The programs here at the Region 9 Vocational Technical Education Center, provide the bridge between an individual and work. To be successfully employed is to be able to participate in the main stream of todays society. Vocational Education promotes the concept that ones occupation is a major force in life. It assists in the development of those human skills necessary for success in life, and creates a better understanding of the contributions one can and should make to create a better society.

Vocational Education is that component of education which encompasses those learning goals and experiences leading to economic independence for individuals and a trained labor force for the nation. Vocational Education provides opportunities for persons to develop skills required to enter employment, to gain technical knowledge for advanced education, to update skills if their jobs have become obsolete because of technological changes, and to upgrade their skills when they wish to seek advancement in their present occupation. Vocational Education prepares people for work by maintaining, extending, and improving existing programs and developing new ones to meet the changing needs of society.