Career & Technical Education News
Become a lifelong learner with information about career and technical education aimed at students of all ages. This section features news on skilled trades, applied sciences, modern technologies and career preparation as well as apps, staff, companies, partnerships, events, products, services and data pertaining to the vocational education industry.
Prestige Framing Academy, LLC Announces 2011 Class Schedule
Prestige Framing Academy, LLC has announced its 2011 class schedule. Students and other interested parties should make note of these dates to learn picture framing in California or New Jersey. - August 28, 2010 - Prestige Framing Academy, LLC
Boston Cosmetic Surgery Center™ Has Been Designated as Cynosure Smartlipo Clinical Training Center in the Greater Boston and South Shore Area of Massachusetts
Boston Cosmetic Surgery Center’s status as the area’s exclusive SmartLipo clinical training center and prestigious designation as a Cynosure Center of Excellence in the Boston and South Shore area has enabled Dr. Ishoo to provide and teach advanced, effective and safe body contouring techniques using the Smartlipo Triplex. - August 23, 2010 - Boston Cosmetic Surgery Center
"Nutrition Security" is Focus of Tufts Friedman School Symposium
Tufts University's Annual Nutrition Conference will take place in Boston, November 5-6, 2010 featuring leading policy makers. - August 12, 2010 - Tufts University
Hurricane Protection Event in New Orleans August 19th & 20th
The International Hurricane Protection Association will conduct its August Meeting with CEU Seminars, Panel Discussions, Tabletop Displays and Reception at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. - August 11, 2010 - International Hurricane Protection Association
System Concepts Launches Usability Training in the United States
International usability consultancy System Concepts, in partnership with ergonomics consultancy Humantech, is running its first User Centred Design training course in Michigan, USA on 19 / 20 October 2010. - August 08, 2010 - System Concepts Ltd
The Art of Service Launches Top 4 ITIL, ISO/IEC 20000, Cloud Computing, Help Desk Foundation Courses in a Bundle for IT-Professionals
The Art of Service today announced the release of its bundled ITIL V3, ISO/IEC 20000, Cloud Computing and Help Desk Foundation e-Learning Courses. The Top 4 Certifications bundle is for IT professionals who want to build a solid understanding in a range of essential certification areas, or any experienced IT guru who wants to update and improve their resume and employability. - August 08, 2010 - The Art of Service
Apprentice Programs Keep Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Historic Fleet Afloat
The Shipwright Apprentice Program of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland is a vibrant source of sustainability for the Museum's fleet of Bay boats, and a source of education for volunteers like Bud McIntire. - August 06, 2010 - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Stethoscope Training for iPhone and iPad Users
Easy Auscultation (www.easyauscultation.com) has released a new version of its web site for iPhone and iPad users. This enables mobile access to the library of over 65 heart sounds, murmurs and lung sound lessons. - August 05, 2010 - MedEdu, LLC
The Dragon Institute Chosen Best Martial Arts in Orange County
The Dragon Institute, a Kung Fu school in Dana Point, was recently chosen "Best Martial Arts in Orange County" taking the #1 spot on the MyFoxLA Best of the OC Hotlist. The institute received an overwhelming number of votes and recommendations from the Orange County community to take the... - August 05, 2010 - The Dragon Institute
Hondros Learning Selected by Smart Grasshopper Learning and Professional Development
Hondros Learning provides NMLS-approved online and classroom mortgage test preparation and pre-licensing. - August 05, 2010 - Hondros Learning
MOM Awards Capital Safety ATP Status
Safety Courses Now Officially CP Compliant. - August 02, 2010 - Capital Safety Group Asia Pte Ltd
Responsible Alcohol Service Training DVD Now Available
