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 …

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Students ranging from future nurses to future chefs, contractors and fashion designers will lead the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus SkillsUSA chapter for the 2023-24 school year. During a tradition-rich ceremony in front of parents and friends, the officers were sworn in on Oct. 17. SkillsUSA officers, their program, …

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Students in a Capital Region BOCES program are gaining volumes of professional experience working for the New York State Senate. Eight Digital Media Design students are taking part in an internship at the Senate Production Shop, the graphics and printing department for the senate.  They are gaining experience and knowledge that will give them an …

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Students in the Capital Region BOCES Game Design & Implementation program toured The Watervliet Shaker Historic site recently as they continue work on designing an interactive website for the Shaker organization. The juniors and seniors in the Career & Technical Education program on the Albany Campus started work earlier this year on the website, which …

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With a last name such as Cook, one might assume a career preparing delicacies might be a natural choice for this area teenager. But for Guilderland High School junior Jayden Cook, the decision to pursue a career as a chef has more to do with opportunity than name. “You can’t hire a robot to cook,” …

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Taking an idea from the prototype to production. That’s what students in the Capital Region BOCES Manufacturing and Machining Technology program learn as they prepare to enter the red-hot market for machinists. During a recent class, nearly a dozen high school juniors were practicing their metal cutting and operating skills under the watchful eyes of …

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Four students and a pair of Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education chefs created delicacies and helped “plate” and serve hundreds of patrons on Sept. 28 during the Regional Food Bank’ of Northeastern New York’s Chefs & Vintners’ Harvest Dinner. The students joined chefs Paul Rother and Erica Weakley in volunteering to take part …

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