Apprenticeship | Flagler Technical Institute

Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Heating Technology

The Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, and Heating Technology program (HVAC) is designed to prepare students for employment or advanced training in the heating, air-conditioning, refrigeration and ventilation industry. Students will be prepared for employment as A/C, Refrigeration and Heating Helper, A/C Refrigeration and Heating Mechanic Assistant, A/C, Refrigeration and Heating Mechanic and A/C Refrigeration and Heating Technician.

This cluster is a planned sequence of instruction consisting of two programs using one core and five occupational completion points. Students learn the basics of the HVAC industry and, upon employment, may enter the HVAC Apprenticeship program.

Electrician

The Electrician program prepares students for employment or advanced training in a variety of construction electrical industries. It provides students with the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to succeed in residential, commercial, and industrial fields. Training includes assembly, installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of electrical equipment used in these applications.

This program focuses on broad, transferable skills, stresses the understanding of all aspects of the electricity industry, and demonstrates such elements of the industry as planning, management, finance, technical and production skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues, and health, safety, and environmental issues.

Landscape/Nursery Management

The Landscaping/Nursery Management program prepares students for employment in the horticulture and landscape industries as first-line supervisors/managers of landscaping and grounds keeping, nursery and greenhouse managers landscape or horticulture specialists, landscape gardeners, park workers, gardeners, special effects landscapers, landscape or horticulture professionals, landscape supervisors, first-line supervisors of landscaping and horticulture, production and nursery supervisors, and horticulture technicians.

The content includes instruction pertaining to an understanding of plant physiology and growth, plant nutrition and fertilization, plant classification and identification, pest control, pruning and shaping plants, maintenance of landscape plants, equipment maintenance, and employability and human relations skills. This program also prepares for industry certification as a horticulture professional and landscape technician.

For further information about the above programs, please contact:

Nick Della Fave

Program Manager

Industrial Education

386.447.4345 ext: 1830

Early Childhood Education Program

This Early Childhood Education Program is a free apprenticeship program that consists of 300 classroom hour and 4000 on the job training hours. The program is offered for free through the Department of Education Apprenticeship Program at various locations in Clay, Duval, Flagler, Putman, and Volusia Counties. The student must be working full time in a child care center where they complete their on-the-job-training. The program prepares students for employment in the childcare industry.

Instruction includes learning activities that provides students with the ability to:

• Plan a safe, healthy, learning environment for, Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers.

• Steps that advance children’s physical and intellectual development;

• Positive ways to support children’s social and emotional development;

• Strategies to establish productive relationships with families;

• Strategies to manage effective program operation;

• Maintenance of commitment to professionalism;

• Observing and recording children’s behavior; and principles of child development and learning.

For further information about the above programs, please contact: 

Maureen Stowell 

Program Manager 

Early Childhood Education 

386.447.4345 ext: 1822