Arcata High School student Claire Monge expressed an interest in careers in construction at the beginning of the year and our Regional Trades Education Liaison, Jack Sheppard made sure Claire was introduced to the right people to get her a step closer to making her dream a reality. Claire had the opportunity to spend a day shadowing various departments at Pacific Builders in Arcata. She started the day with a lesson in Project Management with their in-house Project Manager, Amber. Claire then went on a ride-along with the Project Supervisor, Pedro and they visited the various Pacific Builder projects...

Eureka High School Metal Shop students had the unique opportunity to learn about careers in Metal Fabrication with a special tour through O&M Industries in Arcata. Two groups of students got to see the process of how a metal square gets manufactured into something useful. The tour consisted of a full demonstration of a project going through development and planning, through to engineering, then to the shop where the metal was cut out on a CNC Plasma Cutter, formed, and welded on the assembly line. O&M always provides phenomenal tours and hands on learning for the students. Thank you...

Matt Bray with Evans Mechanical is at it again and this time he spent a full day at Fortuna High School, presenting to students from both East High School and Fortuna High School. Matt took students through what careers in HVAC look like and gave a lesson on how heating systems work. Matt also brought a house furnace and took it apart for the students to observe the inner workings and how the furnace operates. Thank you again for Matt Bray for taking time out your busy schedule to come and present with the Trades...

The Arcata High School Metal Shop class was treated to a personal visit from California Heating and learned all about careers in HVAC, our focus of the month. Students got to see how the they skills learn while working with sheet metal can lead to an rewarding career. Special thanks to the team California Heating for taking the time to come out to Arcata High School and FIRE UP the Metal Shop...