State of Oregon Selects BTI for Funding to Provide Heavy Highway Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Training

March 23, 2023

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

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California Department of Transportation Selects BTI to Provide Heavy Highway Construction Trades Training

January 6, 2023

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.

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EPA selects Baker Technical Institute in Oregon for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

December 14, 2022

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.

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BTI’s Partnership with Idaho Transportation Department Wins National Award

November 3, 2022

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…

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4-week course teaches post-prison job skills to Oregon inmates

October 14, 2022

Adults in custody at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville have an opportunity to learn a new trade skill for jobs post-incarceration.

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Two Rural Oregon Schools Offer Free Training in Trades

August 26, 2022

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

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Dufur students go big in career & tech training

July 6, 2022

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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Hands-on learning: Touring Baker Technical Institute

April 6, 2022

A rainy day didn’t deter the Baker Technical Institute from welcoming state legislators, county commissioners, Blue Mountain Community College representatives, and company representatives from around the region for a tour on Monday morning, March 28.

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