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Research demonstrates that occupations in the career and technical education (CTE) area are experiencing high growth in the United States of America (USA). Consequently, education and training for these occupations is in demand thus creating a growing need for qualified instructors at the community and technical college level. In this paper, the author attempts to synthesise the available literature on preparing, licensing, and certifying postsecondary CTE teachers in the USA. A further aim is to discuss the various methods that could be used for this purpose. The findings reveal that the majority of the literature refers to CTE in secondary schools and that there is a lack of empirical evidence to guide CTE administrators, college faculty, and policy makers in this area.