Night classes, offered from 6 to 10 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, run from 13 to 24 months. The private school has a job placement service and a financial aid office. A branch campus of a school based in Orlando, Florida Technical College in Auburndale offers programs in a host of technical and business areas. Programs run 18 months and offer an associate science degree. Like its Lakeland sister campus Traviss Technical Center, Ridge Technical Center in Winter Haven is a public school that serves high school and adult students.
Most classes fall into four basic areas.
Mechanical trade classes include auto mechanics, diesel mechanics, marine engine mechanics and welding. Building trade classes include carpentry, building maintenance, electricity, air conditioning and refrigeration. The school also offers classes in nail technology and facials, and a wide variety of computer and business education courses. Other classes include hotel supervision, culinary arts, massage therapy, cosmetology, medical secretarial, drafting, firefighting, truck driving, Class B driver training and patient care technician. The school also operates a satellite classroom with business and industry courses at Eagle Ridge Mall in Lake Wales.