Health Care Technology Institute

This course integrates a series of skills training courses into a single course for health care occupations. Health Care Technology Institute prepares students as a multi-skilled health care worker and prepares them to sit for four health care industry-specific credentials. Students who successfully complete all components of the course will receive a Career Readiness Certificate, CPR certification, a Nurse Aide 1 Course Completion Certificate, and a Phlebotomy Course Completion Certificate. Completers are eligible to apply to sit for the State Competency Exam to become listed on the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation Nurse Aide 1 Registry as a Certified Nurse Aide 1 and eligible to apply to sit for the American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians (ASPT), a national certification. Upon completion, students are qualified to work for health care providers in jobs requiring stackable credentials.

Admission Requirements:

  • Career Pathways Health Services
  • Reading placement test
  • 18 years of age
  • Social security card – must match government issued photo ID
  • Government issued photo ID – must match social security card
  • Criminal background check and drug screen through Certified Background
  • Proof of immunizations: Records may be obtained from the last school attended or current/past health care providers and must include:

- Td (tetanus) / Tdap every 10 years

- Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)

- Varicella (chicken pox)

- Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) (be current, negative or documentation of negative chest x-ray)

- Hepatitis B series / Declination

- Influenza - current through flu season October thru March

Note: Students, who successfully complete Nurse Aide I training at CCC&TI and become listed on the North Carolina Nurse Aide Registry, receive three (3) points toward competitive admission into the Physical Therapy Assistant program at CCC&TI and ten (10) points toward the Radiology program at CCC&TI.