About
Lively Technical Center’s Patient Care Technician program in Tallahassee, Florida, prepares students for entry-level work assisting patients and healthcare professionals in acute and long-term care settings. Training covers patient care, infection control, anatomy and physiology, cardiac monitoring, electrocardiography, phlebotomy, clerical skills, and professional communication. The program combines classroom and laboratory instruction with supervised clinical activities and consists of 600 total clock hours. The daytime schedule requires full-time enrollment. Admission requires students to be at least 18 years old at projected program completion, meet Basic Skills Levels of 10.0 in mathematics and 10.0 in reading and language arts, and complete and clear Level 2 background screening before enrollment.
At a glance
- Format: In person
- Scholarships: available (per the school's page)
Organization
Lively Technical Center
Lively Technical College is a technical college in Tallahassee, Florida, providing career and technical education for fields including Certified Nursing Assistant, Cosmetology, Electrician, HVAC, Medical Assistant, and Patient Care Technician, among others. The college offers 30 career programs, with selected programs available during evening hours. Daytime enrollment may be full-time or part-time, while evening options are part-time and designed for nontraditional schedules. Instruction emphasizes hands-on, relevant learning, and students develop workforce skills intended to support employment. Career Dual Enrollment allows eligible secondary students to take postsecondary career and technical education courses while enrolled in high school, earning credit toward industry certifications or postsecondary credentials and potentially toward high school graduation requirements.