variety of heavy equipment such as crawler tractors, motor graders, scrapers and shovels or cranes. Students training on one machine must complete all related program content.

Licensure/Certification

A certificate of completion is awarded upon successful completion of all program requirements. 

Careers

Heavy Equipment Operations Career Summary