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.
The content includes but is not limited to central services departmental organization and function; basic anatomy, physiology, microbiology and chemistry related to central service activities; quality assurance; infection control and isolation techniques, principles of safety; principles, methods and controls of sterilization processes; cleaning, processing, packaging, distributing, storing, and inventory control of sterile goods, instruments, trays, and equipment; medical terminology; surgical instrumentation; basic computer skills, interpersonal and job seeking skills, fundamentals of communication, case cart management, laparoscopic specialty, orthopedic specialty, flexible scope processing , shift supervisory skills and procurement of supplies and equipment.
16 years or older
Basic Skills Levels
Computations (Math) 9.0
Communications (Reading and Language Arts) 9.0
Students will be randomly drug tested once enrolled.
Level 2 Background Screening completed and cleared prior to enrollment.
Certified Registered Central Service Technician (Testing fees may apply)
This program is designed to prepare students for employment as supervisors, central supply, central supply workers, ambulatory surgery processors, surgical instrument processors, gastrointestinal (GI) flexible endoscope reprocessors, case cart technicians, inventory technicians, processing technicians, stock clerks: stock room or warehouse, sterilizers, central service technicians.
Common questions about our program.
| OCP | Course Number | Course Title | Course Length | SOC Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | HSC0003 | Basic Healthcare Worker | 90 | 31-9099 |
| B | STS0019 | Central Sterile Service Materials Management | 150 | 31-9093 |
| C | STS0013 | Central Sterile Processing Technician | 410 | 31-9093 |
| Fee | Details |
|---|---|
| 1898.00 | Tuition |
| 234.15 | Bookstore |
| 45.00 | Registration Fee |
| 50.00 | Facility Fee |
| 130.00 | Lab Fee |
| 72.00 | Miscellaneous Fees |
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