A Quick Guide to Con-Ed Registration:
- Browse the course list or use the keyword search box below to locate your preferred course(s).
- Click the “Register” button next to the course title. You will be redirected to Self-Service Instant Enrollment.
- Continue through the registration steps as a guest user (no log-in required) to enroll and pay.
Still deciding? Browse the digital version of the Continuing-Education Class Schedule.
For assistance, please contact the Continuing Education Registration Office.
conedregistration@abtech.edu
- Phone: (828) 398-7903
- Office hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Location:
- A-B Tech Asheville main campus
Ferguson Center for Allied Health and Workforce Development (AHWD)
Suite 440, 4th Floor Offices
10 Genevieve Circle
Asheville, NC 28801
- A-B Tech Asheville main campus
Payments:
Credit card payment is required when registering for Continuing Education classes online. You may use MasterCard, VISA, or American Express. If you prefer to use cash or a check, you may register by mail or in person. View CE Registration Office: Location, Hours, & Payment Options.
Refunds:
- If a student officially withdraws prior to the first class meeting, the student will receive a 100% refund; Motorcycle Safety is excluded.
- If a class is canceled due to insufficient enrollment, a student will receive a 100% refund.
- A 75% refund will be issued (Self-Supporting classes with prefixes CSP and SEF are excluded) if the student officially withdraws prior to or on the 10% point of the scheduled hours of the class.
- No refund will be made after the 10% point of the class.
- The insurance, technology, and supply/lab fees are refundable only if a class is canceled or the student drops before the class begins.
- Refunds are processed on the 1st and 15th of each month.
Returning students Have you moved, or changed phone numbers or email addresses since your last registration? Before you register, please complete the Continuing Education Student Record Update Form. This is important. The online registration process will not update your information.
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Apr 7–8
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$110
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Prepare for the National Restaurant Association’s ServSafe Manager Certification. Exam is included as part of the class. Upon completion with a passing grade of 70% on the exam, the student will earn this industry recognized certification that is valid for 5 years. This class features online testing and instant score results. No book required.
Meeting times and locations:
Tue 04/07/26 8:30a - 12:30p
Goodwill Workforce Center, Room 198
1616 Patton Ave, Asheville NC 28806
Wed 04/08/26 8:30a - 12p
Goodwill Workforce Center, Room 198
1616 Patton Ave, Asheville NC 28806
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May 12–13
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$110
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Prepare for the National Restaurant Association’s ServSafe Manager Certification. Exam is included as part of the class. Upon completion with a passing grade of 70% on the exam, the student will earn this industry recognized certification that is valid for 5 years. This class features online testing and instant score results. No book required.
Meeting times and locations:
Tue 05/12/26 8:30a - 12:30p
Goodwill Workforce Center, Room 151
1616 Patton Ave, Asheville NC 28806
Wed 05/13/26 8:30a - 12p
Goodwill Workforce Center, Room 151
1616 Patton Ave, Asheville NC 28806
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Jun 2–3
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$110
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Prepare for the National Restaurant Association’s ServSafe Manager Certification. Exam is included as part of the class. Upon completion with a passing grade of 70% on the exam, the student will earn this industry recognized certification that is valid for 5 years. This class features online testing and instant score results. No book required.
Meeting times and locations:
Tue 06/02/26 8:30a - 12:30p
Goodwill Workforce Center, Room 151
1616 Patton Ave, Asheville NC 28806
Wed 06/03/26 8:30a - 12p
Goodwill Workforce Center, Room 151
1616 Patton Ave, Asheville NC 28806
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Aug 11–12
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$110
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Prepare for the National Restaurant Association’s ServSafe Manager Certification. Exam is included as part of the class. Upon completion with a passing grade of 70% on the exam, the student will earn this industry recognized certification that is valid for 5 years. This class features online testing and instant score results. No book required.
