Durham Technical Community College now has a new 19.6-acre campus centrally located in Orange County! The campus will better serve Orange County residents as they pursue their education, workforce training, and lifelong learning. The first building is a 40,000-square-foot brick structure is located in the Waterstone Development outside of Hillsborough. The building houses 22 instructional spaces, including classrooms, computer and science labs, a library, flexible use space, instructional and student support services areas, and faculty and student lounges.  More information and directions.

NEW! Bus Service to the OCC: Transit's #420 bus route now includes a stop at the Durham Tech Orange County Campus (note changes that took effect Nov. 17). View the new schedule and route map.

English as a Second Language and General Education Development Program (GED) testing and courses are available at the Orange County Campus.

The Building Level One course is designed for the education and training of the Building Level One code enforcement official who is responsible for inspecting small commercial construction up to 20,000 square feet in size. Textbooks with amendments are required and can be purchased at the N.C. Department of Insurance in Raleigh. For more information, contact the Code Council at 919-661-5880 ext. 240. 48 hours. For more information, visit http://www.ncdoi.com/OSFM/Engineering/COQB/Documents/CurrentCourses.pdf  Suggested Chapel Hill and Hillsborough Hotels.

This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the governmental and legal system with which every code enforcement official works. In addition, with the successful completion of the course and others specified by the N.C. Code Officials Qualification Board, course participants are eligible to take the state examination for inspector certification. The required textbooks are available online from the N.C. Department of Insurance at http://www.ncdoi.com/OSFM/Engineering/COQB/Documents/CurrentCourses.pdf  or call 919-661-5880, ext. 240. Allow at least three weeks for delivery. 16 hours.Suggested Chapel Hill and Hillsborough Hotels.

The Mechanical Level I course is designed for the education and training of the Mechanical Level I code enforcement official who has responsibility for inspecting residential and small commercial mechanical installations in construction up to 20,000 square feet in size. Textbooks with current amendments are required and can be purchased from the N.C. Department of Insurance in Raleigh. Allow at least three weeks for delivery. For more information, visit www.ncdoi.com/OSFM/Engineering/COQB/Documents/CurrentCourses.pdf. 32 hours.

This course assists students in preparing for the N.C. heating and air conditioning (H–3) license examination. Allow at least three weeks for delivery. A study guide is provided to registered students. 40 hours. Suggested Chapel Hill and Hillsborough Hotels.

This two-day intensive course covers the principles of safety and sanitation in the food service industry. It is designed for experienced food service employees and managers who need to comply with local, state, and the National Restaurant Association requirements for food manager/food handler certification orrecertification. Textbook with examination answer sheet required. 16 hours.

Este curso de dos días cubre las reglas de seguridad y sanitación de la industria de servicio de alimentos. Esta diseñado para empleados y supervisore con experiencia que necesitan seguir regulaciones del departamento de salud ambos local y de estado para una certificación. Temas principales incluyen contaminación y enfermedades a cause de alimentos contaminados, protección de alimentos, HACCP, limpieza, sanitación, y prevención de accidents. Textbook required. 16 horas.

This course combines computer fundamentals with basic keyboarding and mouse instruction. Hands-on experience is designed to demystify the computer for beginners. Experience how applications can enhance your ability to compete in the world of technology. Recommended for new users. 30 hours.

Create and run a presentation by adding templates, text, and objects. nsert and edit pictures, import clip art, link and embed objects, and edit graphs. Use word processing and graphics to create slide shows, presentation pages, handouts, speaker notes, and overheads. 18 hours.

Learn basic to intermediate level word processing functions. Create and format documents. Create tables and learn to use automated tools. 30 hours.

This introductory course is intended for students with little or no knowledge in the language. Learn essential vocabulary and grammar to develop the pronunciation, listening, reading, and writing skills necessary for basic communication and comprehension. Customs and cultural insights are also presented. Textbook required. 30 hours.

Building on the skills learned in Arabic I, this course develops an understanding of Arabic phonology and script, control of basic vocabulary, grammar, basic communicative situations, and cultural concepts expressed in the language. Textbook required. 30 hours.

