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Department of Labor and Workforce Development - Alaska Vocational Technical Center

Mission

Expand employment opportunities for Alaskans by preparing students with career and technical skills required for success in the Alaska workplace.

Core Services

  • Provide post-secondary vocational and technical training to Alaskans.
Arrow GraphicMission Results Core Services
A: Graduates are employed in an occupation related to their training.  Details >
  • TARGET #1: At least 90 percent of Alaska Vocational Technical Center long-term graduates are employed in their area of training.
A1: Provide post-secondary vocational and technical training to Alaskans.  Details >
  • TARGET #1: At least 90 percent of Alaska Vocational Technical Center long-term students complete their programs.

Performance Detail


A: Result - Graduates are employed in an occupation related to their training.
    
Target #1: At least 90 percent of Alaska Vocational Technical Center long-term graduates are employed in their area of training.

Methodology: The AVTEC Placement Officer maintains contact with long-term graduate for one year following graduation to gather employment information. This is reported to the Council on Occupational Education, which is the national accrediting agency for AVTEC. Placement information is available in July of the following year. Long-term (longer than six weeks) AVTEC program graduates are considered for this measure.

Analysis of results and challenges: The Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AVTEC) has maintained national accreditation through the Council on Occupational Education (COE) since 1997. The COE have benchmarks for quality standards and the benchmark for employment is 70 percent of "graduates of COE approved programs employed in their area of training". This benchmark is established as the national average of more than 400 similar public post-secondary institutions. From FY1999 to FY2020, AVTEC has met or exceeded the COE benchmark.

The pandemic presented a challenge in graduation rates in FY2020. There were 104 completers; 2 were unavailable or refused employment, 2 were employed in positions unrelated to field of instruction and 5 were either looking for employment or AVTEC was unable to establish contact with them. Of the graduates eligible for employment in FY2020, 82 percent were employed in their area of training in FY2021.


A1: Core Service - Provide post-secondary vocational and technical training to Alaskans.
    
Target #1: At least 90 percent of Alaska Vocational Technical Center long-term students complete their programs.

Methodology: Data for each student is maintained in a student database system.

Analysis of results and challenges: The Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AVTEC) has maintained national accreditation through the Council on Occupational Education (COE) since 1997. There are COE benchmarks for quality standards and the benchmark for measuring "students that complete long-term training programs" is 60 percent and is established as the national average of more than 400 similar public post-secondary institutions. For each year from FY1999 to FY2021, AVTEC has consistently met or exceeded the COE benchmark.

AVTEC started FY2021 with 24 students from the previous year and enrolled 109 new students during the year. Of those 133 students, 11 exited early and 19 are still in training and will be considered in the FY2022 numbers. Of the 114 students eligible for graduation in FY2021, 103 graduated, yielding a graduation rate of 94 percent.

 

Current as of November 19, 2021