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Baker Tech Institute class completes Heavy Equipment Operator Training course
Twenty-five students and their instructors were out on Friday to finish their final tests with the machines. They were driving CAT excavators, dozers, loaders and more around a gravel pit…
Read MoreTech School Graduating Skilled Workers In Prineville
Prineville is reaping the benefits of a partnership with Baker Technical Institute. The latest graduating class of heavy equipment operators will meet a demand for the specialty skill as Crook County, and the region, continues to grow.
Read MoreBTI offers heavy equipment training in Prineville to address worker shortage
Prineville is partnering with the Baker Technical Institute (BTI) out of Baker City to address the nationwide shortage of heavy equipment operators. BTI offers a hands-on, five week training course…
Read MoreState of Oregon Selects BTI for Funding to Provide Heavy Highway Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Training
Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce the State of Oregon, through the Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI), has awarded a $300,000 grant
Read MoreCalifornia Department of Transportation Selects BTI to Provide Heavy Highway Construction Trades Training
Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce that the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has selected BTI to provide heavy highway construction trades training.
Read MoreEPA selects Baker Technical Institute in Oregon for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of Baker Technical Institute in Oregon to receive a $500,000 Brownfields Job Training grant for environmental job training programs funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Read MoreBTI’s Partnership with Idaho Transportation Department Wins National Award
Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce that their partnership with Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), spearheaded by ITD’s Civil Rights section, recently won a national award for the workforce…
Read More4-week course teaches post-prison job skills to Oregon inmates
Adults in custody at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville have an opportunity to learn a new trade skill for jobs post-incarceration.
Read MoreTwo Rural Oregon Schools Offer Free Training in Trades
Learning skilled trades offers not only an advantageous route for students in rural areas, it can help meet the needs of their communities through sustained economic development. Oregon’s Dufur School is doing this by partnering with Baker Technical Institute (BTI) to offer a free
Read MoreDufur students go big in career & tech training
Students at Dufur school were getting their hands dirty on Tuesday, June 28th as they took the controls on a bulldozer, excavators, a grader, and front loaders on Stan Ashbrook’s property just south of town.
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