Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The times are changing rapidly, and ATI is aware of that. As budgets get cut, and as fear or budget cuts increases, we understand that Technical Training is often one of the first things that gets neglected. We don’t like that, but we understand it.
Technical Training remains very important, regardless of the political climate. Even if your budgets do not support conventional Technical Training at the moment, we would like to offer up some suggestions on how you can keep current in your field, and be ready to jump back into training when the climate stabilizes.
- If you happen to work in an area that is not affected by training budget cuts, please make sure to keep taking courses, and encourage your peers to do the same.
- Attend conferences. Many conferences offer free passes for their trade shows. Attending these shows can be very educational, and if the conference is local, it is a very inexpensive endeavor. ATI will be at the upcoming Satellite Conference in Washington DC, and we would love to talk to you.
- Read journals. Now that so many journals publish on the internet, it is very easy and cheap to read about all the current news relevant to your job.
- Look for free training opportunities. ATI offers a free webinar to introduce upcoming courses. Even if you can’t attend the full course, the “short session” is informative. Check the ATI homepage for upcoming free short sessions. Additionally, many other technical training companies offer free options.
- Remind your chain of command that you are interested in technical training, and suggest courses, ATI or otherwise, that you think would be helpful when the budgets allow.
- Sign up to be on the ATI mailing list ( if you are not already on it ) so that you will see everything we have to offer.
Please feel free to share how you personally are getting your training accomplished during this period. ATI would love to put out another blog sharing how people are navigating training at the moment.
ATI looks forward to satisfying your training needs now, and well into the future.
About Applied Technology Institute (ATIcourses or ATI)
ATIcourses is a national leader in professional development seminars in the technical areas of space, communications, defense, sonar, radar, engineering, and signal processing. Since 1984, ATIcourses has presented leading-edge technical training to defense and NASA facilities, as well as DOD and aerospace contractors. ATI’s programs create a clear understanding of the fundamental principles and a working knowledge of current technology and applications. ATI offers customized on-site training at your facility anywhere in the United States, as well as internationally, and over 200 annual public courses in dozens of locations. ATI is proud to have world-class experts instructing courses. For more information, call 410-956-8805 or 1-888-501-2100 (toll free), or visit them on the web at www.ATIcourses.com.
Note: Accredited media are invited to attend for free.