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Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce the addition of a Certified Medical Assistant Apprenticeship Program. Initially, the program will be available in Baker, Malheur, Grant, and Harney counties.

Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce that Oregon Trail Electric Co-op (OTEC) has partnered with BTI to provide employees from across the OTEC service territory with remote first aid training at it’s Baker City facility.

Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce that they will be partnering with Multnomah Educational Service District (MESD) and the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) to provide heavy equipment operator training for it’s students in Albany, Oregon.

In mid-October, the BTI Mobile Heavy Equipment Operator Classroom was transported to The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde where 8 individuals who have been part of TERO are being trained by BTI instructors.

Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce that Waste Management has selected BTI to provide heavy equipment operator training at it’s Columbia Ridge Landfill site in Arlington, Oregon.

Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce its plans to break ground on the construction of a new controlled environment agriculture center this week. The new facility will replace older greenhouses that were lost to storm damage two years ago. Funding for the expansion comes from donations, insurance proceeds and measure 98 funding.

Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce the development of it’s first Esports team. BTI will enroll a Baker School District team in the National High School Esports League and will begin full competitive play in January.

In an effort to assist industry in Eastern Oregon to fill much needed open positions for electricians, Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is launching a journeyman plant electrician apprenticeship program.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown toured BTI on April 28, 2018 as part of her “Future Ready Oregon” campaign to address the gap between the skills Oregon’s workers have and the skills that our growing businesses need.

On May 1, 2018, Senator Ron Wyden opened a town hall meeting at Baker High School by presenting BTI with an American Flag that has flown over the U.S. Capital in Washington, D.C.