Full-time Programs

Automotive Technology

This ASE (National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence) certified program provides instruction and hands-on experience using modern computerized testers, alignment machines, and state-of-the-art equipment for repairing and diagnosing automobiles. Students are taught how to use manuals and how to utilize available resources to assist in diagnosis and correction of automotive problems. Throughout the course, students are prepared to take the ASE certifying examination, which is offered twice per year in the Knoxville area.

Business Systems Technology

The Business Systems Technology program helps to meet the employment demands for administrative assistants, medical insurance coders, customer service representatives, payroll clerks, and medical transcriptionists. Individual instruction is provided in business math, word processing, spreadsheet applications, oral and written communications, and database management. Students may also receive Microsoft Office Specialist certifications in select Microsoft programs.

Computer Information Technology

 

The Computer Information Technology program enables a student to become familiar with all aspects of personal computers and networking:  how they work, how they process data, and how to apply its functions to solutions of personal, business, and industrial problems. Students entering the program must choose whether to pursue Computer Information Technology (CIT) or Computer Information Systems (CIS). 

Students choosing the CIT path prepare for CompTIA certifications:  A+, Network+, and Security+. 

Cosmetology

The instruction provided in the Cosmetology Program is designed to qualify students for employment upon graduation and to aid in the passing of the State Board of Cosmetology Licensing Exam, which consists of a written test and a practical test.  Licensing is required for individuals to be employed as cosmetologists or nail technicians in the State of Tennessee.  The program also provides for the upgrading and updating of employed workers.

Diesel Power Equipment Technology

 

Industrial Maintenance Technology

This program was designed to give the student the knowledge and skills needed to safely and efficiently perform the maintenance tasks that are necessary to maintain the machinery and associated equipment that are common to local industry.

Machine Tool Technology

 

The Machine Tool Technology program is designed to teach manufacturing processes and methods using manual and computer-controlled machine tools.  Basic skills will be developed on a variety of machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, surface grinders, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines.  Students perform some or all of the following tasks:

• Study blueprints or written plans of the part to be made

Practical Nursing

The Practical Nursing program is designed to meet the needs of hospitals, nursing homes, home health care agencies, and other medical providers.  Approximately 60% of the program content is presented as formal classroom theory. The remainder of the training is spent in supervised clinical experiences at area health care facilities.  The mission of the Practical Nursing program is to provide technical instruction and skill development to enable the student to enter employment in the health care industry.

Technology Foundations

Welding Technology

The Welding Technology Program is designed to teach individuals welding principles and applications from the introduction to welding to how to weld various metals in all welding positions using the Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) process, Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) process, also known as Metal Inert Gas or MIG welding and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), also known as Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG).  Specific training will be given for the Oxy-Acetylene and Plasma Arc Cutting processes, on equipment set-up and critical safety training needed to perform in a safe environment.