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The Hocotate Freight Pikmin Training Center, known also as the HFPTC, or simply the PTC, is where new employees of Hocotate Freight go to learn how to grow and control Pikmin. There are two training centers: one is on Hocotate, the other on the Planet of the Pikmin.

On Hocotate
The PTC on Hocotate is a dome at the Hocotate Freight Headquarters, it simulates the environment of Pikmin Planet, minus the deadly oxygen. Its main focus is on gathering Pikmin, battling using them, and preventing Pikmin deaths. It does not use real Pikmin or anything else from the Pikmin Planet; instead, it uses robot replicas. It is primarily run by Louie.

On PNF-404
The PTC on the Planet of the Pikmin is the Awakening Wood, it uses real Pikmin and Onions. It focuses on all aspects of Pikmin, including growing more Pikmin, which is only done a little at the Hocotate PTC. It is primarily run by Olimar's now 16-year-old son.

Training on the field
After a captain-in-training has graduated from the PTC, they become an apprentice under an already graduated captain.