Trade & Other Specialty Schools
The Capital Region offers a wide range of career-focused education and workforce training programs, including BOCES, technical institutes, and specialized trade schools. These programs emphasize hands-on learning, certifications, and direct pathways into skilled professions.
BOCES & Career and Technical Education (CTE)
Capital Region BOCES
Albany County
Offers Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in automotive technology, construction trades, welding, HVAC, cosmetology, healthcare, and information technology for high school students and adults.
Questar III BOCES
Rensselaer, Columbia & Greene Counties
Provides technical training in welding, electrical trades, carpentry, HVAC, automotive services, nursing assistant programs, and adult workforce development.
Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES
Saratoga & Warren Counties
Offers career training in building trades, welding, diesel mechanics, cosmetology, culinary arts, and healthcare occupations.
Schoharie County BOCES
Schoharie County
Provides technical education and adult workforce training in trades, health services, and applied technologies.
Welding, Manufacturing & Skilled Trades
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy, NY
Offers degree and certificate programs in welding and metal fabrication, manufacturing technology, electrical construction, HVAC, and automotive technology.
Capital District Educational Opportunity Center
Albany, NY
Provides tuition-free career training programs for adults in welding, electrical trades, healthcare, construction, and IT-related fields.
Center for Economic Growth Workforce Development
Capital Region
Partners with regional employers and training providers to support manufacturing, clean energy, construction, and skilled-trade workforce pipelines.
Construction, Electrical & Mechanical Trades
Associated Builders and Contractors Empire State Chapter
Albany, NY
Offers apprenticeship and craft training programs in electrical, plumbing, HVAC, carpentry, and construction management.
IBEW Local 236 Joint Apprenticeship Program
Albany, NY
Provides electrical apprenticeship and journeyman training for careers in the electrical construction industry.
UA Local 7 Plumbers and Steamfitters Training Center
Capital Region
Offers apprenticeship training in plumbing, pipefitting, welding, and HVAC systems.
Healthcare, Emergency Services & Technical Careers
Albany Medical Center School of Health Sciences
Albany, NY
Provides specialized education in medical imaging, surgical technology, and allied health professions.
Maria College
Albany, NY
Offers career-focused associate degrees in healthcare, nursing, psychology, and occupational studies.
Automotive, Diesel & Transportation Trades
HVCC Automotive Technical Services
Troy, NY
Provides training in automotive repair, diagnostics, diesel technology, and transportation systems.
WSWHE BOCES Automotive Technology Program
Saratoga County
Hands-on automotive and diesel technology education for students entering the transportation trades.
Cosmetology, Culinary & Service Trades
Paul Mitchell The School Schenectady
Schenectady, NY
Offers cosmetology, esthetics, and beauty industry training.
Capital Region BOCES Culinary Arts Program
Albany County
Career training in culinary arts, food service, and hospitality.
Schenectady County Community College
Schenectady, NY
Offers associate degree and certificate programs in culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, and hospitality management, with hands-on training in professional kitchen facilities.