Professional Licensing

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College offers many opportunities to gain professional licensure and certifications as well as obtain continuing education credits as required by the state for certain professions.  Below is a list of just some of the courses and testing services we offer.  If you don’t see what you need, please contact us and we may be able to offer this for you or your business.

Business and Industry Professional Certification Courses and License Renewal Exams

Professional Continuing Education Courses

Professional Continuing Education Courses offered by Wiregrass Georgia Technical College can provide you with the instruction you need to earn Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) or Professional Learning Units (PLU’s) to maintain your certification. We offer training in the following areas:

  • Electricians
  • Plumbers
  • Well Drillers
  • HVAC
  • Master Timber Harvester/Loggers
  • Child Care
  • CPR for Health care Workers
  • Fork Lift Operators
  • Real Estate
  • Appraisers
  • Teachers
    • Below is a list of PLU approved courses:
    • American Sign Language – 2 PLUs
    • American Sign Language II – 2 PLUs
    • Basic Digital Photography – 1 PLU
    • Computer Keyboarding – 1 PLU
    • Conversational Spanish – level 1 – 2 PLUs
    • CPR & First Aid for Educators – 1 PLU
    • Intermediate Conversational Spanish – 2 PLUs
    • Introduction to Computers – 1 PLU

    Please click here for our latest catalog.

    Get your PLUs online! Click here for a list of online PLU approved courses. Register here for online courses. Very Important - you must complete and print the Prior Approval Form before the course starts.

    Submit Prior Approval Form to:
    Gail Giddens
    667 Perry House Road
    Fitzgerald, Georgia 31750
    Phone (229) 468-2074

    After completion of each course, you will be issued PLU credit via mail.

License Renewal Exams


Tests Offered by WGTC through ACT Center®

To register, please go to www.act.com 

  • American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics (ABCOPP)
  • American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO)
  • American Board of Pain Medicine (ABPM)
  • American College of Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE)
  • Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
  • Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
  • Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)
  • Board of Environmental Health & Safety Auditor Certifications (BEAC)
  • Boston University (BU)
  • Codes and Standards Assessments (CSA)
  • Comira
  • COMPASS® Internet Version Remote Testing
  • Continental Testing Services (CTS)
  • Institute for Safety and Health Management (ISHM)
  • International Association of Six Sigma Certification (IASSC)
  • International Door Association (IDA)
  • Lawson Learning
  • Liebert Services, Emerson Network Power (LSENP)
  • National Inspection Testing and Certification Corporation (NITC)
  • Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board, Inc. (NMT)
  • Oncology Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group
  • ProExams
  • Professional Association of Health Care Office Management PAHCOM)
  • Professional Golfers Association (PGA)
  • Rockwell Collins Electronic Technician Certification RC)
  • RV Service Technician Certification Governing Board RVDA-RVIA)
  • Standard and Poor’s Rating Services
  • The Commission on Dietetic Registration for the American Dietetic Association (ADA)
  • U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Officers Test FSOT)
  • Virginia Board of Pharmacy
  • WorkKeys Skills Assessment Tests

Georgia Pest Exams-Georgia Department of Agriculture


To register, please go to www.georgiapestexam.com

Commercial Applicator Examination

  • General Standards (Commercial)
  • (21) Agricultural Plant Pest Control
  • (22) Agricultural Animal Pest Control
  • (23) Forest Pest Control
  • (24) Indoor Ornamental (Interiorscapes)
  • (24) Ornamental and Turf Pest Control
  • (25) Seed Treatment
  • (26) Aquatic Pest Control
  • (27) Right of Way- Metam Sodium/Sewer Line Root Control
  • (27) Right-of-Way Pest Control
  • (31) Public Health Pest Control
  • (32) Regulatory Pest Control
  • (33) Demonstration and Research Pest Control
  • (34) Aerial Methods
  • (35) Industrial, Institutional, Structural, and Health Related Pest Control
  • (36) Wood Treatment
  • (37) Antimicrobial Pest Control - Industrial Cooling Water Systems
  • (37) Antimicrobial Pest Control - Janitorial Services
  • (37) Antimicrobial Pest Control - Swimming Pools
  • (38) Agricultural Commodity Fumigation
  • (40) Worker Protection Standard
  • (41) Mosquito Control

Certified Pest Control Operator Examination

  • Fumigation
  • Household Pest Control
  • Wood Destroying Organisms

Employee Registration Examination

Registered Employee (Technician): This credential is required for all non-state-certified employees of licensed pest control companies involved in the solicitation or performance of structural pest control service.

Does your profession require a certification? If so, we offer professional certification courses and license renewal exams. We offer testing on most of our campus locations and many are online!

If you don’t see the course or certification exam you need, contact us.

Ben Hill, Irwin, and Wilcox Counties
Christy Cobb, CEDT
Director of Economic Development
christy.cobb@wiregrass.edu
(229) 468-2218

Lowndes, Lanier, and Echols Counties
April Lamon
Director of Economic Development
april.lamon@wiregrass.edu
(229) 333-2122, ext. 5

Coffee, Atkinson Counties
Christi Thomas, Microsoft Master Instructor, M.Ed
Director of Economic Development
christi.thomas@wiregrass.edu
(229) 468-2231

Cook, Berrien, and Brooks Counties
Bill Tillman, M.P.A., GCDF
Director of Economic Development
bill.tillman@wiregrass.edu
(229) 219-1379

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