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TECHNICAL STUDIES The Associate in Applied Science Degree in Technical Studies is an instructional program that honors specific competencies gained through non academic training . The program provides a structure for evaluating and organizing credit for prior learning and for identifying additional academic requirements for completing an AAS Degree . The goals of the program are to: • Provide an opportunity for military, business, and industry to implement an organized educational program • Make the resources of the college more readily available to military and industry • Allow a rapid mastery of competencies required for changing technology • Prepare the under employed for advancement and career development • Provide an opportunity to combine technical skills with organized instruction This program offers the opportunity to combine skills with course work from the instructional divisions of the college into one program designed to enhance and upgrade performance . Involvement in the program is cooperatively developed by the participant, the college, and the employer (as appropriate) . Sixty-four credits including 20 in general education and 44 hours of course work in the technical area is required for the degree . The technical course work can be a combination of college/technical school transfer, evaluation of military training, industry training, documented life experience, and or college course work . WIND ENERGY TECHNICIAN The Wind Energy Technician Program at Lake Regi