Primary career clusters include Business and IT, Construction, Health, Manufacturing and Service occupations.

The institution helped adult students learn new job skills to attain employment.

By 1975, the Utah Board of Regents incorporated Skills Center North as part of Weber State College.

Within several years the Center's training programs had received full state and regional accreditation which opened the door to allowing high school students to attend the Center while completing their high school graduation requirements.

In 1984, the Center moved its campus to its present-day location, formerly the site of the Utah State Industrial School and Ogden Military Academy, to accommodate the need for more classrooms with a steadily increasing student body.