Capital Region BOCES celebrates Women in the Trades month A Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School junior is pursuing a career in welding thanks to her high school counselor and a Women in the Trades event at Capital Region BOCES. Elizabeth Brundige is enrolled in the Welding & Metal Fabrication Program at the Career & Technical Education Center …
The new general manager of the Albany Marriott Hotel got his start at the hotel 17 years ago as a student taking part in work-based learning through the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center. Mahendradat Mangroo recently took the helm of the Wolf Road establishment after climbing the hospitality industry career ladder. Mangroo …
More than two dozen Capital Region BOCES students met on Feb. 26 with recruiters and managers from Piedmont Airlines who were in search of mechanics and other skilled trades workers. The Piedmont officials detailed career opportunities as well as how they offer tuition reimbursement for students seeking to attend college for an aviation mechanics and …
New program ready to launch in September Work is nearing competition on the first phase of the construction of an outbuilding that will allow the addition of a Welding and Metal Fabrication program on the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus. Students in Matt Millard’s Heavy Equipment Operation, Maintenance & …
The Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center will hold its next open house for the 2024-25 recruiting season next week at its Albany Campus. Open to prospective students and their families/care givers, the event will take place on March 7, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., on the Albany Campus, located at 925B Watervliet-Shaker …
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 …
