{"id":81482,"date":"2017-06-10T03:20:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T07:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=81482"},"modified":"2017-06-03T10:41:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T14:41:58","slug":"students-explore-construction-careers-at-moboces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=81482","title":{"rendered":"Students explore construction careers at MOBOCES"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>More than 300 middle school students from 18 school districts had the opportunity to explore careers and\u00a0meet industry professionals during today\u2019s Construction Careers Day event, held at Madison-Oneida BOCES in Verona.<\/p>\n

Seventh-grade students from three counties made their way through more than a dozen hands-on stations highlighting skills, equipment and daily work from a variety of construction industry fields. They also were able to talk with trade industry professionals and ask questions about job skills, required training, earning potential and the job market.<\/p>\n

They also were able to talk with trade industry professionals and ask questions about job skills, required training, earning potential and the job market.<\/p>\n

The regional event, presented in collaboration with Oneida BOCES in New Hartford and Herkimer BOCES in Herkimer, was designed to expose students to the construction field early so they can explore career options more in-depth before reaching high school. This is the third year these three BOCES centers have partnered on this event, and the first time it has been held at MOBOCES.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur region has a thriving construction and manufacturing industry, and employers routinely tell us they need more skilled labor. We want students to see the opportunities available to them in these fields at a young age, when they begin exploring careers, so they see construction and manufacturing as viable pathways,\u201d said Erin Noto, Career and Technical Education (CTE) Principal at MOBOCES.<\/p>\n

Interactive stations included masonry, residential construction, roofing, painting, wire stripping, welding, hammering, safety harness, green energy, heavy equipment operation, knot tying, pipe bending, project\u00a0cost estimating, and drilling. Several of the stations were led by students and teachers from the Heavy Equipment Operation, Electrical\/HVAC and Carpentry classes at MOBOCES, and Herkimer BOCES led a\u00a0welding simulation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis ongoing collaborative partnership with the Herkimer-Fulton- Hamilton-Otsego BOCES School To Careers program, Madison-Oneida BOCES, Oneida-Herkimer- Madison BOCES has been invaluable to our\u00a0Greater Mohawk Valley in\u00a0providing exceptional opportunities for students,\u201d said Christopher Groves, School to Careers Director at Herkimer BOCES. \u201cIf it weren\u2019t for our business and industry partnerships,\u00a0this event couldn\u2019t have been so successful year after year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The organizers extend their appreciation to the businesses and industry representatives who participated in\u00a0the event and helped make it a success. They include: Insulators Local 30, Putrelo Enterprises, Carpenters\u00a0Local 277, IBEW Union Local 43, JC Smith, Laborers Local 35, Operating Engineers Local 158, Mohawk Valley Buildings Exchange\/Home Builders and Remodelers of the Mohawk Valley, Plumbers and\u00a0Steamfitters Local 112, Roofers Local 195 and March Associates Architects and Planners.<\/p>\n

In addition, several other programs from MOBOCES contributed to the success of the event. The Criminal Justice classes served as traffic control and chaperoned groups of seventh graders between stations. The\u00a0Culinary Arts program prepared lunches for all the business, industry and vendor representatives. And the MOBOCES School Lunch program prepared more than 400 bagged lunches for participating students and\u00a0staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 300 middle school students from 18 school districts had the opportunity to explore careers and\u00a0meet industry professionals during today\u2019s Construction Careers Day event, held at Madison-Oneida BOCES in Verona. Seventh-grade students from three counties made their way through more than a dozen hands-on stations highlighting skills, equipment and daily work from a variety […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23813,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}