Best Trade Schools 2022
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Tidewater Tech
Tidewater Tech caters to students in Virginia Beach. Its program offerings include automotive technician, building and construction trades, combination welding, combination maritime welding, and HVAC technician. Its hands-on training sessions are led by industry experts. The programs are designed to cater to adult learners in need of immediate training to start a new career. Full-time students may finish their programs within a few months. Tidewater Tech is a member of the Council on Occupational Education, National Automotive Technician Education Foundation, American Welding Society, Airconditioning Contractors of America, and Mobile Air Conditioning Society.
Aviation Institute of Maintenance
Aviation Institute of Maintenance is a trade school that has been training and educating students from Virginia Beach and the surrounding areas for more than five decades. It provides a variety of trade careers courses, including combination welding, maintenance, and industrial manufacturing. It also offers programs in aircraft dispatching, aviation maintenance technology, and technician avionics. Many graduates of the college were hired by companies such as AAR Corp, United Airlines, and Dallas Airmotive.
Norfolk Technical Center
Norfolk Technical Center offers a variety of educational programs for students in Virginia Beach. It has a JAVA programming course under business and technology careers. Students can also take culinary arts and fashion design under family and consumer science. They can enroll in health and medical science programs for medical assistants, pharmacy technicians. in addition, there are trade and industrial courses, like carpentry and auto mechanics. Norfolk Technical Center has Governor's, Board of Education, and Career and Technical Education seals.
East Coast Polytechnic Institute University
East Coast Polytechnic Institute University is a trade school for students in Virginia Beach. It offers bachelor's, master's, and associate's degree programs in Information Technology, covering Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, and Software Development, and Health Sciences, which includes Massage Therapy and Healthcare Administration. It also has Business Administration programs, including Accounting and Hospitality Management. The school was founded in 1966 in Norfolk, but its main campus was relocated to the metro in 1987. It delivers remote synchronous learning.
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Advanced Technology Institute
The Advanced Technology Institute's main campus in Virginia Beach offers programs that prepare students for careers as automobile technicians, heavy equipment or diesel mechanics, HVAC technicians, and welders. Classroom instruction, laboratory or hands-on training with test equipment and tools are part of each program's curricula. Additionally, the school trains students in customer service, communication skills, staff relations, inventory management, and critical thinking. ATI Workforce Solutions also provides companies with programs for developing and training existing employees.
Centura College
Centura College is an educational institution that has been offering career placement services for clients in Virginia Beach and the surrounding areas since 1969. It has a range of training programs under the health science division. Its Biomedical Equipment Technology degree program prepares students for entry-level positions in the field of healthcare technology management. Its educators help students how to troubleshoot, install, inspect, maintain, repair, and calibrate biomedical equipment and support systems following medical standards and guidelines. Massage therapy and esthetician training programs are also available.
Fortis
Fortis caters to high school graduates, career changers, and interested learners in Virginia Beach. Its Norfolk and Richmond campuses offer programs in healthcare and various trades, including massage therapy, HVAC, medical assisting, practical nursing, and dental assisting. The school utilizes online learning platforms for some of its programs, such as the METI simulation technology for its nursing courses. Its classes combine traditional learning with practical training to prepare students for an entry-level position in their chosen careers.