Continue to build basic skills and essentials of grammar and enjoy elementary conversations. This course is designed for adults who have had basic instruction in Arabic. Textbook required. 30 hours.

Gain the basic skills and essentials of grammar and enjoy elementary conversations. This course is designed for adults who have no previous instruction in French. Textbook required. 25 hours.

Students build on basic language skills, with an increase in conversation and vocabulary. Textbook required. 25 hours.

Students build basic language skills, with an increase in conversation and vocubulary. Textbook required. 25 hours.

Continue to build basic skills and essentials of grammar and enjoy elementary conversations. This course is designed for adults who have had basic instruction in German. Textbook required. 25 hours.

Students continue to build on basic language skills through using advanced conversation and vocabulary. Textbook is required. 25 hours.

This introductory course is intended for students with little or no knowledge in the language. Learn essential vocabulary and grammar to develop the pronunciation, listening, reading, and writing skills necessary for basic communication and comprehension. Customs and cultural insights are also presented. Textbook required. 25 hours.

Learn Spanish at Durham Technical Community College. The Continuing Education Division offers classes in four levels of Beginning Spanish. These levels become progressively more advanced, building on the skills learned from the prior course. Spanish I and II are designed for students with no or little previous exposure to the Spanish language. Spanish III and IV are more advanced and help better prepare you for the specialized or intermediate-level course. These courses allow you to gain the fundamentals necessary to pursue further Spanish study. Textbook required. Each class is 25 hours. 2.5 TRCs.

Understand the most efficient and effective ways to obtain income from your investments during retirement to make sure the money lasts! Learn to structure your assets so that they can be passed on to your heirs in a tax-efficient way. Students discuss the most common mistakes that retirees make with their finances and learn how to avoid them. Finally, learn how to create a legacy for your family, a charity, or any other cause that you are passionate about. 14 hours.

This class teaches students about the financial services profession and general investing strategies. Discuss the pros and cons of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other accounts such as IRAs, and 401(k)s. Gain knowledge about working in the industry, and better understand strategies to help you and others reach financial goals. 14 hours.

Are you looking for the next steps for living sustainably beyond changing your light bulbs? Learn sustainable principles and practices through backyard edible gardens, community gardens, support of local food systems, and using native plants in landscaping. Learn more about water conservation and reuse energy efficiency, healthy spaces, green products more. 20 hours.

This interactive course is a general introduction to the history of western art, its ancestry, and heritage. Major surviving monuments of painting, sculpture, and architecture from prehistory to circa 1300 AD are shown, including methods and media of their production. Learn fundamental skills of visual analysis and vocabulary and concepts for discussing works of art. Textbook required. 12 hours.

This interactive course is a general introduction to the history of western art, its ancestry, and heritage. Major surviving monuments of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the early Renaissance to present day are shown, including methods and media of their production. Learn fundamental skills of visual analysis and vocabulary and concepts for discussing works of art. Textbook required. 12 hours.

This course is designed for the “do-it-yourself” homeowners, those hiring a design professional, and those interested in becoming an interior decorator, re-designer, real estate stager, or interior designer. Topics include design flow, space planning, selecting color and paint techniques, furniture, fabric, lighting, accessories, and organizing. The last two sessions focus on making a career out of your passion, hiring contractors, and bringing design/decorating into perspective. 25 hours.

This course is designed for “do-it-yourself” homeowners, those hiring a design professional, and or those interested in becoming an interior decorator, re-designer, or real estate stager. The course focuses on advanced discussions of design flow space planning and exploration of color, furniture, fabric, lighting, and accessories. Students are required to submit a complete room design that incorporates concepts from Interior Design and Decorating I and II. The final two class meetings are a review of the rooms before and after students’ designs. 25 hours.

You know how to point and shoot and the basics to operate your camera. You realize the camera can do so much more. Want to learn how to take better pictures? This course guides students deeper into the controls of a digital camera. Digital offers more control over your pictures compared to a film camera. Do you shoot in jpeg, raw, or even tiff? How do you control your own white balance? How should you save your work? What can you do to improve or alter the picture after you have the shot? How can you get a better exposure? How can you improve your lighting? All of this and more will be answered in this course. Students should have completed Photography: The Basics prior to this course or have basic camera knowledge. 24 hours.

