Arryhthmia Technology Institute in Greenville, South Carolina, offers courses to help you become a cardiac device specialist. This discipline is not taught at many technical colleges and ATI has been educating students in the field for more than 20 years. You'll learn about electrocardiography, heart devices, pharmacology, business and marketing of heart devices as well as patient assessment. Hands-on practical training as well as classroom learning are part of the program.
Students can choose from 10 programs that last one to two years. Programs include automotive, business, paralegal training, electrician, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, graphics and information technology. The nonprofit school's programs are approved by the Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board and accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges.
Northwest Technical Institute in Eagon, Minnesota, concentrates on educating drafters and designers. You'll learn to prepare technical drawings, which are used by a production department in the manufacturing of everything from toasters to spacecraft. Drafters also work in the construction industry, creating drawings used by electricians and pipefitters. Drafters receive Computer Aided Drafting Design or CADD training to create the technical drawings.
Virginia Technical Institute provides education in skilled trades, such as industrial maintenance, HVAC technician, electricians, masonry, plumbing, pipefitting and all aspects of the construction field. Located in Altavista, Virginia, the college provides education to high school students as well as adults and certifies graduates as journeymen in their skilled trade.