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Some work in automotive repair facilities, others in hotel kitchens and theaters, and still others in hospitals and manufacturing facilities, but they all have one thing in common—gaining professional experience as part of their education at the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center. An integral part of a career and technical education is …
Executives with Milton CAT say they rely on career and technical schools like the one operated by Capital Region BOCES to meet its workforce needs. On Monday, a pair of company officials visited the Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus to recruit students from the Diesel Tech program and tout what they have …
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The partnerships Capital Region BOCES forges with local, national, and international businesses continue to pay dividends to area high school students. On Friday, National Grid and Snap-on Manufacturing Company officials donated to the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center a Snap-on multimeter and rechargeable battery. A multimeter is a powerful diagnostic tool used …
For some students, having your high school principal shadow your every move for 90 minutes might be a little disconcerting, but not for Cohoes High School junior Richard Shumway. The student, who spends half of every school day learning to be a mechanic at the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center, welcomed …
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Approximately three dozen Mohonasen High School students interested in careers in professions ranging from criminal justice to welding to cosmetology met with faculty and students at the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus on Feb. 6 to learn how BOCES can shift those aspirations into high gear. Some students were …
Executives with Pride Commercial Appliance Service met with students in the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (HVAC/R) program at Capital Region BOCES on Thursday to promote the industry and recruit technicians. Pat Allen and Bob Dunn spoke with students in teacher James Bevington’s program about the industry and what their company has to offer. …
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Approximately twenty cosmetology industry businesses recruited prospective new employees at the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus on Monday. The salons, beauty supply industry providers and other entities met with more than 100 area juniors and seniors enrolled in the Career & Technical School’s Cosmetology program on the Albany and …
Students from a couple of Capital Region BOCES programs are gaining workplace skills and making professional connections at the Albany Marriott. Students from the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Technology and Building Trades programs are taking part in work-based learning at the Wolf Road hotel, learning about the various culinary and lodging industry jobs that exist. …
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An area trade school is collaborating with Capital Region BOCES to bring a new skill set to area high school students this month. The Upstate Masonry Institute (UMI) completed last fall a weeklong introduction to masonry course to students in the Building Trades and Heavy Equipment programs on the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical …
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Several area high school principals will pay a visit to Capital Region BOCES during Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month to switch gears and become a student for the day. The first-ever Shadow a CTE Scholar Principals Challenge will take place throughout the month of February—which is national Career and Technical Education Month. Principals and …
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