Orbit Educational Group is a West Virginia corporation with a permit to operate issued by the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education. Orbit Educational Group's training programs are designed to enable participants to achieve the necessary skills, training, experience, and confidence to successfully compete for, secure, and to hold entry level technician jobs in the Communications, Fiber Optics, Data, Video and Electronic Alarm Industries. Here are some significant points about the Communications industry from The US Department of Labor Website*: Telecommunications are rapidly expanding beyond traditional voice telephone service. The demand for greater telecommunications capacity—or bandwidth—will create jobs that require technical skills. Average earnings in telecommunications greatly exceed average earnings throughout private industry. *Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Career Guide to Industries, 2002-03 Edition, Telecommunications, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs020.htm (visited June 11, 2003). Students who graduate our program can post credits 35 toward and Associates of Applied Science (A.A.S.) Technical Studies – Fiber Optics/Communications Option through the collaboration with West Virginia Northern Community and Technical College. We are collaborating not only with WV Northern C.T.C. but also Southern WV C.T.C., United Technical Center in Clarksburg, Eastern WV C.T.C. and other Training Schools and businesses throughout West Virginia and other states. Certifications International Group, L.L.C. has licensed Orbit Educational Group as West Virgina’s exclusive training facilities to teach and administer the following International Certifications: Fiber Optics Installer, Security Alarm Installer, Enhanced Data Cabling Installer and Telecommunications Technician. Orbit Educational Group offers tuition based, commercially available training. Orbit Educational Group's training programs consist of approximately 60% actual hands-on training and 40% text book instruction. Orbit Educational Group's classroom instruction is provided by a professional Instructional faculty who continuously study and train in the latest field technologies, standards, and regulations that govern the design, installation and operation of the areas wherein we teach. To keep our finger on the pulse of the industry, our instructor training and classroom curriculum is developed from the input and recommendations industry employers and manufacturers of the equipment used in the industry. Others who give input are company owners and colleagues of the industries that our curriculum is designed and based upon.