Business and Industry

As business continues to globalize and specialize, there is an ever-increasing need to find new and creative ways to adapt and grow. NAIT’s real-world approach to research and training can help take your business to the next level.

Training and recruiting staff

Corporate and International Training — Whether you’re a small business or a Fortune 500 corporation, CIT has the resources, the expertise and the technology to get the job done.

Productivity Enhancement Training — The NAIT Shell Manufacturing Centre offers a series of 12 different certificate programs designed to help business and industry become more effective and efficient in the global economy, including Project Leadership, Project Management, Quality Management, Six Sigma (Green Belt), and more.

NAIT Calgary — NAIT Calgary offers southern Alberta businesses access to a range of corporate, customized, and part-time computer training, as well as facility rentals.

Student Employment Services — Hire NAIT grads with knowledge and skills gained from practical, hands-on learning. The service is easy to use and there is no charge.

Supporting business and industry

NAIT Shell Manufacturing Centre — NSMC helps Alberta’s manufacturing industries, especially small and medium enterprises, become globally competitive. The centre offers part-time certificate and customized training in:

• productivity enhancement training - 12 certificates 
• manufacturing solutions - including protoyping, design, and development

novaNAIT Applied Research & Technology Transfer

novaNAIT’s R&D focuses on:

• business and innovation
• energy
• communications technologies
• educational technologies
• environmental sustainability
• manufacturing solutions technologies

Applied research — NAIT conducts applied research with results that can be immediately transferred into useful products and services. Applied research uses new or existing knowledge to solve real-world challenges. It focuses on finding usable solutions to specific or targeted problem areas.

Prototype Development Program — The NAIT Prototype Development Program works with industry to evaluate new ideas and services. The program works closely with TEC Edmonton, NABI (Northern Alberta Business Incubator) and inventors and industry to provide cost-shared services.

Business Incubation — novaNAIT's business incubators are designed to help entrepreneurial start-ups become sustainable high-growth companies. These centres provide the support start-ups need to turn innovative ideas into the products and services that the market demands.