This course takes the learning outside. What better place to learn photography? It is recommended that you have a basic understanding of photography, but it is not necessary. This class concentrates on developing your “photographic eye” to take better pictures! Every other class meeting will be held at a different location. Learn to take better nature, portrait, action, close-up, architecture, and travel shots on location! After every location shoot, the photos taken are reviewed to improve your ability and understanding of good photography! Learn photography and have fun outdoors doing it! 24 hours.

Have you ever taken a picture of a beautiful scene, and it didn't turn out as pretty as you remembered? Have you ever tried to take a picture where it was too dark, and the photo turned out murky? Have you ever purchased a new camera and didn't understand how it worked or the manual wasn't helpful? These are the types of topics discussed. You should be able to pick up a camera and use it easily. Improve your ability to get that right shot the way you want it! Students may need to purchase additional project materials. 21 hours.

Learn requirements for preparing tax returns for yourself, others, or for a firm. Gain a marketable skill which provides an overview of the necessary tax forms for many taxpayers. Learn the “ins and outs” of tax returns while not under pressure and be ready for the next tax season! IRS publication 17 required. 24 hours.

This course is targeted to beginners. The course focuses on a different topic each week, including alignment of the body in postures, positive thinking, breathing exercises, philosophy, basic anatomy, deep relaxation, and asana (practice of postures). The class emphasizes both the principles of yoga as well as stress management, breathing techniques, and postures. (Because this course is self-supporting, no tuition waivers or exemptions are allowed.) 18 hours.

The class emphasizes both the principles of yoga as well as stress management, breathing techniques, and postures. Students focus on a different topic each week, including therapeutic alignment of the body in postures, positive thinking, breathing exercises, philosophy, deep relaxation, and asana (practice of postures). Designed for students who have completed Beginning Yoga. 24 hours.

Prepare for national certification from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) as a Certified Coding Specialist – Physician Based (CSS-P) and/or Certified Coding Apprentice (CCA), depending on previous background and experience. Learn to apply coding principles to correctly assign diagnosis codes, physician and hospital procedural codes. 40 hours.

This basic course is for students studying allied health occupations. The course is designed to provide a beginning-level foundation of the study of medications for the non-prescriber. Upon completion of this course, the student has a basic understanding of key drug information, including their purpose, side effects, cautions and interactions. 48 hours.

This course takes those with little or no medical experience and introduces them to emergency care. At the end of the course, students are competent in providing emergency care at the basic level to patients needing care. All classes require Saturdays. The schedule is provided on the first day of class. Requirements are 18 years of age or older and a high school diploma or equivalent. Registration is $65 unless exempt. A supply fee of $25, a CAPS fee of $4, and an insurance fee of $17.35 are required and are not exempt. Summer class includes nine Saturdays. Preregistration and textbooks required. Purchase books prior to the beginning of class. For more information and a list of books, visit EMT Frequently Asked Questions. 180 hours.

Medical Terminology provides the foundation to build your skills in the medical profession. This course focuses on the language of medicine and emphasizes prefixes, suffixes, and word roots. Learn the medical vocabulary that relates to anatomy, physiology, pathological conditions, diagnostic treatment, and procedures of various body systems. Students learn to pronounce, spell, and define medical terms. Textbook required. Recommended prerequisite: Anatomy and Physiology for the Medical Office Professional. Students must request permission to register for online courses. 90 hours.

Using the vocabulary from Medical Terminology, you now learn to apply your skills in a coding environment. This course compiles and summarizes the official coding guidelines concerning the most common yet complex diagnosis coding issues. Real-life coding problems illustrating the issues are presented with ICD-9-CM solutions. Prerequisites: Expanded Medical Terminology for Health Care Professionals and Anatomy and Physiology for the Medical Office Professional. Textbook and Coding Manual required. For online classes: Online packet required and students must request permission to register for online courses. 72 hours.

Students learn about the healthcare environment through this practical approach to healthcare insurance claims processing. This course provides training in the skills required to successfully operate a medical office or insurance office environment. Course topics include health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, TriCare, BC/BS, workman's compensation, and legal and regulatory considerations in medical billing. Textbook required. In addition, for the online class, Medical Coding I is also required and Coding Manuals. Students must request permission to register for online courses. 48 hours.

