Alaska Vocational Technical Center.

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What do more than 30,000 Alaskan mechanics, chefs, EMTs, industrial electricians, health care providers, ship's captains, welders, HVAC specialists, physical plant technicians, information technicians, Certified Nurse Assistants, accounting clerks, administrative assistants, and power plant operators all have in common?

They're all graduates of the Alaska Vocational Technical Center-AVTEC--a division of the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development. As the leader among all Alaska's training schools in building Alaska's rural-urban workforce, AVTEC has been educating Alaskans for good jobs in business and industry for more than 30 years. AVTEC's mission is to provide Alaskans with the very best career training available--and to make sure that business has a secure, steady source of high-quality employees for long-range success.

Located in Seward, AVTEC features specialized training centers with state-of-the-art equipment and technology for learning about real-life environments and situations. AVTEC also provides training in Anchorage, Dillingham, and Juneau and offers remote training to many parts of rural Alaska. AVTEC students choose from comprehensive programs in nearly 20 different fields, each with industry approved certifications and/or...