SCT opened for business in 2007, formed by two former Oregon Liquor Control Commission inspectors with the belief that informative training can reduce alcohol sales to minors and reduce the amount of intoxicated drivers on the road. Over the last four years they have put that philosophy into practice training liquor licensed establishments and their staff in the greater Portland, Oregon area. - July 31, 2010 - Statewide Compliance Training, LLC
New Location for The School of Professional Makeup
The School of Professional Makeup, one of the top makeup schools in Canada, has moved to a new location. Formerly located west of Spadina Avenue in downtown Toronto, the school has recently purchased a new building at 1776 Danforth Avenue East, North Side, steps from Coxwell Subway Station. - July 30, 2010 - The School of Professional Makeup
UniversalExams.com Expands ISTQB Product Offerings
UniversalExams.com announces the expansion of its ISTQB Advanced course offerings. Now, customers can purchase training packages for each of the 3 certification modules separately, or as a discounted bundle. - July 30, 2010 - UniversalExams.com
UniversalExams.com Launches Improved Pass Guarantee
UniversalExams.com makes the best even better by launching a new and improved, best-in-class 100% pass guarantee. - July 24, 2010 - UniversalExams.com
UniversalExams.com Launches Complete Website Redesign
UniversalExams.com announces a freshly redesigned website, offering easier navigation, functional enhancements, a smoother checkout experience, and an updated layout. - July 22, 2010 - UniversalExams.com
Pierson Workholding Releases the SmartVac II Vacuum Chuck Workholding System
The SmartVac II Vacuum Chuck Workholding System is a powerful yet affordable step into vacuum workholding for manufacturers. The system is revolutionary in the fact that it converts compressed air into a powerful vacuum that exceeds the power of most conventional vacuum pumps. A Starter Package is available and consists of a vacuum chuck base, a vacuum generator and a connection kit. - July 19, 2010 - Pierson Workholding
Deepstacks University Pros in the Hunt at WSOP Main Event
After Day 4 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) only 574 players remain from the starting field of 7,319 including two well known Deepstacks University (DSU) pros Adam "Roothlus" Levy currently in 20th position and Tristan "Cre8tive" Wade in the 51st slot. Other notable... - July 14, 2010 - Deepstacks University, LLC.
Los Angeles IT Training Company Offers New Dreamweaver CS4 Classes
NLC Training Centers is now offering new Dreamweaver CS4 courses in their classrooms in the Los Angeles area. - July 14, 2010 - ONLC Training Centers
The Rock and Roll Academy® Aspen Opens This August with Two Weeks of Summer Rock Camp
The Rock and Roll Academy® is coming to Aspen. After seven successful years in Telluride, the RRA Aspen branch opens by offering two one-week sessions of Summer Rock Camp for students ages 8 through 18. The camps will take place from August 2nd through 6th and August 9th through 13th and will... - July 14, 2010 - The Rock and Roll Academy Aspen, LLC
Unbound Medicine Adds Grasp™ Study System to Unbound™ Platform - Technology Update Features New Capabilities for Mobile and Web
Unbound Medicine, a leader in knowledge management solutions for healthcare, today announced enhancements to the Unbound™ Platform highlighted by the addition of a customizable study system, Grasp™. Grasp is an innovative mobile and web study solution that uses a proven learning method... - July 13, 2010 - Unbound Medicine
Defective Drywall Training Seminar Set for New Orleans, Training Provided by the Building Envelope Science Institute
The Building Envelope Science Institute (BESI) is a specialized institute dedicated to the advancement of education, specifically designed for the construction industry. BESI’s first major contribution to the industry is providing a solution to the Chinese “defective or corrosive”... - July 13, 2010 - Building Envelope Science Institute
Moodlerooms and DubMeNow Release joule™ Mobile Application
