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 business owners, and others who can help represent the goals of Tri-County Technical Center and Career and Technical Education.
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 business owners, and others who can help represent the goals of Tri-County Technical Center and Career and Technical Education.
Episodes
Episodes


Mar 1, 2024
Episode 06, Season 02 - Criminal Justice
Mar 1, 2024
Mar 1, 2024
20 min
In this episode of Hands-On, host Aiden Guerette chats with Mariyah Castigliego, a current student of the Criminal Justice program, about her experiences in the program.
Afterwards, a short intermission from host Kaleb Ranquist and US Army Staff Sergeant, Ryan Whitley about benefits enlisting in the army can do for students.
Kaleb then talks with Criminal Justice instructor, Colonel Steve Spaulding, about his experiences as a Maine State Trooper, and what students are expected to do in the program.
Mar 1, 2024
20 min



Feb 9, 2024
Episode 05, Season 02 - Culinary Arts
Feb 9, 2024
Feb 9, 2024
21 min
In this episode, host Kaleb Ranquist has a chat with Culinary Arts student, Alex Mullins, about her experience in the program, and her plans for the future.
Afterward, Kaleb talks to Culinary Arts instructor, Chef Chris Whitman, about what students are currently up to in the program, as well as the benefits of taking the program.
Kaleb then chats with Educational Technician, Elizabeth Mullins, who helps students in the class along with Chef Whitman.
Feb 9, 2024
21 min


Jan 26, 2024
Episode 04, Season 02 - EMT & Firefighting
Jan 26, 2024
Jan 26, 2024
24 min
In this episode of Hands-On, host Kaleb Ranquist talks with Diane Charrier about her experience in the EMT program, as well as her experience as a former Firefighting student.
Afterward, host Aiden Guerette talks to the instructor for EMT and Firefighting: Mr. Bill Wentworth about what students do in class, and what to expect out of the programs.
Jan 26, 2024
24 min


Jan 5, 2024
Jan 5, 2024
28 min
In this episode, host Shane Craig talks with former Commercial Truck Driving student, Dean Demmer, about his experience at Tri-County Technical Center, and his current career.
Afterward, host Kaleb Ranquist talks with one of the two Commercial Truck Driving instructors, Thomas Baer, about what students do in the program.
Jan 5, 2024
28 min


Dec 22, 2023
Dec 22, 2023
19 min
In this episode, host Shane Craig visits the Early Childhood Education program and talks to instructor Allyson Gudroe and one of her students: Baylynn Grant.
Shane then talks to student Hunter Kelly and instructor Nick Mullins of the Energy Systems Technology program to discuss their new solar thermal collector (a solar panel that heats air on its own!).
Dec 22, 2023
19 min



Dec 1, 2023
Dec 1, 2023
21 min
Welcome to Season 2 of Hands-On, the podcast of Tri-County Technical Center. This episode features Mark Ogden of Ogden Mechanical, who stopped by TCTC recently to talk to students. Find Mr. Ogden here: www.facebook.com/ogdenhvac/
We also have segments with Kim Cotta of Darling's of Bangor. They've just recently created a new location in Newport and stopped in to donate a car to TCTC! How nice is that? Darling's can be found here: www.darlings.com
Lastly, we have a short audio segment from a recent Trades for Maine, and then a student interview with Devan Pelkey of our CISS program. It's a great start to a new season! Happy listening!
Dec 1, 2023
21 min



Nov 20, 2023
Hands-On Season 2 Promo
Nov 20, 2023
Nov 20, 2023
38 sec
A promo for the upcoming second season of the Hands-On Podcast. Please welcome two of the hosts: Kaleb Ranquist and Aiden Guerette.
Nov 20, 2023
38 sec



May 11, 2023
Episode 10: Meet Andrew Doughty
May 11, 2023
May 11, 2023
16 min
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.
May 11, 2023
16 min

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.





