Gadsden Technical Institute

This program prepares students for entry-level careers in nine areas of specialization.

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 broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the Automotive industry; planning, management, finance, technical and product skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues.

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 purpose of this program is to prepare students for a Class “B” Commercial Driver License.

This program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the Commercial Vehicle Driving industry; planning, management, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues. The content includes but is not limited to the following: Loading and unloading cargo; reporting delays or accidents on the road; verifying load against shipping papers; and keeping records.

The Diesel Equipment Technology diploma program is a sequence of courses designed to prepare students for careers in the diesel equipment service and repair profession. Learning opportunities enable students to develop academic

The purpose of this program is to prepare students for employment in the carpentry industry with a stress on basic carpentry skills. This program offers a sequence of coursed that provides coherent and rigourous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technicanical knowlege and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the architecture and constructions career cluster.

The purpose of this program is to prepare students for employment or advanced training in a variety of occupations in the welding industry.

This program focuses on broad transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the elements of the welding industry; planning, management, finance, technical and product. Skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environment issues.

The program is certified and designated as an educational institution member of the American Welding Society. The length of this course is 1150 hours.

Adult students are required to score grade level 9 on the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) in order to receive a vocational certificate.

The Diesel Equipment Technology diploma program is a sequence of courses designed to prepare students for careers in the diesel equipment service and repair profession. Learning opportunities enable students to develop academic

The Diesel Equipment Technology diploma program is a sequence of courses designed to prepare students for careers in the diesel equipment service and repair profession. Learning opportunities enable students to develop academic

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 focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the health care industry; planning, management, finance, technical and production skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues.

The content includes but is not limited to metric system, medical terminology, medicinal drugs, pharmaceutical compounding, USP 795 standards, sterile techniques, USP 797 standards, maintenance of inventory, IV preparation, receiving and handling of hazardous materials, preparing purchase orders, receiving and checking supplies purchased, printing labels, typing prescription labels, delivering medications, pricing prescription drug orders and supplies, prepackaging unit dose packages, patient record systems, control records, data processing automation in pharmacy, computer application, employability skills, leadership and human relations skills, health and safety, including CPR.

Gadsden Technical Institute (GTI) Practical Nursing Program was started in 1997 with an approved class limit of 20. The program was 1350 hours as required and taught by a faculty of two Masters prepared and an Associate Degree nurse. In 2011 the program policies and procedures were reviewed and evaluated to better address programmatic needs and to ensure students’ successful completion, licensure and job placement. As a result the nursing program was re-structured and is an approved nursing program by the Florida Department of Education and the Florida Board of Nursing. Wherein, this nursing program and its curriculum can only be administered in the State of Florida. It remains a part of GTI, however, the program is now known as Gadsden Center for Health Education (GCHE) School of Practical Nursing. The program currently has an approved class limit of 24 students annually and consists of 1350 hours of theory and clinical education and training. At present, nursing faculty are educated nursing professionals licensed by Florida Board of Nursing.

GCHE graduates scores on the National Council Licensure Examination for Licensed Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN) exceed both the Florida and National averages. Nursing graduates are employed in various healthcare facilities in local and surrounding areas.

Nursing is a course of study that is demanding and rewarding. It has proven to be a profession with many opportunities and a variety of work environments from which you may choose. It requires hard work but the end results will certainly be worth the effort.