Ernest Pruett Center of
Technology (EPCOT) is an educational extension that provides advanced training for students of the eight high schools in Scottsboro and Jackson County. The school,located on a lovely 40-acre campus located in Hollywood, Alabama adjacent to the Jackson County Industrial Park, has a variety of state-of-the-art equipment not available at all schools.
Classes in all of the programs are made available in the evenings to accommodate the needs of industry and adult education. EPCOT also offers apprenticeship programs to interested businesses.
Northeast Alabama State
Community College (NACC) is a comprehensive community college, providing quality programs for academic transfer, adult education, and career/technical training. Career/technical programs offered by Northeast include: Business Management and Supervision, Child Development, Computer Information Systems, Cosmetology, Dental Aide, Diversified Health Occupations, Drafting and Design Technology, EKG/Cardiovascular Technology, EMT-Paramedic, Home Health/Hospice Aide, Industrial Electronics, Industrial Systems Technology, Machine Tool Technology, Medical Assisting, Nursing Assistant, Office Administration, Paralegal, Patient Care Technician, Pharmacy Technician, Phlebotomy Technician, Practical Nursing, Registered Nursing, and Welding Technology. In addition, the college offers training for business and industry through the Business and Industry Services department, and the Alabama Technology Network center.
The Alabama Technology Network (ATN)
Center
is
on NACC campus as a resource to assist businesses and industries in
Northeast Alabama to remain globally competitive. Ronnie Kisor is
the director and can be reached at (256)638-8968 or via e-mail at
rkisor@atn.org. ATN's offer a wide variety of consulting
services in the areas of: technology transfer, lean manufacturing,
quality system services such as six sigma and ISO, workforce issues
such as training, safety, leadership, employee turnover, & strategic
management, industrial marketing, computer and network training, and
much more.
Drake Technical College
in Huntsville offers 12 to 21-month skills training programs for
associate degrees in 14 career fields such as Industrial
Electronics, Drafting Design, Computer Science CNC, etc.
University of Alabama in Huntsville
(45 miles)
Huntsville, AL
256-824-6335
Enrollment: 7,000
University of Tennessee in
Chattanooga(60 miles)
Chattanooga, TN
423-425-4363
Enrollment: 9,000
Impact Learning
Center:
The Impact
Learning Center is the Workforce Development arm of the Greater
Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Recognizing that a
well-educated and well-trained workforce are key elements in
economic and community development, our mission is to provide basic
education, jobs skills training and higher educational opportunities
for all the citizens of Jackson County, Alabama. We have been
doing this since 1993.
Other public and private colleges
are available within a one-hour drive.



