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2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PST 179 - NCCCS Public Safety Training

Class: 2 Lab: 21 Clinical: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 9

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
This course is a mechanism for awarding prior learning credit for industry-recognized training and/or credentials. The prior learning source is the 160-hour Basic Correctional Officer training course regulated by the NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and required for certification as a state correctional officer with the NC Department of Public Safety. Official documentation of successful completion of the state-mandated training must be provided and retained on file. *368 Hours Minimum Documented Training Required.