NORTHWEST TECHNICAL INSTITUTE is the only career and
technical institute in the state. Its mission is to change lives through
education, training and development by giving you the skills you
need for some of our area’s best-paying careers.
NWTI has five types of programs: diploma programs, fast-track
business and industry training, secondary programs for high school
students, community education and a tuition-free adult education
program offering GED, English as a second language and civics
classes. Diploma programs at NWTI include allied health, business
and information systems and industrial arts.
The Institute’s allied health programs include practical nursing,
phlebotomy, certified nursing assistant and surgical technology.
The practical nursing program plays an important role in supplying
our area with trained nursing professionals. The surgical technology
program trains students to work with a surgeon or registered nurse in
an operating room.
If a future in business is for you, NWTI’s professional business
services prepares students for careers in clerical and administrative
positions or for work in medical offices or corporate insurance
departments. The Institute’s information systems courses can give you
the skills you’ll need for a career in computer repair, network support
or network administration.
Industrial arts are in high demand in Northwest Arkansas and
NWTI has programs in several fields including welding, electronics,
medium and heavy duty truck technology, automotive service,
ammonia refrigeration and industrial maintenance technology. Since
many local industries are partners with NWTI, they work closely with
the Institute to make sure its programs provide each student with the
skills and experience needed to start and build a career.
For example, the Institute is partnering with Tyson Foods to develop
a new ammonia refrigeration and industrial maintenance technology
center at NWTI’s Springdale campus.
NWTI can learn both basic and advanced welding techniques and
gain the knowledge needed to work in a variety of industries.
If you enjoy working with cars, you might be interested in NWTI’s
automotive service technology or medium and heavy duty
truck technology programs. There is a shortage of trained diesel
technicians in Arkansas and across the nation. NWTI’s program
equips students with a solid foundation in diesel technology, and
give them the knowledge and experience they need to start a
successful career.
Diesel technicians are trained to do the repairs and maintenance
needed to keep big rigs rolling and heavy construction machinery
moving. Nearly 100 percent of students in the medium and
heavy truck technology program are employed in their field after
graduation.
Both medium and heavy truck technology and automotive service
technology are among the programs available to high school juniors
and seniors. NWTI’s secondary classes are free and may count as
high school credit. Other programs open to high school juniors and
seniors include welding, medical professions education, criminal
justice, computer science, certified nursing assistant and dental
assisting.
Some diploma programs at NWTI may take several months to
complete, but the school’s Business and Industry training gives you
another option to fast track your career. It offers hands on and
e-learning short-term training on electrical systems, motor controls,
programmable logic controllers, pneumatics, hydraulics, CNC
machine operation, vibration analysis, laser alignment and more.
Training is at your own pace with flexible days and times. ARC
flash, heavy equipment, OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 safety training,
and computer and soft skills classes are also available. For more
information, call 479-306-7969.
To learn more about NWTI’s accreditation, certifications, curriculum
and tuition scan the code or visit http://nwti.edu.
Ammonia refrigeration and industrial maintenance are huge
demands in our area and offer high-paying careers. Trained
technicians are responsible for keeping the vital systems and
machinery used in manufacturing and food production running.
When it’s complete, NWTI’s state-of-the-art center will have a
19,000 square foot lab complete with live and static ammonia
systems that students will learn to operate.
Students interested in industrial maintenance can take advantage
of the Institute’s electronics technology program, which covers basic
electronics, terminology, electronic components, circuit configuration
and circuit design.
NWTI is the area’s training leader for another good-paying career–
welding. Plans are underway for a new welding technology lab,
which will be the region’s premiere welding center. Students at
Council on Occupational Education, 7840 Roswell Road, Building 300, Suite
325, Atlanta, GA 30350, Telephone: 770-396-3898 / FAX: 770-396-3790,
http://council.org.
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