{"id":54440,"date":"2024-06-28T23:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T03:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=54440"},"modified":"2024-06-28T23:31:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T03:31:02","slug":"coachs-corner-pre-apprenticeships-deliver-learn-and-earn-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/coachs-corner-pre-apprenticeships-deliver-learn-and-earn-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach\u2019s Corner: Pre-Apprenticeships deliver learn and earn success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It\u2019s championship season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After building a great roster, staying on track after missed opportunities and close calls, and finishing with clutch performances, my Boston Celtics are hanging another banner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading the NBA standings all season, the Celtics had to earn their place at the top. It took years to go from contender to champion, and it was worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m pleased that we have another group here locally that\u2019s ready to do the start down a championship path this summer at the Genesee Valley Pre-Apprenticeship Bootcamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re launching this year\u2019s bootcamp on July 8 with our largest ever group of participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This summer, over a dozen from Genesee County and surrounding communities will have six-weeks of PAID on-the-job training with companies like US Gypsum, McCabe Electric and Craft Cannery. They gain hands-on experience, a deep understanding of what\u2019s ahead, and start to realize their career goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In just six weeks, participants get started on a multi-year apprenticeship opportunity that will grow with their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to paid work in the field, students get 96 hours of classroom instruction at the Batavia Career & Technical Education Center\u2019s mechatronics lab. This is where we just celebrated 100 graduates in the first 4 years of GV BOCES electro-mechanical trades program<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-apprenticeship instruction features state-of-the-art training equipment, an environment that will bring students along as they gain experience and show their progress. Electrical basics, motor controls, hydraulics, pneumatics, and programmable logic controls are among the topics they will gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a great opportunity to get noticed and get ahead of their peers. After completing the bootcamp, many of our previous graduates have gone on to registered apprenticeship programs with their partnering employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the path we see putting more and more students into \u201cMake a Million in Mechatronics & Metal Trades\u201d. You start early, and quickly build up your professional standing and wages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These careers in electro-mechanical trades are in demand across all industries. With the skills gained in this program, graduates have their pick of opportunities in Genesee County and our region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m excited to get this year\u2019s program underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s always more work to be done. Do you have a graduate that\u2019s not sure what to do after high school, or has a degree that they don\u2019t have a path to use, or uncertain about their professional career?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s where I excel. We recently launched a \u201c7-Steps to a Great Genesee Career\u201d checklist and getting started with a Career Coach is Step 1 whether you\u2019re 14 or 24. Set up a Coaching Session with myself and Dr. Sheila Eigenbrod by emailing me at csuozzi@gcedc.com, calling or texting me at 585-409-1301, or signing up at gcedc.com\/careerchecklist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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– Chris \u201cCoach SwazZ\u201d Suozzi is the Vice President of Business & Workforce Development at the Genesee County Economic Development Center<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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(Provided information and photo) It\u2019s championship season! After building a great roster, staying on track after missed opportunities and close calls, and finishing with clutch performances, my Boston Celtics are hanging another banner. Leading the NBA standings all season, the Celtics had to earn their place at the top. It \u2026<\/p>\n

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