Campus Training
Training at Tennessee College of Applied Technology allows the student to have the ability to network, make professional contacts, and communicate with classmates, instructors, and faculty and staff.
The educational programs offered at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology are competency-based and most are open entry/exit. Instruction is individualized, and learning is self-paced.
Program offerings are listed alphabetically, with a brief description of program content, training schedule and award levels. For more information about our graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the program, and other important information, please visit our website.
Advisory Committees
Advisory Committees serve as a liaison between the school, business, and industry. Each full-time preparatory program offered by the institution has an advisory committee. Decisions on curriculum, equipment, instructional methods, and technology are made after considering the advice and recommendations made by advisory committee members.
General Advisory Committee
Tennessee College of Applied Technology utilizes a General Advisory Committee to advise the campus as a whole and is comprised of representatives from the following:
Chamber/ Business Member
Community Member
County Mayor |
K-12 Member
Public Member |
Live Work
Live Work is done by students as part of their training program. Such work can be done in school or on a job site and includes service, repair, or production jobs. All projects must be selected with the approval of the instructor and must fit into the training program. Work can only be accepted if it can be completed within a reasonable timeframe and projects cannot be allowed to remain in the Tennessee College of Applied Technology possession if not being actively worked on. Live Work projects will be assessed for timely completion.
Relationship to Training
Live work projects performed by students enhances the technical training of students. The Tennessee Board of Regents Guideline Tennessee College of Applied Technology –010, Instructional Projects at Colleges of Applied Technology, is the basis for all live-work projects performed at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology -. Live work will be conducted when training programs require such projects for the acquisition of occupational skills leading to employment. Live work will be assigned to individual students by their instructor as part of the student’s training program. All services are to be performed only by students with the instructional assistance of their instructor.
Live Work Projects
Many of the training programs at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology provide repair services and/or live work. The scope and extent of each project will be well defined before acceptance. Eligible persons may request appropriate training programs to perform needed repairs or services. An instructor shall be responsible for selecting and scheduling individual projects, which may be selected only from authorized categories. No work may be performed from a category that has not been authorized. An instructor may give priority to a project belonging to a student, provided it meets established training objectives.
The sources of individual projects may include those offered by:
- Students
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology employees and their immediate families
- Members of the school’s advisory committees
- Personnel and institutions of the Tennessee Board of Regents System
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology Retirees
- Civic Groups
- Governmental agencies, and
- Non-profit organizations.
Live work is not to be performed for the public unless it is a much-needed source for skill training. The College President may authorize individual projects offered from individuals and groups not listed above in the event appropriate projects are not available from the above sources.
Administration of Live Work
Administration and control of live-work projects are the responsibility of the instructor. All work performed must be approved in accordance with the President and TBR Guideline Tennessee College of Applied Technology –010. Persons requesting repair service from various training departments at Tennessee College of Applied Technology must first be authorized.
Upon approval of the need to perform the service at hand, and verification of project ownership, by the instructor of the training program, the instructor will complete a “Live Work and/or Service Agreement” form. This form will be submitted to the President or their designee for approval and signature. Upon administrative approval, the form will be submitted to the Student Services Office, where it will be logged and identified with a work order number. A copy will be provided to the instructor to post in the program lab where work is to be performed, and a copy of the form will be provided to the individual or group for whom the work is being performed. The owner of the project shall be responsible for providing the parts, supplies, and materials for individual projects. All live work is to be completed under the instructor’s supervision and may be released only after a thorough final inspection.
Customer Obligations
The person, program, institution, or organization for which live work is done shall:
- Sign a Live-Work Agreement form in advance of any work or inspection.
- Assume all responsibility for the results of the work being done by students.
- Bear all actual cost of material and parts involved.
- Pay a service charge according to schedule as prescribed by the section on service charges and established by the institution’s administration to cover indirect expenses.
- Tipping of students is not permitted.
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