Vocational CTE Programs & Information

The Boston Tooling & Machining Association is dedicated to supporting Career & Technical Education,(CTE Programming) across the region. In Massachusetts, high school students interested in Advanced Manufacturing attend classes at Career & Technical Education Centers. These centers are overseen by the Office of Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, (DESE) at the state level. The curriculum follows specific frameworks per skills/job sectors.

If you would like to learn more about a specific framework, we are providing a link below to the “homepage” where you can review the different frame work per skills/job sectors.

Career and Technical Education Frameworks Cluster for:

• Advanced Manufacturing (2024)
• Metal Fabrication and Joining Technologies (2024)
• Biotechnology (2025)
• Drafting (2025)
• Electronics Engineering Technology (2025)
• Engineering Technology (2025)
• Robotics & Automation Engineering Technology (2025)
• Telecommunications & Fiber Optics (2025)

Where can you find  CTE Programming on specific clusters?

Below is a listing of Centers that provide specific CTE training on Engineering Technology, Machine Tool Technology/Advanced Manufacturing, Metal Fabrication & Joining Technologies, Robotics & Automation Technologies. These programs are day programs, however if you are looking for evening programs, we encourage you to call the school and ask for the office of Continuing Education or After Hours programming. Some schools due offer evening programs.

Engineering Technology (16)

Attleboro High School, Blackstone Valley Reg. Voc. Tech., School Blue Hills Reg. Tech. School,  Cambridge Rindge & Latin, Cape Cod Reg. Tech. School, Doherty Memorial High School (Worcester), Greater Lowell Reg. Tech. School, Greater New Bedford Reg. Voc. Tech. School,  Medford Vocational High School, Minuteman Reg. High School,  Montachusett Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Nashoba Valley Reg. Tech School, Quincy High School, Southeastern Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Tri – County Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Upper Cape Cod Reg. Tech. School

​Machine Tool Technology (32)

Assabet Valley Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Bay Path Reg. Voc. Tech. School, So. Worcester County RVTSD, Blackstone Valley Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Bristol – Plymouth Reg. Tech. School, C. H. McCann Reg. Tech. School, No. Berkshire RVTSD, Chicopee Comprehensive High School, Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School, Diman Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Essex Technical School Franklin County Reg. Tech. School, Gloucester High School, Greater Lawrence Reg. Tech School, Greater Lowell Reg. Tech. School, Greater New Bedford Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Leominster Center Technical Education, Lynn Vocational Technical Institute, Montachusett Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Nashoba Valley Reg. Tech. School, Old Colony Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Pathfinder Reg. Voc. Tech. School, R.L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy (Springfield),  Shawsheen Valley Reg. Tech. School, Smith Vocational & Agricultural School, Somerville High School, South Shore Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Southeastern Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Taconic High School (Pittsfield), Tantasqua Tech High School, Westfield Vocational Technical High School, Whittier Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Wm J. Dean Voc. Tech. High School (Holyoke), Worcester Technical High School

​Metal Fabrication & Joining Technologies (36)

Assabet Valley Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Attleboro High School, Bay Path Reg. Voc. Tech. School (So. Worcester County RVTSD), Blue Hills Reg. Tech. School, Bristol – Plymouth Reg. Tech. School, C. H. McCann Reg. Tech. School (No. Berkshire RVTSD), Cape Cod Reg. Tech. School, Chicopee Comprehensive High School, Diman Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Franklin County Reg. Tech. School, Gateway Regional High School, Greater Lawrence Reg. Tech. School, Greater Lowell Reg. Tech. School, Greater New Bedford Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Joseph P. Keefe Reg. Tech. School, Lynn Vocational Technical Institute, Medford Vocational High School, Minuteman Reg. High School,  Montachusett Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Northeast Metro. Reg. Voc. School, Old Colony Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Quincy High School, R.L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy (Springfield), Shawsheen Valley Reg. Tech. School, Silver Lake Regional High School, Somerville High School, South Shore Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Southeastern Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Taconic High School (Pittsfield), Tri – County Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Waltham High School, Weymouth High School, Whittier Reg. Voc. Tech. School, Wm J. Dean Voc. Tech. High School (Holyoke), Worcester Technical High School

​Robotics & Automation Technology (5)

Medford Vocational High School, Minuteman Reg. High School, Nashoba Valley Reg. Tech. School, R.L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy (Springfield),  Worcester Technical High School