Career & Tech is a Middle States accredited and NYSED approved school offering more than 40 programs of study for high school and adult students at campuses in Albany (Colonie) and Schoharie and several off-campus locations.

 

Career & Tech, SCCC offer HVAC Excellence class - Register today!

Qualified heating, ventilation, air conditioning & refrigeration (hvac/r) professionals are always in demand. Career & Tech and Schenectady County Community College (SCCC) have partnered to offer HVAC Excellence, a 376-hour career training and workplace skills program for adult students.

They'll earn national HVAC Excellence and OSHA certifications and increase their marketable skills. Class times accommodate adult learners’ busy schedules, and the first class is October 9. Call 862-4707 today. FULL STORY

 

 

Learn more, earn more: Adult & Continuing Ed catalog available

Learn More, Earn More, Training Tech Valley Today, a catalog of Adult & Continuing Education courses offered through the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical School, is now available. Download the pdf. Want to learn more? Read the news release.

 

 

NATEF recertifies Med/Heavy Duty Truck Repair program

It's the truck repair program in the state to earn certification

Congrats to Career & Tech's Medium/Heavy Duty Truck Repair program for earning re-certification from the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF), the only program in the state to do so. Our Automotive programs are also NATEF-certified. FULL STORY

 

 

Answering the call for educated, experienced professionals in a high-tech, green Capital Region

Our world is changing and so, too, is Career and Technical Education. Around the globe and here at home, advances in technology are driving economic growth and shaping 21st century careers. Construction of one of the world’s most advanced computer chip fab plants is drawing international attention to our area.

At the same time, our concern for the environment and development of alternative energy sources are changing everything from the way we build homes and run businesses, to the vehicles we drive and the food we eat.

The Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical School is answering the demand for highly educated and experienced professionals. FULL STORY

SEMI High Tech U an action-packed week for more than three dozen teens

More than three dozen area teens mixed semiconductors, nanotechnology and energy - with fun- from August 17 to 20 at SEMI High Tech U, an exciting summer day camp offered by Career & Tech in partnership with GlobalFoundries, the Center for Economic Growth, NYSUT, and the Tech Valley Career Pathways Consortium. Among their cool 'campsites': Hudson Valley Community College's TEC-SMART campus in Malta, the college of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the State University at Albany, and Schenectady County Community College. FULL STORY

 

Careers Without Limits course guide wins national award

Career & Tech's Careers Without Limits course guide has received an Award of Merit from the National School Public Relations Association. Full Story

 

Career & Tech in the news

"Skilled Workers Emerge from Capital Region BOCES and Questar III," notes the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce in their July/August issue of their magazine Visions. Download a pdf of the article, Training Days.

 

What is it?

Career & Tech students work with lots of interesting and unique projects as part of their learning experience. What's this?

 

Adult Ed is Training Tech Valley today

Read more about: Adult Health Careers & Services, Welding Certification program, Building Bridges, HVAC/R training for DeCrescente, Welder Certification for Adults, Machining and Welding for KAPL engineers, free GED and ESOL classes, and more.

 

Meeting rising demand for health care professionals

Our prescription: Nurse Assistant and Health Services classes for 11th and 12th grade students, New Visions: Health Careers and New Visions: Human Services & Special/Elementary Education for high school seniors, and Practical Nursing and Nurse Assistant for Adult Students.

 

Grooves in orbit(al)

Earn multiple national certifications through Career & Tech's Adult Welder Certification program, which started July 6, but also offers rolling enrollment so students may start when their schedule allows. Full Story

 

It's no shock: Career & Tech, HVCC, Workforce Development Institute class a shining success

PV Basics: Electricity for Photovoltaic Systems, a 21-hour continuing education course taught by Career & Tech's John Puglisi and offered by Hudson Valley Community College and the Workforce Development Institute, was a shining success for eleven adult students. FULL STORY

 

Serving others in our community

Community service is a big part of the learning experience at Career & Tech. Our students have built houses, helped area veterans, participated in charitable events and fund-raised for a variety of good causes. Career & Tech faculty and staff also set a positive example, both in leading students and on their own. 

 

new visions News

Read how New Visions students make the most of their senior year.

Why study here? Read our students' Top 10!

 

who goes there? see our enrollment stats

 

This is your school: Keep it safe, healthy and clean

Parents/guardians needing to reach students should call the school office t 862-4800 for Albany, 295-3000 for Schoharie. The Health Careers Center for Adult Students may be reached at 862-4709. Cell phones (and other electronic devices) should be silenced during class time. And no smoking: New York State law prohibits smoking - by anyone - in schools and on school property.

 

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The Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical School offers careers without limits for students of all ages, abilities, interests, and backgrounds. In the 21st century workplace, careers have no gender. Start your future here today!