Meeting times and locations:
Tue 08/11/26 8:30a - 12:30p
Ramsey, Room 116
A-B Tech Madison
4646 Us Hwy 25-70, Marshall NC 28753
Wed 08/12/26 8:30a - 12p
Ramsey, Room 116
A-B Tech Madison
4646 Us Hwy 25-70, Marshall NC 28753
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May 12
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$59
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Get prepared now for Remote Online Notarization, signed into law effective July 1, 2023. This course provides instruction to currently commissioned notaries who want to expand their existing qualifications to include remote online notarization. Topics include legal, ethical and procedural requirements of the Notary Act. Upon completion of this course with a passing exam grade of 80%, a person is eligible to make application with the NC Secretary of State office for eNotary status. Textbook: NC Electronic Notarization Manual required. Students must have a current notary commission, and must present a current valid photo ID to be admitted to class.
Instructor: Manning
Meeting time:
Tue 05/12/26 6p - 9p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 431
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
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Jul 13–15
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$82
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Learn to organize and analyze data using Microsoft Excel through hands-on exercises and examples designed for the beginner. Explore workbook basics, building, formatting and printing worksheets, and using functions and formulas. Basic computer skills required. Students are encouraged to bring their own USB thumb drive to store their data and projects.
Meeting times and locations:
07/13/26 - 07/15/26
Mon 5:30p - 8:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 438
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
07/13/26 - 07/15/26
Wed 5:30p - 8:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 438
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
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Jul 20–22
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$82
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Learn to organize and analyze data using Microsoft Excel through hands-on exercises and examples designed for the more advanced user. This class is a follow-up to Excel for Beginners. Learn how to manipulate worksheets, use filters, set up macros, and much more. Students are encouraged to bring their own USB thumb drive to store their data and projects.
Meeting times and locations:
07/20/26 - 07/22/26
Mon 5:30p - 8:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 438
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
07/20/26 - 07/22/26
Wed 5:30p - 8:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 438
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
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Jul 14
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$250
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This course will provide an overview of preventive control considerations that supports the FSMA Final Rules for Preventive Controls for Human and Animal Food. Identifying the appropriate preventive control is critical in preventing the hazard from occurring and is a pillar concept behind the new FSMA Preventive Control Rules. An overview of preventive controls will be discussed including process controls, food allergen controls, sanitation controls, supply-chain controls, recall plans, and the relationship of preventive controls and critical control points (CCPs).
Meeting time:
Tue 07/14/26 7:30a - 5p
Webex, WEB
Online
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
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Jun 16–18
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$350
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The Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation (referred to as the Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation) is intended to ensure safe manufacturing/processing, packing and holding of food products for human consumption in the United States. The regulation requires that certain activities must be completed by a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) who has successfully completed training in the development and application of risk-based preventive controls. This course, developed by the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA), is the standardized curriculum recognized by FDA; successfully completing this course is one way to meet the requirements for a PCQI. This course is taught by Lead Instructors trained by the FSPCA, who have been instructed in how to teach the FDA-recognized standardized curriculum. To successfully complete the 3-day course, a participant must be present for the entire delivery and actively participate in the exercises.
Meeting time and location:
06/16/26 - 06/18/26
Tue, Wed, Thur 7:30a - 5p
Webex, WEB
Online
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
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Aug 4
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$77
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Learn to grow probiotic cultures that will aid digestion, preserve foods, and add flavor and nutrition to fruits and vegetables. This course is designed to promote creativity while tasting and learning how to make probiotics. By the end of this course, you will be able to make your own fermented products like kimchi, ginger, turmeric, and beet kvass, and tepache (made from pineapples)! Learn where they came from, why they are necessary for our health, and how you can grow them in your own home. Walk away with new and exciting recipes to try at home like yogurt, kombucha, and sauerkraut.
Meeting time:
Tue 08/04/26 6p - 9p
Enka, Room 221
A-B Tech Enka
PO Box 1739, 1459 Sand Hill Rd, Asheville NC 28806
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Aug 11
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$77
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Receipt Supported Occupational Training
Meeting time:
Tue 08/11/26 6p - 9p
Enka, Room 221
A-B Tech Enka
PO Box 1739, 1459 Sand Hill Rd, Asheville NC 28806
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Jul 27 - Aug 12
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$86
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This class will help you get started with the powerful Adobe Photoshop software. You will learn all about image selections, layers, adjusting images, preparing finished images and other pertinent topics. This class is on Windows and is suitable for Macintosh users who can bring laptops if preferred. Students need basic computer skills. Students are encouraged to bring their own USB thumb drive to store their data and projects.