Moodlerooms, Inc., provider managed open-source e Learning solutions, in partnership with DubMeNow, a leading developer of modern communication applications, has released joule™ Mobile, an application that will extend the online classroom and deliver on-the-go access to joule™,... - July 10, 2010 - Moodlerooms
Learn Maintenance Partners with Maintenance Resources
Learn Maintenance Forms a Strategic Partnership with Maintenance Resources - July 09, 2010 - Learn Maintenance, Inc
Building Envelope Science Institute Heads to New Orleans with Defective Drywall Training Seminar
The certification program offered through the Institute (BESI) instructs and trains licensed and approved state contractors in the remediation of defective or corrosive drywall. The program offers certification for inspectors, consultants, project managers, and remediation contractors. - July 08, 2010 - Building Envelope Science Institute
Public Safety Academy Offers First Responder Course
Public Safety Academy, (Tampa, FL), recently received approval from the Florida Bureau of EMS as a First Responder Training Center. A First Responder Course will be held starting July 16, 2010. - July 05, 2010 - Public Safety Academy
Capital Safety Australia Introduces Online Learning Fall Protection Training Solutions
Height Safety Training available online, anywhere, anytime. - July 02, 2010 - Capital Safety Australia
Judgment Recovery Institute Now Accepting New Students
Institute Teaches Students How to Create a New Business Enforcing Judicial Judgments. - July 01, 2010 - Judgment Recovery Institute
The Office of the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, Thanks Ecotrain Media Group for Sharing Information
Ecotrain Media Group (www.EcotrainMediaGroup.com) received a personal gratitude of appreciation by Arne Duncan and The Office of the United States Secretary of Education for his copy of the 2010.2011 Ecotrain Green Career Guide Almanac. Ecotrain Media Group is currently the only green workforce... - June 24, 2010 - Ecotrain Media Group, LLC
beSmart Training - SIA Announce Compulsory New Door Supervisor Training
June 1st 2010 marks a new era in training for door staff in the UK. For the first time, physical intervention training will become compulsory for new entrants into the door supervisor industry. - June 21, 2010 - beSmart Training
Energy Training Class
American Right of Way AssociatesS Announces: CEO, Don Valden Will Hold an Energy Training Class in the Barnett Shale Training Center. - June 17, 2010 - American Right of Way Associates
Riverside Zumba Anniversary Bash to Benefit Inland Empire Olive Crest
T3 Fitness Energy is having a major fitness bash to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Riverside Zumba and the official launch party for Riverside R.I.P.P.E.D. on July 9, 2010 beginning at 6:30PM. More importantly, the event supports “Make A Difference to Children Month” and 100% of... - June 16, 2010 - T3 Fitness Energy
Philip Coppens Launches Online Course on 2012 Phenomenon
Following on the success of his 2012 DVD, “2012: Mayan Prophecy and the Shift of Ages,” Philip Coppens has now launched an online course on the subject. The online course is set out to explain what 2012 and the 2012 phenomenon is all about – and what it is not about. - June 16, 2010 - Philip Coppens
Online Tax Deed Sales Webinar Training
Joanne Musa says, "Not only will participants learn how to do due diligence for tax foreclosed properties online, but you'll also see how to find out about the online tax deed sales. You'll learn where to go to get the assessment data on tax deed properties, and how to determine the market value." - June 16, 2010 - TaxLienLady.com
Hondros Learning Releases Several New, Updated Appraisal Learning Solutions
Hondros Learning releases Continuing Education textbooks, CompuCram® and Crammer™ products for appraisal students and professionals alike. - June 14, 2010 - Hondros Learning
Link-Systems International Announces Release of WorldWideTestbank v4.3
Market-leading placement, homework and testing engine has been enhanced to meet the needs of an ever-changing market. - June 11, 2010 - Link-Systems International, Inc.
