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Atlantic Technical & Vocational Institute · Takoradi

Learn a Trade.
Own Your Future.

NVTI and CTVET-certified programmes in electricals, welding, fashion, catering, auto mechanics and construction — 70% workshop, 30% classroom.

NVTI & CTVET certified Industry attachments Earn while you learn
Students at work in the main workshop
87%in work within 6 months
9certified trade programmes
70%of time in real workshops
120+partner employers
Recognised Everywhere

Certificates That Mean Something

NVTI Proficiency I & II

National Vocational Training Institute trade testing — the licence to practise.

Reg. NVTI/WR/0231
CTVET Accredited

Programmes accredited by the Commission for TVET under the Ghana TVET Service.

Acc. CTVET-2024-118
Industry Endorsed

Curricula co-designed with Takoradi harbour, hospitality and construction employers.

120+ partners
The Pathway

From Enrolment to Employment

1
Choose a Trade

Taster week: try three workshops before you commit.

2
Train Hands-On

70% practical, real tools, real materials, real standards.

3
Trade Test

NVTI Proficiency examinations — we prepare, you pass.

4
Attachment

A placed industrial attachment with a partner employer.

5
Work or Scale Up

Employment support — or continue to HND at a technical university.

The Workshops

Industry-Grade, Not Classroom Toys

Welding & Fabrication
Welding & Fabrication
Arc · MIG · safety-first
Electricals Lab
Electricals Lab
Domestic & industrial wiring
Catering Kitchen
Catering Kitchen
Commercial-grade equipment
Fashion Studio
Fashion Studio
30 machines · pattern room
The Instructors

Masters of Their Trades

JB
Mr. John Baidoo
Principal
Master electrician · 25 years industry
AK
Madam Adjoa Kwansima
Fashion & Design
Runs her own Takoradi label
PM
Mr. Peter Mensah
Welding
Ex-harbour fabrication foreman
VA
Chef Vida Arthur
Catering
Hotel head-chef turned trainer
Why Trades, Why Us

A Desk Job Hunt vs. a Trade in Hand

Certificate-only route
  • Years of applications for scarce office roles
  • Theory-heavy training, employers must retrain you
  • No income until someone finally hires you
  • Skills that age with one employer
The Atlantic route
  • Employers come to our trade-test pass lists
  • Workshop-trained: productive from day one
  • Paid attachments in the final year
  • A licensed trade you can sell anywhere — or start with

I enrolled with nothing but WASSCE results nobody wanted. Today I wire buildings with my own two apprentices.

YM
Yaw M.Electricals, Class of 2022
This Term

Come and See the Workshops Running

13SEP
Open Workshop Saturday
9am–1pm · all trades live
04OCT
NVTI Trade Test Window Opens
Registration closes 20 Sep
15NOV
Employer & Attachment Fair
10am · bring your CV
Pay Your Way, Securely
MTN MoMo Telecel Cash AT Money Visa / Mastercard Bank Transfer Receipts you can verify online
Taster Week runs the first week of every term — book a free spot.