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Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce that the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) has awarded a contract to BTI to provide workforce development training and support services to individuals who are recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

When Dawson Vanderwiele walks into a heavy equipment operator training class in Baker Technical Institute in Baker City, Ore., not many students suspect that she’s the instructor.

Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce a partnership with Wallowa Memorial Hospital to provide local training in their area to increase the number of Certified Nursing Assistants in the region.

Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative member-owners know it is a gift to live in Eastern Oregon. Our way of life is intricately shaped by the beauty Mother Nature has provided in rural Oregon.

Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is working to make face shields using 3D printers in their engineering lab to help Baker County healthcare providers and emergency first responders meet the rising need for personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.