Programs

The Associate in Arts degree program is designed for students who wish to transfer to a four-year college or university to earn a Bachelor of Arts (or Bachelor of Science, depending upon the university) degree in a non-scientific liberal arts field of study such as business adminis...

  • Type: Degree
  • Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
  • Duration: 24 months
  • Time: Day

The Associate in Science degree program provides science instruction in biology, chemistry, and physics to enable students to complete their respective curricular programs, transfer college credits through the Associate in Science degree program, or meet the workplace requirements ...

  • Type: Associate In Science
  • Division: Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
  • Duration: 24 months
  • Time: Day

This program trains students in the use of equipment and materials used in the auto body repair industry to become auto body technicians. The study of unibody, structure repair, sheet metal repair, welding, spot repair, estimating and refinishing are covered. Graduates are prepared...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Time: Day

This program trains automotive technicians to diagnose, service and repair automobiles and light trucks. Many individuals seeking training in Automotive Technology expect to work as Automotive Service Technicians. Automotive service technicians and mechanics, often called service t...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 26 months
  • Time: Day

This program provides basic training for persons interested in working in the automotive field. Vehicle servicing, systems maintenance and problem diagnosis are covered.

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Time: Day

This certificate program is designed to prepare graduates for job opportunities in the areas of entry-level bookkeeping and payroll.

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
  • Duration: 16 months
  • Time: Day

This certificate provides an individual with the skills needed to operate computer numeric control (CNC) machines in manufacturing businesses. The students focus on the processes and procedures commonly used to set up CNC machines, select and install tooling, follow quality control...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Time: Day

This certificate provides students with training in basic CAD skills and prepares them to continue in the Civil Engineering Technology curriculum or for entry-level positions in the industry.

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
  • Duration: 16 months
  • Time: Day

The Diesel and Heavy Equipment certificate program trains technicians to diagnose problems and to provide service and maintenance-related procedures to diesel and heavy equipment.

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 24 months
  • Time: Day

Early childhood and child-care workers nurture and teach preschool children in centers designed for childcare. These workers play an important role in a child's development by caring for the child when the primary caregivers are at work or away for other reasons. They instruct chil...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Business, Computing, & Social Science
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Time: Day

The Electrician Certificate is designed to introduce the students to the foundation theories that govern electricity. The students will become familiar with electrical codes, wiring, print reading, and perform electrical load calculations. Completion of this certificate prepares th...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Duration: 8 months
  • Time: Day

The Electronics Engineering Technology program (EET) uses classroom and laboratory experiences to provide students with applied technical skills such as building, testing, troubleshooting, and repairing applied electronic circuits and equipment. Students accumulate a variety of aca...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 23 months
  • Time: Day

The Essentials of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (Certificate) is a program that will provide students with the basic knowledge of installing and maintaining heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment.

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 8 months
  • Time: Evening, Day

The General Technology program provides a combination of occupationally oriented courses to meet specific career objectives and the opportunity to get cross-training in two or more specialties to meet the needs of employees who have a variety of job responsibilities. The student an...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
  • Duration: 20 months
  • Time: Day

The Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Degree is a 2-year program that will provide students with the necessary knowledge of installing, maintaining, and repairing heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment.

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 26 months
  • Time: Evening, Day

The Industrial Maintenance Technology program provides students with fundamental mechanical skills associated with entry-level maintenance positions and prepares students for careers in large manufacturing companies as industrial machinery and maintenance technicians. Industrial ma...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Time: Day

The program will prepare you for an entry-level position as a machine tool operator. The program is intended to give you a firm foundation in conventional manufacturing methods through hands-on experience in laboratories and classroom lecture. Topics covered in the program include...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
  • Duration: 8 months
  • Time: Day

The Machine Tool diploma is a three semester program designed to prepare students for gainful employment in the area of precision machining. The course objectives include learning safe work habits, metallurgy, precision measurement, and the set up and operation of machine tools tha...

  • Type: Diploma in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 14 months
  • Time: Day

The Machine Tool Technology program is designed to teach manufacturing processes and methods using both manual and computer-controlled machine tools. Basic skills will be developed on a variety of machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, Wire EDM and Computer Numerical Contr...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 22 months
  • Time: Day

This certificate provides an individual with the basic skills for manual machine operation, including: safety, tooling, set up, speeds and feeds, materials, print reading, and precision measurement. The student will focus learning activities on engine lathes and milling machines. C...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Time: Day

Modern manufacturing is based on a combination of advanced technologies that use complex machining, automation, and robotics equipment to efficiently produce a vast array of products. Our innovative and industry driven mechatronics degree program prepares you to work in a wide vari...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
  • Duration: 22 months
  • Time: Day

The Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) program is an exciting, five-semester journey that kicks off every fall and prepares you for a vital role in healthcare. In your first semester, you'll build foundational knowledge in essential lab skills - everything from lab safety to mast...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Nursing & Allied Health
  • Duration: 26 months
  • Time: Day

This program is designed to train individuals with welding skills and experience in the practices and processes of pipe welding and pipe fitting. Students will build mastery by using ARC welding on steel pipe and TIG welding on steel and stainless steel pipe. Additional topics incl...

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 8 months
  • Time: Day

The Practical Nursing program prepares students for a vocation requiring intellectual, interpersonal, and psychomotor skills that are based upon biological, behavioral, and humanistic principles. Graduates of the Practical Nursing program are prepared to work in a variety of settin...

  • Type: Diploma in Applied Science
  • Division: Nursing & Allied Health
  • Duration: 16 months
  • Time: Day

The Respiratory Care program gives students a solid foundation of theory and clinical experiences. Students will learn about medical gas administration, airway care, aerosol therapy, lung inflation techniques, mucus clearance techniques, arterial blood gas analysis, managing patien...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Nursing & Allied Health
  • Duration: 28 months
  • Time: Day

The Surgical Technology Program is a five-semester associate degree program and is composed of classroom study, laboratory skills, and clinical experience. Students will learn aseptic technique, surgical instrumentation, surgical suite equipment, operative procedures, anatomy, med...

  • Type: Associate In Applied Science
  • Division: Nursing & Allied Health
  • Duration: 48 months
  • Time: Day

This program will provide skills that will enable the student to produce structurally sound and quality MIG welds.

  • Type: Certificate in Applied Science
  • Division: Career & Technical Education
  • Duration: 8 months
  • Time: Day

© 2025 Florence Darlington Technical College