Admissions

ADMISSIONS INFORMATION

 

All applicants are required to complete an application and interview. A basic academic skills test to mutually determine whether the program meets the needs of the applicant may also be required of applicants who have not completed at least one year of American high school or the equivalent. Prior career development, work experience, or training are not required for enrollment. All applicants are considered for acceptance according to, but not limited to, these admissions standards. 

 

English Proficiency

 

Trainees must be proficient in the use of English at the level of a graduate of an American high school. Documentation of proficiency may include a high school diploma, GED, or qualifying equivalent, including the results from an English proficiency test. 

 

Talent and Skills Training Center does not directly provide English language services such as ESL or ELL. Trainees are provided online access and directions to these services from the local public library. See also Student Services - Library.   

 

Financial Responsibility

 

Trainees assume the responsibility for payment of the tuition costs in full, either through direct payment or through an assisting agency.  All financial arrangements must be made before the beginning of training. The Training Center will contact trainees who are delinquent in paying tuition and fees to make specific arrangements with them to remove their delinquency and remain in good financial standing.  

 

The Training Center reserves the right to change tuition and fees, make curricular changes when necessary, or make substitutions in training materials and supplies as required without prior notice. Any changes in tuition or fees will not affect a trainee already in attendance or enrolled.

 

Attendance

 

Trainees are expected to maintain regular and timely attendance at all training sessions and appointments. Regular absences or tardiness to trainings or training appointments may result in termination from the program. Trainees are expected to have an overall attendance rate of 80% or more to adequately benefit from the program. Trainees are expected to address any anticipated absence or tardy with the training instructor or program director in advance. If the trainee is unable to make prior arrangements, the absence or tardy must be addressed with the instructor before attending the next training session. If the absence or tardy took place on the last day of instruction, the trainee must meet with the instructor prior to receiving a final grade or graduation certificate. 

 

Acceptance of Credits or Hours

 

Talent and Skills Training Center does not accept credits or hours earned at other institutions or through challenge examinations and achievement tests, nor does it provide challenge examinations and achievement tests in lieu of completing training requirements.

 

Transferability of Credits

 

The transferability of credits/hours you earn at Talent and Skills Training Center is at the complete discretion of an institution to which you may seek to transfer. Acceptance of any Certificate of Completion you earn in the Talent and Skills Training Center is also at the complete discretion of the institution to which you may seek to transfer. If the Certificate of Completion that you earn at this institution is not accepted at the institution to which you seek to transfer, you may be required to repeat some or all of your training course work at that institution. For this reason, you should make certain that your attendance at this institution will meet your educational, training, or employment readiness goals. This may include contacting an institution to which you may seek to transfer after attending  Talent and Skills Training Center to determine if your Certificate of Completion or Hours will transfer.

 

Licensure or Credentialing

 

Talent and Skills Training Center is not a licensing or credentialing program. Persons seeking training in a career field that requires any license, certificate, permit, or similar credential that a one must possess to lawfully engage in a profession, occupation, trade, or career field, are directed to find an educational or training program that is designed to provide the appropriate licensure.

 

Non-Degree Program

 

Talent and Skills Training Center is not a degree program. Students earn Certificates of Completion to verify their career readiness training and recognize their accomplishments.  

 

Articulation Agreement

 

This Institute has not entered into an articulation or transfer agreement with any other post-secondary educational institution.

 

Non-Discrimination

 

Talent and Skills Training Center is non-sectarian and does not discriminate with regard to race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, disability or marital status in any of its academic program activities, employment practices, or admissions policies.

 

Current Contact Information

 

Trainees are responsible for providing their contact information and to notify the school of any change in their residence or telephone numbers, or emergency contact information.

 

Standard of Conduct

 

The Talent and Skills Training Center maintains an industrial building trades educational and hands on training environment. Trainees are expected to dress accordingly and conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the training facility and course objectives, and in the best interest of their safety and the safety of others while on the training facility premises or the immediate surrounding areas. At the discretion of the administration, a trainee may be terminated from a training activity or the training program for an incident or repeated incidents related to being under the influence of alcohol or drugs, alcohol or drug possession, weapon(s) possession, stealing, unsafe behavior, uncooperative or disrespectful behavior, revealing or offensive attire, or harassment of any kind on or near the training premises to other+63 trainees, faculty and staff, administrators, visitors, or others.

 

Use of Alcohol and Other Substances

 

The premises and immediate surroundings of Talent and Skills Training Center is an alcohol and drug free zone. No person may use, possess, sell, or distribute; (a) alcohol, (b) legal or illegal controlled substances, or (c) prescription medicines not prescribed to them by a physician. No person may use or possess drug paraphernalia on the Training Center grounds or at Talent and Skills sponsored events including, but not limited to, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, LSD, PCP, amphetamines, heroin, and any substances commonly referred to as "designer drugs".  The inappropriate use, sale, or distribution of prescription and over-the-counter drugs is also prohibited.  Persons exhibiting or found to be “under the influence” of alcohol, a legal or illegal controlled substance, or abuse of prescriptive or over-the-counter medication will be prohibited from entering or asked to leave the Training Center premises or Talent and Skills sponsored event.

 

Failure to Comply

 

Failure to comply with the Training Center policies such as attendance, conduct, dress, use of alcohol and other substances, assignment completion, participation, or adequate progress can result in automatic withdrawal. If it becomes necessary for the Training Center to automatically withdraw you from our program, the refund policy will be used to calculate your refund. The payment of refunds will be totally completed such that the refund instrument has been negotiated or credited into the proper account(s), within 45 calendar days after the effective date of termination.