ACDCCareer Development & Certification
Track 03  ·  80 hours  ·  Starts Oct 1  ·  Grant funded

AI Technology& Communication Systems

Every organization needs someone who can run its technology — the screens, the sound, and now the phones. This track teaches production tech end to end, then goes deep on the newest job in the building: setting up and running AI phone receptionists that answer calls and book appointments around the clock.

$0 — fully grant funded
Tuition, materials, testing and certification covered start to finish. No deposit, no payment plan, nothing to pay back.
Watch the track

Build the skills businesses need in AI.

AI phone receptionists that answer and book around the clock, plus the screens and sound every organization runs on — why this track exists and what you'll be able to do when you finish it.

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Next session

Opens October 1, 2026

Fully online. No seat cap, no commute, no schedule to work around.

Format
100% online
Nothing in person
Schedule
Self-paced · no fixed class days
Where
Anywhere
Phone, tablet or laptop
Seats
No cap
Enroll any time after Oct 1

Start the day you're approved. Module 1 opens immediately and you work at whatever pace fits your life. Most students finish the 80 hours in four to eight weeks.

What you'll be able to do

By hour eighty.

Build an AI phone receptionist

Stand up an AI agent that answers a real phone number, greets callers, answers the questions a front desk gets all day, and hands off to a human when it should.

Automate the booking book

Connect an AI agent to a live calendar so callers schedule, reschedule and confirm appointments by voice — and the business never misses a call again.

Run screens and sound

ProPresenter builds, stage displays, digital signage, and analog and digital mixing consoles — the production backbone of churches, venues and events.

Support it all professionally

Systematic troubleshooting, plain-language communication with non-technical users, documentation, and the customer-service habits that make you the person they call.

  • TrackAI Technology & Communication Systems
  • Length80 clock hours, self-paced
  • Cost$0 — grant funded
  • PrerequisiteNone
  • Modules7, each with a graded project
  • Next sessionOpens October 1, 2026
  • Format100% online, self-paced — nothing in person
  • Leads toAV technician · AI receptionist administrator · Front-office automation tech · Church/venue production tech · IT support specialist
How this track is built

You finish with a working AI receptionist you built.

The centerpiece of this track is a machine that answers the phone. You design the greeting, the call flow and the booking rules, wire it to a real calendar, then call your own agent and watch it schedule the appointment — and gracefully hand the caller to a human when the question is beyond it.

Small businesses, clinics, churches and shops across Northwest Arkansas miss calls every day, and every missed call is a missed booking. The person who can set this up and keep it running honestly — with disclosure, consent and a human in the loop — is suddenly one of the most useful people any small organization can hire.

You leave with the full production toolkit too — ProPresenter, signage, soundboards, AI video — because the tech person who can run Sunday's screens and Monday's phones doesn't stay unemployed long.

Before you apply

Worth knowing.

How long will this take me?
Eighty hours of real work, on your schedule. Ten hours a week puts you at about two months. Full-time effort finishes it in three weeks. Nothing expires and nothing penalizes you for going slow.
What do I need to get started?
An internet connection and a device. No experience, no prior certification, no tools. If a laptop or reliable internet is the thing standing in your way, say so on the application — that's a problem we can usually solve.
Do I get help, or am I on my own?
You're assigned an instructor who can see your progress and your submitted work. Projects come back graded against a rubric you saw before you started, with notes. You can message your instructor at any point.
What happens when I finish?
You get your certification, a documented 80-hour training record, and placement help. We work with employers across Northwest Arkansas who hire directly out of this program.

Ready to start this track?

Five minutes to apply. No cost, no obligation, no catch — the program is grant funded start to finish.

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