A Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake senior is already making a name for herself in the automotive industry thanks to the training she is receiving at our Career & Technical Education – Albany campus. Octavia Rice is a senior in the Automotive Trades Technology program and is in her second year of work at Capitaland Motors Subaru …
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Several area high school students interested in careers and auto and truck repair spent a day recently shadowing the experts at Penske Corp. Automotive Trades technology students from our Career & Technical Education Center Albany and Schoharie campuses spent Feb. 15 at the Penske’s Warehouse Road location in Albany, learning first-hand the experience of an …
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Recent Network Cabling Technician/Smart Home Technology program graduate, Thomas Rodick, has built a solid educational foundation—preparing him for the Electrical Construction and Maintenance (ECM) program at Hudson Valley Community College he will attend this fall, and securing him a future career at National Grid. “At BOCES, my classmates and I learned industry skills, took part …
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Aiden Drebitko, a recent graduate of our Automotive Trades Technology program, has found the “right gear” for his future—and work in his field of study—thanks to his time in our Career & Technical School program. “BOCES is a great way to peruse your career in the automotive field,” said Drebitko, who is now working with …
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Donation, resources to fuel creation of curriculum on repair and maintenance of electric and hybrid vehicles With New York State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa and Chancellor Dr. Lester Young on hand, officials with the New York Power Authority helped propel our Automotive Trades Technology program into the 21st Century. A 2013 Ford Fusion hybrid vehicle, …
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