Participants are introduced to the legal issues that arise out of the interface of medicine and law. Discussions include the rights and responsibilities of healthcare providers, such as HIPAA; the involvement of local, state, and federal governments; the involvement of the insurance industry; and changes in the health care delivery system. 24 hours.

Learn the details of medical record filing systems while also gaining a better understanding of the confidentiality of health records with an emphasis on HIPAA, the retention of medical records, and the laws regarding release of medical record information. 22 hours.

Topics include the agent’s duties to principals and third parties, pre-listing and listing practices and procedures, preparing a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA), the Exclusive Right to Sell Listing Agreement, working with a “For Sale By Owner” (FSBO), Multiple Listing Service (MLS) rules and procedures, marketing listed property, working with buyers, and license status and education issues. Prerequisite: License issued after October 1, 2005. Proof is required at the first class meeting. Textbook required. 30 hours.

The primary objective of the course is to provide instruction at a level beyond that provided in prelicensing courses on topics deemed to be of special importance to licensees. Topics addressed in this course include selected basic contract law concepts, real estate sales contracts and addenda, and closing procedures and statements. Prerequisite: License issued after October 1, 2005. Proof is required at the first class meeting. Textbook required. 30 hours.

The primary objective of the course is to provide instruction at a level beyond that provided in prelicensing courses on topics deemed to be of special importance to licensees. Topics addressed in this course include commercial real estate brokerage, residential property management, land use controls, loan fraud, license law issues and case studies, fair housing, establishing a brokerage firm, and manufactured and modular homes. Prerequisite: License issued after October 1, 2005. Proof is required at the first class meeting. Textbook required. 30 hours.

This is the course you need to take to enter the real estate profession. It is required for persons wanting to take the North Carolina real estate license examination and obtain a real estate broker license. This course may be offered only by schools and instructors approved by the N.C. Real Estate Commission. The primary objectives of this course are (1) to provide students with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to act as a licensed real estate broker in a manner that protects and serves the public interest and (2) to prepare students for the N.C. Real Estate license examination. Major topics include basic real estate property law, property taxation, land use controls, environmental hazards, brokerage relationships and practices, real estate contracts, real estate financing, closing real estate transactions, real estate valuation, fair housing, landlord and tenant, property management, federal income taxation of real estate, basic house construction, and property insurance. The N.C. Real Estate License Law and N.C. Real Estate Commission Rules and Trust Account Guidelines are also covered. Textbook required. 80 hours.

This course is designed for persons interested in joining the mortgage profession. The period of time between receiving a loan application and its submission to underwriting is commonly referred to as the “processing” time. It is imperative that loans be processed in an accurate and timely manner. This course addresses the processing of all types of loans, including Conventional, VA, and FHA. Instruction is appropriate for those interested in an entry-level position as well as those who simply want to sharpen their processing skills. 18 hours.

Successful businesses have strong dynamic business plans. This course is for anyone starting or operating a business who wants to learn how to write a better, more complete business plan. Beyond the mechanics, this course challenges you to perform the critical thinking necessary to be more successful in your business growth. Taught by Carl Baumann, SCORE Volunteer. 30 hours. This is a Small Business Center course.

Before taking ANY of the following computer courses, you should have a basic understanding of your computer’s operating system. For example, you should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media. Students should bring a Memory Stick to save their work from computer classes.

The fastest, easiest way to manage your business! This introduction to one of the most popular small business accounting applications tracks general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, checking accounts, and provides easy-to-use reporting features. 12 hours. Taught by Tonya Brewington of T. Brewing Consulting, LLC and Paula Brown of Almost Perfect, Inc. Small Business Center course.

If you’ve taken the QuickBooks Pro Intro class or are already writing checks and making deposits in Quick-Books, are you ready to learn more? Register for this intermediate-level class to gain insights into job-cost tracking, payroll and time sheets, customizing reports, and much more. Seating limited. Taught by Paula Brown of Almost Perfect, Inc. 12 hours. Small Business Center course.

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