Meeting times and locations:
07/27/26 - 08/12/26
Mon 5:30p - 8:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 438
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
07/27/26 - 08/12/26
Wed 5:30p - 8:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 438
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
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Apr 20 - May 6
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$86
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This course is for those who have completed the introduction class or equivalent. Raise your Photoshop skills to the next level. Learn sophisticated techniques for editing and manipulating images, add actions, brushes and fonts, learn professional tips for portrait retouching, combine multiple images into sophisticated montages using layer masks and discover the photographer’s best work flow. The class is taught on Windows and suitable for Macintosh users who can bring laptops if preferred. Students are encouraged to bring their own USB thumb drive to store their data and projects.
Meeting time and location:
04/20/26 - 05/06/26
Mon, Wed 5:30p - 8:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 438
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
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May 26–27
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$86
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This course is designed to provide an introduction to medical sonography. Topics include applications, sonographic terminology, history, patient care, ethics, and basic skills. Course work will include lab and clinical activities.
Instructor: Case
Meeting times and locations:
05/26/26 - 05/27/26
Tue, Wed 9a - 12p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 216
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
05/26/26 - 05/27/26
Tue, Wed 12:30p - 3p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 216
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
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May 28–29
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$86
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This course is designed to provide an introduction to medical sonography. Topics include applications, sonographic terminology, history, patient care, ethics, and basic skills. Course work will include lab and clinical activities.
Instructor: Case
Meeting times and locations:
05/28/26 - 05/29/26
Thur, Fri 9a - 12p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 216
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
05/28/26 - 05/29/26
Thur, Fri 12:30p - 3p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 216
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
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Apr 27 - May 20
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$236
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Based on curriculum created by the Maker’s Coalition and the Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center, this class is designed to provide students with an understanding of the skills required to take a career path in the field of industrial sewing. Class content includes but is not limited to: industrial sewing terms, fabric structures and types, how to read tech packs, basic sewing skills, techniques for industrial straight stitch, coverstitch and overlock machine usage. Each student will learn construction techniques while completing different projects, developing skills with different materials provided. Tours of and contact with local industrial sewing companies/manufacturers will occur during the last week of class.
Meeting times and locations:
04/27/26 - 05/20/26
Mon, Tue, Wed 9a - 1p
Transformation Village, Room 5
45 Rocky Ridge Rd, Asheville NC 28806
04/27/26 - 05/20/26
Mon, Tue, Wed 1p - 5p
Transformation Village, Room 5
45 Rocky Ridge Rd, Asheville NC 28806
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Apr 14–30
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$75
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<p>The benefits of drones are difficult to ignore, fueling the adoption of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology in some of the economy’s largest sectors, including construction, utilities, security, real estate, and research. Commercial or non-hobby-related drone operations require a Remote Pilot Certificate from the FAA with a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) rating. This course will prepare you to sit for the required FAA knowledge exam and increase the likelihood of earning your certification. The exam is not part of the course. Instructor FAA-authorized commercial drone pilot. Public safety/emergency responders should call <a href="tel:18287822139">(828) 782-2139</a> for drone classes designed specifically for emergency services.</p>
Instructor: Jordan
Meeting time and location:
04/14/26 - 04/30/26
Tue, Thur 6p - 9p
Zoom, ZOOM
Virtual Learning Classroom
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
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May 5–21
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$71
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Learn to create websites, documents, social media, and other digital content that works for everyone, including people with disabilities. Practice core accessibility skills like writing effective alt text, adding captions and transcripts, building clear document structure, and checking color contrast using the WCAG accessibility standard. The course also introduces disability history and culture and explains the real-world benefits of accessible design. Students finish with practical tools to improve their own digital spaces and support ADA Title II DOJ rule requiring web and mobile application accessibility compliance by April 2026 (April 2027 depending on entity size).
Meeting time and location:
05/05/26 - 05/21/26
Tue, Thur 6p - 7:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 438
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
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