Individualized Technical Studies-Journey worker is designed for journey workers from various trades who are interested in continuing their education and earning a degree customized to their career interests. Thirty-nine credits are granted toward the degree based upon completion of a Wisconsin Journey Certificate that includes 400 hours or more of instruction. With a college advisor, the journey worker identifies the knowledge and skills required to achieve specific career goals. Existing NWTC courses become components of the journey worker's program of study. At a time when the workplace is continuously changing with advancing technology and flexible organizational practices, new and nontraditional skills are required of the successful worker.

The individualized nature of this program allows students to take advantage of the skills they have acquired in the apprenticeship program, enhance those skills with coursework from an area of interest, and prepare for a wide variety of workplace opportunities.