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For students enrolling between now and December 31, 2024, please complete the following application.


Complete the TCAT Application for Enrollment
 
Check the status of your application until you have received your campus email address.
 
Access to your admissions application, financial aid and other general information. Requires login from your new campus email address that will be provided.
 
 
 

For students enrolling for 2025 and beyond, please complete the following application.

Complete the TCAT Application for Enrollment
 
If you already have an application for admission started, you can return to it at any time.
 

A new system to check the status of your application is launching soon. Until then, to check your application status, please contact Student Services.

 
 
 
 
 

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Find A Program

Review the programs of study and any program-specific admission requirements.

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Financial Aid

Complete the FAFSA to apply for the Pell grant, TN Promise scholarship, the TN Reconnect and the Wilder-Naifeh Technical Skills Grant.

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Schedule a Visit

Learn about a particular program or tour our campus.

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Student Recruiter
1745 Harriman Highway
Harriman, TN 37748
Phone: 865-882-6703 Fax: 865-882-5038
bgilbert@tcatharriman.edu

General Admission Requirements

  • Program enrollment is based on a first-come, first-served basis by date of completed application. (A completed application includes all items required for enrollment.)
  • Persons seeking admission to a college must be at least 18 years of age or have a high school diploma or equivalent. For full-time programs, the applicant must declare an occupational objective and demonstrate reasonable potential for achieving that objective.
  • All persons who are required to register for the Federal Draft under 50 U.S.C. App. Section 453 are not eligible to enroll in any post-secondary school until they have registered with selective service.

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Program-Specific Admission Requirements

Educational and admission requirements vary from program to program. 

Truck Driving

Students must be eighteen (18) years of age, pass the medical exam required by the Department of Safety, and be in possession of a CDL permit prior to getting behind the wheel of TCAT tractor/trailers.

Students must obtain a Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) at this site: https://dl.safety.tn.gov/_/#1

Medical Office Assistant

Before You Apply, You Need to Know This:

  • You must pass the HESI admission exam or have equivalent ACT scores.
  • You must apply to the program online.
  • Applicants must be capable of passing a physical examination by a licensed physician or other approved health care professional.
  • Applicants must be able to pass a drug screen and national background check. Applicants will be notified by the school when these must be conducted .
  • Applicants must be able to pass a Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (CPR) class and obtain a certification card.
  • Applicants must be able to provide an immunization record to the Health Sciences Coordinator.

Certified Nursing Assistant

The Certified Nursing Assistant program is a part-time program. 

  • Students must be at least 16 years of age
  • Students must be able to pass a physical, pass a background check, and pass a drug screen.
  • Additional vaccination requirements include: TB skin test and Hepatitis B series.
  • Student must posses a current  Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers Certification (CPR certification) through American Heart Association.

Welding Technology

Students enrolling in the evening class at the Loudon County Instructional Service Center attend 20 hours a week and register for 288 hours a term. Their approximate length of program is 4.5 terms. Tuition and fees for 288 hours is $1281.00

**Complete cost of tools not included in program cost

Practical Nursing

Before You Apply, You Need to Know This:

  • You must pass the HESI admission exam or Anatomy and Physiology before you may apply.
  • Deliver your completed application packet to the Student Services Department at TCAT-Harriman as soon as possible. Our office is open Monday through Friday, 7: 30 am - 4:00 pm.
  • Applicants must be capable of passing a physical examination by a licensed physician or other approved health care professional.
  • Applicants must be able to pass a drug screen and national background check. Applicants will be notified by the school when these must be conducted .
  • Applicants must be able to pass a Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (CPR) class and obtain a certification card.
  • Applicants must be able to provide an immunization record to both the Student Services office and the Nursing department..

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Diesel Powered Equipment Technology

Students enrolling in the evening class at the Loudon County Instructional Service Center attend 20 hours a week and register for 288 hours a term. Their approximate length of program is 7.5 terms. Tuition for 288 hours is S1181.00

**Complete cost of tools not included in  program cost.