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High school seniors planning to pursue a career in medicine need to look no further than the Capital Region BOCES New Visions: Health Careers program. Located at Ellis and St. Peter’s hospitals, the program prepares high school seniors for more than two-dozen careers and immerses them in a thought-provoking and challenging curriculum designed to build …

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Nearly 90 counselors from most area school districts heard about the latest changes and updates to career and technical education (CTE) programming during a meeting Thursday at the Capital Region BOCES and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus. Noting that enrollment has skyrocketed and this year’s waiting list exceeded 200 students, Career and Technical Education …

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Students in the Capital Region BOCES Heavy Equipment, Electrical Trades and Building Trades programs recently completed their practical competency exams to be certified as forklift operators. The certification—required to operate a forklift in New York State—is one of dozens of professional certifications Capital Region BOCES students can earn in their various programs. The certifications give …

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Forecasting a national shortage of workers, the president of a local telephone and technology company is offering advice to Capital Region BOCES to help grow the Network Technology program. Jim Becker, President of MIDTEL Family of Companies, met with Capital Region BOCES faculty and administrators recently to review his request that BOCES add fiber splicing …

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Capital Region BOCES students are learning skills while being festive this holiday season. Students in the Carpentry Services and Building Trades programs are making and selling tabletop wooden Christmas trees and snowmen. Proceeds from the sales will fund a future project in the program. Though sales continue through Dec. 15, dozens of snowmen and trees …

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Capital Region BOCES took the first steps this week on launching the National Talent Hub. Students in the Manufacturing and Machining Technology program enrolled in the hub, which is part of a nationwide strategy to grow the workforce in tech-based industries. The strategy helps to ensure the entire education system provides a skills-based pathway to …

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Students are putting the ‘petal’ to the metal in fabricating holiday presents as part of their latest project in the Welding and Metal Fabrication program. Juniors in Cesar Figueroa’s class are fabricating steel roses from scratch for a project that is designed to test and advance their skills and techniques. “It’s a lot of fun. …

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Students in the Capital Region BOCES Criminal Justice program gained knowledge in a ‘biting’ lesson this week at the New York State Police Canine Training Center in Cooperstown. Approximately two dozen aspiring law enforcers, lawyers, and forensic scientists learned how state troopers and their four-legged partners are trained for a career apprehending criminals and protecting …

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