Cetam Announced the Opening of Thousands of Spots in Free Technical Courses in Its New Selection Process. There Are Over 12 Thousand Opportunities for Students with High School Education.
The Amazonas Center for Technological Education (Cetam) is accepting applications for over 12 thousand spots in its new selection process, aimed at providing opportunities in free technical and specialization courses. There are dozens of training options in the health, logistics, administration sectors, among others. Out of 12,930 opportunities, 495 are for Nursing Technician and exclusively for the indigenous public, requiring documentation proving membership in this group.
List of Free Technical Courses Offered in Cetam’s Selection Process
The classes will be taught at various institutions in the capital Manaus and in the cities of Benjamin Constant, Barcelos, Borba, Barreirinha, Itamarati, Atalaia do Norte, Manaquiri, São Gabriel do Cachoeiro, Tonantins, and Pauini.
The courses will take place in three periods, and start times may vary, with the first starting at 8 AM. Below is a list of courses in this selection process:
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- Maintenance Technician;
- IT Support;
- Culinary Technician;
- Electronics Technician;
- Forestry Technician;
- Esthetics Technician;
- Podology Technician;
- Translation Technician;
- Sign Language Interpretation;
- Public Services Technician;
- Oil and Gas Technician;
- Health Surveillance Technician;
- Nursing Technician;
- Administration Technician;
- Logistics Technician;
- Clinical Analysis Technician;
- Nutrition and Dietetics Technician;
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician;
- Human Resources Technician;
- Pharmacy Technician;
- Environmental Technician;
- Radiology Technician;
- Eletrotechnics Technician;
- Legal Services Technician;
- Multimedia Technician;
- Quality Technician;
- Massage Therapy Technician;
- Fishing Resources Technician;
- Civil Construction Technician;
- Agriculture Technician;
- Finance Technician;
- Mechanical Technician;
- Oral Health Technician;
- IT Technician;
- Electronics Technician;
- Mining Technician;
- Community Health Agent Technician;
- Computer Networks Technician;
- Occupational Safety Technician.
Enrollment in Cetam’s Selection Process
Enrollment for the Cetam 2023 Selection Process is completely free and will remain open until December 5, with candidates required to fill out the application form on the COPEC contest page. To enroll, you will need to specify the course, educational institution, desired shift, provide grades in Portuguese Language and Mathematics for the 1st and 2nd year of high school, and attach a copy of the front and back of the High School Report Card.
The evaluation for the free courses selection process will be based on the performance in the aforementioned subjects. The preliminary results will be announced on December 27. The deadline for contesting these results is only on the 28th and 29th.
The response to these appeals will be available on January 6 of the following year. If there are candidates classified beyond the number of vacancies, the results will be announced on January 9. The document submission period for enrollment is from January 16 to January 20. The start of classes for the free technical courses is scheduled for March 6.
About Cetam
The Amazonas Center for Technological Education (Cetam) is a public entity linked to Seduc, created in 2003 with the aim of directly executing public policies for vocational education, articulated with other policies for work, employment, entrepreneurship, sustainable development, and active citizenship. Cetam’s mission is to promote Technological Vocational Education in Amazonas.

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