A high school senior from Sharon Springs is building a solid future at Capital Region BOCES Jayden Abeling is in her second year in the Heavy Equipment program at the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus. “I am looking forward to using the equipment a lot more,” said Abeling, referring …
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Sometimes you just have to smile, especially if you are pursuing a brighter future. Capital Region BOCES Adult Practical Nursing students Ackem McCalla, Skyler Pudvah, Ceonnie McNair and Shahirah Redhead were all smiles recently in the halls of the Capital Region BOES Adult Health Careers Center. “I like it here. I went here for the …
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Officials with the Capital Repertory Theatre are pulling back the curtain on costuming and fashion for a trio of aspiring fashion designers at Capital Region BOCES. Career and Technical Education Global Fashion Studies seniors Sophia Berlin, Faith Coates and Piper Zurmuhlen are taking part this fall in work-based learning with the Albany theater group. “We …
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Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education students got an insider look at the operations of the Port of Albany on Oct. 27. Students in the Welding and Metal Fabrication and the Heavy Equipment Operation, Maintenance & Repair programs toured the facilities used to bring transport cargo from boats to rail to trucks and learned …
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The impact of the skilled worker shortage is well known—increased costs for products, delays in getting work done and increased pressures on workers and few industries can relate to this more than the welding and metal fabrication industry. The American Welding Society reports a need for 90,000 new welders each year through 2027. The society …
Principal Shelette Pleat took to the classrooms of Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus recently as she accepted the offer of a senior to learn how to change a car’s oil. Saying the principal is always mentioning that she doesn’t know anything about cars, Automotive Trades Technology senior Dominick Champagne …
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There will be a hand pierced by a pencil and several head lacerations, but no one will be hurt Monday or Tuesday at the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus. Rather, juniors in the Cosmetology program will be learning the ghoulish art of theatrical makeup just in time to create …
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Capital Region BOCES is proud to be a key partner of Governor Kathy Hochul’s effort to build a vibrant renewable energy workforce. Governor Kathy Hochul this week announced the first step for expedited offshore wind and land-based renewable energy solicitations as part of New York’s 10-Point Action Plan to expand its thriving large-scale renewable industry. …
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The impact of the skilled worker shortage is well known—increased costs for products, delays in getting worker done – have you tried to hire a contractor recently? – and increased pressures on workers. A 2022 report by Conger https://www.conger.com/skilled-labor-shortage/ said those impacts, though, are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg and, in fact, the …
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At one table, Capital Region BOCES senior Abigail Conaway gauged the vital signs of a Schalmont middle school student while at another table juniors Dylan Pardo, Aaron Fantroy and Lilia Herschkowitz collected the fingerprints of another middle school student. That was the scene on Thursday as more than a dozen Capital Region BOCES Career and …
