[6] SUN Area Vocational-Technical School was first conceived in the early 1960s as a solution to the shortage of skilled labor in central Pennsylvania.

[10] On March 3, 1968, SUN Area Vocational-Technical School was authorized to purchase property and construct a new building in New Berlin, PA.[11] Throughout the subsequent 4 decades many district mergers occurred.

In 2013, SUN Area Technical Institute purchased the Playworld Systems building on Cherry St. in New Berlin, PA.

SUN Tech offers programs in:[12] In 2014, the school added CDL training (Commercial Drivers License).

[17] In 2014, SUN Area Technical Institute offered several dual enrollment courses in conjunction with Pennsylvania College of Technology.