From Hands-on Training to the Workforce

August 5, 2021

Dust clouds could be seen off Lamonta Road Wednesday afternoon, as dirt was being moved by a dozer, excavator, wheel loader, min excavator and skid-steer.

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EPA Awards $600,000 Grant to Baker Technical Institute!

August 3, 2021

Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is pleased to have been awarded $600,000 in brownfields redevelopment funding by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Crook County School District Partners with BTI to Provide Heavy Equipment Operator Training for Students

July 19, 2021

Local high school students get the opportunity to gain valuable career skills in a growing industry.

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OTEC and BTI Announce New Partnership to Develop Innovative Utility Training Center

July 12, 2021

Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative (OTEC) and Baker Technical Institute (BTI) are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership to begin developing an innovative utility training center located in Baker City, Oregon. The long-term goal is to create a comprehensive training site for people looking to enter the trade and to provide ongoing training for current utility workers.

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BTI Launches New Heavy Highway Construction Trades Pre-Apprenticeship Program for the Region

April 1, 2021

Today, Baker Technical Institute (BTI) announced a new partnership with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Bureau of Labor and Industry (BOLI) to offer a Heavy Highway Construction Pre-Apprenticeship program in Central and Eastern
Oregon.

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Baker City-based technical college expanding to Prineville next month

March 22, 2021

Only seven years after its founding, a Baker City-based technical college will start holding regular classes in Prineville next month.

Baker Technical Institute planting its flag in Prineville, starting with truck-driving courses on April 19, will train highly skilled workers for Central Oregon businesses that desperately need them, said college President Doug Dalton.

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New Technical College Set to Open in Prineville

March 22, 2021

Today, Baker Technical Institute (BTI) announced it is expanding from its main campus in Baker City to provide career and technical training in Prineville.

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Big Machines, Big Opportunities

March 4, 2021

Ask Mason J. about the recent training program he completed at Camp Tillamook and be prepared to hear some terms you might not know: track system, carrier position, grader.

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