Additional information about senior education here.
Programs and Classes
Find the short-term training you need through PCC’s Continuing Education division. For additional information, click the individual link. We look forward to working with you and we wish you every success!
Career Training
Prepare for employment by with short-term training that leads to national, state, or industry-recognized certifications. Courses include free orientations and possible financial aid for Certified Production Technician, Certified Logistics Technician, OSHA Training, Siemens Level I, as well as Notary, ServSafe, HVAC, and Electrical Contractors courses.
Healthcare
Interested in a Healthcare career? PCC offers courses in CPR, Nurse Aide I, II, and Refresher, Medication Aide, Medication Technician, and Cardiovascular Technician/Monitor!
College and Career Readiness (Adult Basic Skills)
PCC’s Adult Basic Skills program offers FREE classes to those interested in preparing for the high school equivalency exam or simply needing to improve reading, writing, and basic math skills. Classes are also available in English as a Second Language! Online, as well as day and evening face-to-face classes offered!
Job Seeking Classes
Let the PCC team help you improve your job seeking skills with free computer classes and other tools to ensure you are ready to enter or re-enter the workforce!
Online Education
Consider online classes with PCC! We offer Medical Coding & Billing, Medical Transcription Editor, Medical Administrative Assistant with Electronic Health Records, Microsoft Excel and Word Blackboard courses as well as an array of classes through Ed2Go, with hundreds of topics from Anatomy to Languages to Web Design!
Public Safety Training
The Emergency Medical Science program provides you with the basic entry-level knowledge, skills, and attributes to provide advanced emergency medical care for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system. You will gain complex knowledge, competency, and experience through classroom instruction, practical laboratory sessions, and clinical internships. It prepares graduates to enter the workforce. PCC also offers the nationally accredited Paramedic Program. The program is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP). PCC offers Fire and Rescue classes both for certification and non-certification. These classes are offered at local fire departments and rescue squads.
PCC offers Law Enforcement Education.
Small Business Center & Free Seminars
Are you considering a new business venture or expansion? Do you need some help making your existing business more profitable? Could you or your employees benefit from additional FREE training? If you answered yes to any of these questions PCC’s Small Business Center can help you.
Customized Training
Focused on fostering and supporting the success of local companies, PCC offers assistance with skills assessment, skills training, job profiling, and training funding!
Career and College Promise
Short-term CCP options coming soon!
Teacher and Educator Training
PCC provides courses for teacher renewal credit with online classes through Ed2Go!
Free Courses
Updated information coming soon!
Personal Enrichment and Professional Development
PCC is committed to offering lifelong learning opportunities that afford you the venue for meeting your personal goals!
Continuing Education
PCC’s Continuing Education Division offers noncredit classes for personal or professional interests. Although college credit is limited (only advanced manufacturing courses have credit-by-exam options), you’ll have the opportunity to earn career readiness units, certification, industry recognized credential, or other evidence of class completion for meeting your personal and professional development goals.
Dr. Doris W. Carver, Vice President, Continuing Education
doris.carver@piedmontcc.edu (336) 322-2111
Tracey Brandon, Dean, Occupational Extension and
Correction Education
tracey.brandon@piedmontcc.edu (366) 599-0032
Debra Harlow, Dean, Adult Basic Skills
debra.harlow@piedmontcc.edu (336) 322-2157
Angela Webb, Interim Dean, Workforce Development
angela.webb@piedmontcc.edu (336) 322-2160
Heather Albert, Director/Instructor, EMS and Fire Programs
Heather.Albert@piedmontcc.edu (336) 694-8052
Jody Blackwell, Director, Small Business Center and
Customized Training Programs
jody.blackwell@piedmontcc.edu (336) 599-6622
Cori Lindsay, Economic Development/Small Business Center-Caswell
cori.lindsay@piedmontcc.edu (336) 694-4013
Nancy Oberman, Director/Instructor, Law Enforcement Training
nancy.oberman@piedmontcc.edu (336) 694-4013
Lori Watlington, Associate Director, Workforce Development (Allied Health)
lori.watlington@piedmontcc.edu (336) 694-8080