Tennessee College of Applied Technology Morristown or TCAT Morristown, is a public

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in the

Tennessee Board of Regents The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR or The College System of Tennessee) is a system of community and technical colleges in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is one of two public higher education systems in the state, the other being the Universit ...

Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology The Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology (TCAT) is a public technical college system operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. It has 24 campuses located throughout the US state of Tennessee. It was previously named the Tennessee Technology ...

(TCAT) system located in Morristown, Tennessee, United States. The college serves nine

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counties: Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, and Sevier.

History

With the need of an update because of the rising manufacturing market in Morristown, in late 2019, the college announced a $14 million expansion with the construction of a advanced manufacturing and mechatronics training facility on the former site of the City of Morristown Public Works Department headquarters, which had relocated to a new facility in West Morristown. In July 2020, United States Secretary of Labor,

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, visited the college to meet with state and local leaders to highlight

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during the midst of the

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Academic programs

Each of the Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology offers programs based on geographic needs of businesses and industry. Therefore, each college can have different academic programs and offerings. TCAT Morristown students have the opportunity to take the following programs: * Administrative Office Technology * Automotive Technology * Aviation Maintenance Technology * Building Construction Technology * Collision Repair Technology * Computer Aided Design Technology * Computer Information Technology * Cosmetology * Digital Graphic Design * Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration * Industrial Electricity * Industrial Maintenance * Machine Tool Technology * Pipefitting and Plumbing Technology * Practical Nursing * Truck Driving * Welding

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Tennessee Board of Regents college profile

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