The College

Facilities

TCAT Jackson – Main Campus 2468 Technology Center Dr. Jackson, TN 38301 Phone: 731.424.0691 Fax: 731.424.0807 Whiteville Extension Campus 1685 Highway 64 PO Box 489 Whiteville, TN 38075 731.254.8521	Stanton Extension Campus 8285 Highway 222 Stanton, TN 38069 731-298-0746 Fax: 731-205-4195
Lexington Extension Campus 230 S. Broad Street Lexington, TN 38351 Phone: 731.967.1975 Fax: 731.967.0087	Brownsville/Haywood Extension Campus 401 Morgan Street Brownsvile, TN 38012 731.772.8160
Henderson/Chester County Instructional Service Center 1449 White Avenue Henderson, TN 38340 Phone: 731.424.0691 Humboldt Higher Education Instructional Service Center 1751 Main Street Humboldt, TN 38343 Phone: 731.424.0691 McWherter Instructional Service Center 2046 North Parkway Jackson, TN 38301 Phone: 731.424.0691

Mission

The Tennessee College of Applied Technology Jackson serves as the premier supplier of workforce development throughout our service area.

The College fulfills its mission by:

Providing competency-based training through superior quality, traditional and distance learning instruction methods that qualify completers for employment and job advancement;

Contributing to the economic and community development of the communities served by training and retraining employed workers;

Ensuring that programs and services are economical and accessible to all residents of Tennessee; and

Building relationships of trust with community, business, and industry leaders to supply highly skilled workers in areas of need.

Campus History

The state’s workforce training schools known as Tennessee Technology Centers were renamed Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology as of July 1, 2013. The Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Jackson was originally named the Jackson State Area Vocational-Technical School and later became the Tennessee Technology Center at Jackson in 1994. We are one of twenty-seven (27) technical training schools in a statewide system which was made possible by legislation enacted by the 1963 session of the Tennessee General Assembly. The intent of the legislation was to make vocational education accessible and within commuting distance of every citizen of Tennessee. The Tennessee Department of Vocational Education governed these institutions until 1983 when State Legislation transferred control to the Tennessee Board of Regents.

Classes began on the Jackson campus in September of 1965 with course offerings in Auto Mechanics, Auto Body Repair, Machine Shop, Civil Technology, Electronics, and Refrigeration. The first students graduated in 1966. The training offered at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Jackson is designed to meet the needs of the external customer, the employer, and the internal customer, the student. To accomplish this goal, the school has designed curricula that will train students to enter a career field, make a career change, and/or acquire the skills necessary for promotion.

In addition to full-time programs offered, Special Industry Training is offered to meet the demands of local employers for short- term custom designed programs. Such programs result from employer specific inquiries and/or referrals from state agencies.