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 …
A Schoharie High School senior is on a path to show that women belong in the skilled trades industries. “I want to be able to run equipment on my own and build things on my own and not depend on anyone else to get things done,” said Savannah Traverse, a second year student in the …
A Capital Region BOCES senior is building his future one brick at a time thanks to Capital Region BOCES and its partnerships with area unions, colleges and businesses. Brendon Mazza attends the Building Trades program at the Career and Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus where he was introduced to masonry last year through a …
Career & Technical Education students had a busy month of October as Capital Region BOCES marked Careers in Construction Month with a series of activities, trips and guest educators who detailed the “ins” and “outs” of the construction industry. From visiting the Operator’s Union training facility in Glenmont to watching the “shocking” result of a …
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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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More than a dozen high school students hope to be flush with knowledge of the plumbing industry courtesy of the experts from UA Local 7, Plumbers and Steamfitters union. Building Trades students on the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus learned this week the basics of plumbing, including PVC draining/vent …
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 …
