Welcome
Welcome to the Pierce County Skills Center!
You are about to learn of the exceptional opportunities you can take advantage of by attending the Pierce County Skills Center. PCSC partners with your high school to offer rigorous technical and professional training. This tuition-free training is available to all area public, private and home-schooled students age 16-20 (with junior or senior credit status) who have yet to receive a high school diploma.
Our goal at PCSC is to prepare students for high demand, high wage job and post-secondary education for all of our students. PCSC is based on the following concepts:
- Positive experiences and expectations
- Interrelated sequential learning
- Competency based individualized learning
- Personal, continual growth and leadership development
- All staff teach – all teachers give guidance
- Business and industry cooperation and coordination
- Job readiness
- Preparation to continue learning at a post-secondary institution
Get the Skills
One only needs to visit PCSC to see the commitment to high standard technical and professional training. Our instructors are industry professionals with years of experience in their field prior to entering the teaching field. It is this added benefit of industry experience that makes the difference when a student enters the workforce or continues on at the post-secondary level.
Our programs are designed around local, state and national skills standards. Even if the student does not go directly into the industry, workplace skills such as communication, problem solving and punctuality are valuable lifetime tools.
Stay Connected
One of the major attractions of PCSC is our connection to each student's home high school. PCSC is an extension of their home high school. Students spend half of their day at PCSC and half of their day at their home high school, allowing them to maintain their important connection to friends, teachers and counselors.
Students also benefit from the extensive connection our instructors have with industry. Many students are placed in job shadows, internships/externships, apprenticeships, and clinicals during their program. Students get to see firsthand how a business operates and, on many occasions, our students have a leg up when it comes to applying for and getting a job. PCSC has a connection with our local colleges and technical schools that allows students to earn college credit at little or no cost while still in high school. Tech Prep and College in the High School programs are saving families money and time when the student moves into advanced training.
So, take a moment, look at the PCSC programs available to you, then talk to your parents and counselor. What you learn at PCSC may change your future!