Future Culinarian Awarded 2010 Culinary Grant
The Reluctant Gourmet, in association with Chefs4Students.org, honors its third Culinary Grant recipient. Future chef, Karly Krentz, is this year’s winner of the Chefs4Students.org Culinary Grant given in the name of The Reluctant Gourmet. Chosen from nearly 1350 applicants, the Michigan native will be awarded a $1,000.00 culinary grant toward her education at Secchia Institute for Culinary Education. - June 09, 2010 - The Reluctant Gourmet
The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Portfolio Review and Graduation
This free event is a great way hire a grad and to be entertained by up-and-coming designers and artists. - June 06, 2010 - The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
RedVector’s New Online Corporate Compliance Training Course Targets Code of Business Conduct, Code of Ethics Issues
RedVector, Inc., the leading provider of online education for the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industries, has launched an important new corporate compliance traning course that is significant to every organization in the business - June 03, 2010 - RedVector
Colorado Dive Rescue Summer Training Series
The Dive Rescue Summer training series comes to Boulder Colorado, hosted and sponsored by Boulder Emergency Squad-B.E.S., an all volunteer, non-profit emergency response team serving Boulder County and surrounding areas. Certifications are offered for specialized classes and include basic and advanced dive rescue, dive medicine, light salvage and recovery, and instructor training. - June 03, 2010 - Boulder Emergency Squad, Inc
Employability Skills Training Rescues Students Who Miss Out on University Places
A surge in applications, combined with spending cuts, means that a record 250,000 school leavers will miss out on a university place this year. In response, Simply Business Skills is extending its undergraduate, employability skills courses to schools from June 2010. These six 4-hour workshops... - June 03, 2010 - Simply Business Skills Limited
Focus: HOPE Leverages Free LMS to Provide Training
Free LMS for Charity™ Program Offers Support for Non-profit Community. - May 21, 2010 - Latitude Learning LLC
Wildacres Writing Workshop: 2010 Scholarship Recipients
Wildacres Writing Workshop is proud to announce the recipients of its 2010 writing workshop scholarships. Each scholarship provides the recipient with full participation in the week-long residential writing workshop. The Wildacres Experience Scholarship for creative writers was awarded to Suzanne Lunden. The Katherine Osborne Scholarship for creative writers was awarded to Philip Dunn. The Creative Nonfiction Scholarship for writers of creative non-fiction was awarded to Kevin Roberts. - May 18, 2010 - Wildacres Writing Workshop
The Master of Mastering: Bob Katz SAE Institute Seminar UK Tour
SAE Institute is very proud to announce a series of mastering workshops at the colleges in the UK, Netherlands and Belgium with the guru of audio and music mastering, Mr. Bob Katz. - May 14, 2010 - SAE Institute of Technology, US
Thompson Pump’s 2010 Pumpology® School
Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Co., Inc., held their 20th annual Pumpology® School April 21-23, at their corporate facilities in Port Orange, Fla. - May 13, 2010 - Thompson Pump
American Right of Way Associates Announces: CEO Don Valden Will Hold a Haynesville Shale Training Class
Haynesville Shale Training Class Shreveport Louisiana - May 12, 2010 - American Right of Way Associates
RC Atkins/Handyman Matters Memorial Scholarship Foundation Awarded Kal Gossett with Scholarship for 2010-2011 School Year
On April 2nd the board of Directors of the RC Atkins/Handyman Matters Memorial Scholarship Foundation awarded Mr. Kal Gossett from Corning, New York, a trade scholarship for his continued education in Electrical Technology. Mr. Gossett has been accepted into the Electrical Technology program at... - May 09, 2010 - Handyman Matters Franchise Corp
Grand Opening of New Location for The Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts, a Vegan and Vegetarian Culinary School, on June 26
The Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts in Austin, TX, one of the first whole-food and plant-based cooking schools in the United States, is hosting a grand opening celebration at its new location, 1700 S. Lamar, on Saturday, June 26. Cooking demonstrations, food tastings, tours of the new... - May 07, 2010 - The Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts
Nashua Chapter Awarded the Most Active Chapter Award for the First Quarter of 2010
IMC Clubs, a club designed to keep instrument pilots safe by building their proficiency, has awarded the Nashua Chapter their Most Active Chapter Award for the first quarter of 2010. Founded by Stephen Cunningham owner of Nashua Flight Simulator, the Nashua Chapter of the IMC Clubs has excelled in... - May 07, 2010 - IMCClubs.org
Australian International Education Recovery - Hello Aussie Student Services Expands Into Europe
Australia’s international student education market fights back after bad publicity from Indian student bashings. Hello Aussie Student Service now targets the Romanian student market. - May 06, 2010 - Hello Aussie Student Services