Berks Technical Institute

"Cdl program was good because of intructor Eddie smith but everyone else was eh, Eddie took his time with us, took us out on the road the first week, fought for us to get our manual truck license and when I had I hard time downshifting he literally took me to an empty lot so I could learn on my own time, pretty much it's safe to say he will transform this program to where it needs to be so give this place a shot but ask for Eddie"

"I was hired there to be a truck driver instructor worked 8 days no pay, they are all liars I submitted to a drug test and they told me the main office never received the results and that the lab must have not sent them,also alot of drama ,if you pay for the CDL ask to see pictures of the practice area,nasty dirty lot,nasty porta potty,no running water Stay away"

"Tried to recruit out of this school, in desperate need of employees for my company, and do-nothing career services never returns my calls. Curriculum is great, but I feel bad for the students, because as long as they rely on career services to find employment, they will be jobless until they go with indeed or something. Career services is absolutely useless at this place"

"Went to for CDL and it was beyond garbage and I didn’t even get to take the test because of how unready I was. I had Delores which was the worst instructor ever. They had her zombified by working both morning/night and weekend classes all in one session. She also did not even know how to properly drive the truck. Then I had Carl who was a hothead and would look at you as if you were stupid. Then I had Joe Castro who was actually pretty decent but I had him for only a few days. So in total, I had 3 different instructors telling me how to drive the truck. I was waiting for a call to schedule my cdl test but never received one. It should be BTIs job to make sure their students are alright. Fast forward after COVID, I stated that I did not receive enough training. I was told that I had completed my 160 hours a training which I did not because I missed a week and would have to pay again for a refresher course. Automatic $5500 down the drain."

"I graduated from here last year (2018) and had mixed experiences with the school. While being a student here the school changed ownership multiple times. (4 if I remember correctly) Every time being promised better computers and books and other things for classes. I was in the drafting department and had pretty decent teachers. The issue was the books and the computers and the printer were all dated and needed updating. Now that I have left I do know they got New updated books, The computers have been cleaned up a bit, and the school bought a new Plotter finally after a year with none. Maybe the school is finally heading in the right direction. Courses were to short for what was required to learn as well. Should've/ could've easily been a 3-4 year program and not 21 months."