Overview
The Public Health Technician Program provides education and training in the major disciplines of preventive medicine operations to include: introduction to public health, public health communication, food service sanitation, aspects of water, deployment environmental surveillance program (DESP), medical threats, operational preventive medicine, and entomology. Army specific courses include: chemical biological radiation nuclear event, industrial hygiene, and an Army field exercise. Navy specific courses include: public health administration, microbiology, biostatistics, epidemiology, medical parasitology, immunizations programs and vaccines, occupational safety and health, environmental sanitation, shipboard preventive medicine, and a Navy field exercise. This program provides graduates with technical skills and knowledge required to achieve public health specialist entry-level competencies. The program prepares the student to perform preventive medicine operations in both traditional and non-traditional preventive medicine practice settings.
Accreditation or Related Information: N/A
Credentialing Information: Graduates of the Public Health Technician Program are certified with the following credentials: ServSafe through the National Restaurant Association http://www.servsafe.com, the DoD Pesticide Application through the Armed Forces Pest Management Board http://www.afpmb.org/, Basic Industrial Hygiene through the Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE), and Shipboard Sanitation through Navy Medicine (Navy specific).
Army Requirements
Program Requirements
| PVNT 1201 | Introduction to Public Health - Army | 2 |
| PVNT 1302 | Aspects of Food Safety with Risk Communication | 3 |
| PVNT 3202 | Operational Preventive Medicine | 2 |
| PVNT 3301 | Occupational and Environmental Health Surveillance – Army | 3 |
| PVNT 3403 | Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety – Army | 4 |
| PVNT 4401 | Water Quality in Environmental Health (Consolidated) | 4 |
| PVNT 4502 | Integrated Pest Management (Consolidated) | 5 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 23 |
Navy Requirements
Program Requirements
| PVNT 1302 | Aspects of Food Safety with Risk Communication | 3 |
| PVNT 2201 | Microbiology - Navy | 2 |
| PVNT 2502 | Introduction to Epidemiology and Biostatistics – Navy | 5 |
| PVNT 3202 | Operational Preventive Medicine | 2 |
| PVNT 3204 | Parasitology - Navy | 2 |
| PVNT 3206 | Shipboard Environmental Health - Navy | 2 |
| PVNT 3302 | Occupational and Environmental Health Surveillance – Navy | 3 |
| PVNT 3303 | Public Health Program Administration - Navy | 3 |
| PVNT 3305 | Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety - Navy | 3 |
| PVNT 4401 | Water Quality in Environmental Health (Consolidated) | 4 |
| PVNT 4502 | Integrated Pest Management (Consolidated) | 5 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 34 |