Career Studies Certificate
Purpose: Provide individuals trained to perform central services processing duties in local health care facilities.
Occupational Objective: Students learn vital infection control techniques to keep hospitals and other medical facilities safe and free from the spread of diseases. Central service technicians perform and participate in decontamination, cleaning, assembling, packaging, scanning, sterilization, storage and distribution of reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment.
Admission Requirement: Admission to the College. Completion of MTE 1 -MTE 3 or qualified placement test score and placement into ENF 2 or qualified placement test score for this program. Additional information can be found on the program’s website or in the Admission and Advising Center or in the Health and Life Sciences Division office. You can find additional information about the Central Services Technician Career Studies Certificate in a booklet, which can be found on the program’s web page, in Admissions and Advising, and in the Health and Life Sciences Building.