Friday Dec 01, 2023
Episode 01, Season 02 - Ogden, Darling’s, Trades for Maine, Devan P.
Hands-On
Welcome to Hands-On, the podcast of Tri-County Technical Center in Dexter, Maine. Hands-On aims to interview current and former students, instructors, local employers/business owners, and others who can help represent the goals of Tri-County Technical Center and Career Technical Education.
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Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
A promo for the upcoming second season of the Hands-On Podcast. Please welcome two of the hosts: Kaleb Ranquist and Aiden Guerette.
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
On this episode, we interview the 2022-2023 Student of the Year Andrew Doughty. He recently participated in the state of Maine's Skills USA down in Bangor competing as a firefighter. He won the state competition and is now going to the national competition being held in Atlanta in June. Currently Andrew is enrolled in the EMT program; he took firefighting however his first year at TCTC. Hope you all enjoy this episode of Hands-On.
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Being a student at Tri-County Tech comes with many opportunities post-secondary education. However, this student Cayden Brown is a second-year student in the Commercial Truck Driving program, and he works at St. Albans Custom Homes and Excavation as a dump truck driver locally. He was given the chance to start work after his first year in the program. Now, instead of going to CTD class, he just has to go to work! We also get the chance to interview Paul Lachance, owner of St. Albans Custom Homes and Excavation about why he started up this company, and also why TCTC is important for these students. There are many more opportunities like this in other programs. We hope that you enjoy this episode of Hands-On!
Link to CTD Website Page: http://tricounty.mainecte.org/program/commercial-truck-driving/
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
This episode of Hands-On contains interviews with instructor Scott Wilhite and student Cadence Bachelder. They discuss interesting topics about the program that you may find cool! This is also the first episode to have a news segment about different stories going around TCTC. Hope you all have fun listening to this episode!
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Formerly called, "Tech Foundations" it is now named Energy Systems Technology (EST). We talk with the first year instructor Nick Mullins who has some very important topics to discuss about his class. We also get a chance to converse with Zaiden Williams, a student in EST about what his opinions are on the program. To go along with that, we interview different students around TCTC and ask them what they have done today. EST is a STEM based program about how to use and fix different energy sources such as: lights, wind, solar, HVAC, and more. It is also one of the only programs who offers the class to sophomores. Want to know more about this program? You may find out in this episode!
Link to EST Webpage: http://tricounty.mainecte.org/program/est/
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
On this episode of Hands-On, we interview one of the newer instructors here at TCTC: Jason Partridge, who actually took the Metals program when he was a student. Some of the biggest topics in this particular field are: safety, welding, machining, and more. We also spoke with student Nate Schobel, who has now graduated from TCTC. He talks about what he likes about the program and why he decided to sign up for Metals. Want to know more about this class? You may find out in this episode!
Link to the Metals Manufacturing Program website: http://tricounty.mainecte.org/program/metals-manufacturing/
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
On this episode, we interview new Building Trades instructor Jay Philbrick, as well as last year's student Andrew Hayden. Have you ever thought of being a carpenter or a construction worker? Building Trades teaches you the skills necessary toward becoming a specialist in either career. Are you considering taking this program? Listen to this episode for more information!
CTE education at Tri-County Technical Center
Phone: (207) 924-7670
Website: http://tricounty.mainecte.org/
Career Technical Education (CTE) provides students of all ages with the academic and technical skills, knowledge and training necessary to succeed in future careers and to become lifelong learners. In total, about 12 million high school and college students are enrolled in CTE across the nation. CTE prepares these learners for the world of work by introducing them to workplace competencies, and makes academic content accessible to students by providing it in a hands-on context. In fact, the high school graduation rate for CTE concentrators is about 90 percent – 15 percentage points higher than the national average.