Seattle Vocational Institute provides basic skills, vocational and workforce training opportunities through short-term, self-contained programs that lead to jobs with a future. Programs include medical, dental, construction, various computer based offerings and more.

The college collaborates with business, labor, government and community groups and is directly affiliated with Seattle Central Community College. SVI is part of the Seattle Community College District VI which serves more than 54,000 students. Programs are available at each college to meet your vocational and educational needs.

Seattle Community Colleges students and staff members can sign up to receive text message and email alerts in case of a campus emergency or unplanned closure. The Seattle Community Colleges Alerts system will make a best effort to send messages if there is an emergency that causes the campus to close unexpectedly or if there is an incident that may pose a safety concern for the community.

Go to the SCC Campus Alerts page and sign up using your College SID and PIN to designate a cell phone number (for text message alerts) or the email address you'd like to use to receive alerts. You may use more than one number or email address. Alerts to staff members will go to the college email by default, and others can be added.

The Seattle Community Colleges and Seattle Vocational Institute are public, state-supported institutions. SVI is accredited as a division of Seattle Central Community College. North Seattle Community College, South Seattle Community College and Seattle Central Community College are accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education.