Customized training for business and industry
Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology (TCATs) provide customized training to help Tennessee businesses and industries build the skills their employees need. Your local TCAT can work with you to create job-specific training that helps employees build new skills and strengthen the ones they already have.
Why work with us?
- Affordable training options
- Experienced instructors and staff
- Flexible course offerings
- We handle planning, registration, scheduling, instructor selection, record keeping and more.
Our industrial training department can develop courses in a wide range of industrial, technical, office and healthcare skills. We work with major corporations, small businesses, healthcare facilities, professional organizations and government agencies. Whether your organization is large or small, and whether you need technical training for maintenance staff or computer training for a small group of employees, we can help!
Our process
We begin by learning about your company, your goals and your training needs. We take time to understand your objectives, your workforce and the skills your employees need to build. We also assess current skill levels and identify training needs across your team.
We then design a training program that fits your organization, your employees and your goals. Training can be held at your workplace or on campus, scheduled at times that work for you and structured to fit your training needs.
Contact us
We would be glad to meet with you and discuss your training needs.
Your company is always welcome to call or visit. We are here to support you and your employees.
For more additional information regarding specialized business and industry training, contact:
Richard Church, Vice President
426 Highway 91 North, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Telephone 423-543-0070, fax 423-547-2587
Email address: Richard.Church@tcatelizabethton.edu
Specialized Training
The Tennessee College of Applied Technology in Elizabethton, the premier provider of workforce development in Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington Counties, provides specialized training to business and industry. TCAT Elizabethton is governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents.
As economic and technological advancements place new demands on businesses and industry, TCAT Elizabethton will assist you in developing courses to fulfill employee training and retraining needs. We began as the State Area Vocational Technical School in Elizabethton in 1965 and have operated continuously since that time. Our programs have been accredited by Commission of the Council on Occupational Education for more than 40 years.
TCAT Elizabethton is a designated National Coalition Certification Center (NC3) - Southeast Regional Training Center, one of four in the United States. Our Automotive, Diesel Powered Equipment and HVAC-Refrigeration programs grant Snap-on (NC3) Certification and Trane (NC3) Certification, respectively.
In addition, TCAT Elizabethton is a certified NCCER training facility and offers NCCER curriculum in the construction trades, including electricity-electronics, millwright/industrial maintenance, and pipefitting and plumbing. TCAT Elizabethton also offers NCCER certification to educators and construction personnel by an NCCER Master Trainer employed by TCAT Elizabethton.
NCCER develops standardized construction and maintenance curricula and assessments with portable credentials. These credentials are tracked through NCCER’s National Registry which allows organizations and companies to track the qualifications of their craft professionals and/or check the qualifications of possible new hires. The National Registry also assists craft professionals by maintaining their records in a secure database.
TCAT Elizabethton offers training in the following categories:
- Transportation
- Safety
- Manufacturing
- ServSafe® Food Safety Manager
- ServSafe® Food Handler
- STEM
- Healthcare, Phlebotomy, CNA
- Construction / Energy
- Information Technology
- OSHA 10-Hour for General Industry
- OSHA 30-Hour for General Industry
- OSHA 10-Hour for Construction
- OSHA 30-Hour for Construction
TCAT Elizabethton offers nationally recognized industry certifications taught by master industry instructors.