By: Eliomar Santiago Rodriguez, Senior Pupil at Antonio Luchetti Vocational Excessive College in Arecibo, Puerto Rico
I’m a twelfth grade pupil of the Electrical energy with the Programmer Logical Controller (PLC) and Renewable Vitality workshop on the Antonio Luchetti Vocational Excessive College in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
My schooling has positively ready me to pursue a profitable profession. By way of the three years that I’ve been finding out electrical energy on the Antonio Luchetti Vocational Excessive College, I’ve been in a position to purchase data with lecturers and college of excessive caliber, which have ready and enabled me to have a profitable profession. Past offering me high quality schooling, the lecturers have been an important assist as properly. For instance, a instructor of mine typically interprets educational materials from English to Spanish in order that when college students obtain the fabric, it’s simpler for us to grasp it.
I selected the PLC and Renewable Vitality workshop primarily as a result of there are electricians in my household, together with my father and grandfather. After I visited the workshop on the open home, I actually favored the work space and that motivated me to change into a part of the crew.
Being admitted to the vocational college for me represented an important new stage in my life. Entering into the varsity positively helped me outline and fine-tune my vocational and work pursuits in electrical energy and electrical engineering.
After commencement, I plan to take the certification take a look at to change into an authorized and licensed electrician. After this, my aim is to finish my undergraduate research in Electrical Engineering on the College of Puerto Rico, Arecibo Campus with an articulated switch to the College of Mayagüez (UPRM/RUM/Colegio de Mayagüez), the place I used to be just lately admitted.
I imagine it’s of the utmost significance that college students have entry to Profession and Technical Training (CTE) packages in order that they go away college as professionals. These packages present college students with useful experiences, whether or not by pupil organizations, orientations, establishments we are able to go to, alternatives to reveal ourselves to the sphere of labor, amongst many extra. I additionally imagine that having data of various languages is necessary for college kids to depart college as professionals. As a way to do that, additional emphasis must be positioned on the significance of figuring out totally different languages. That’s, inside and out of doors the classroom, lecturers ought to inform college students in regards to the alternatives that may include being proficient in a number of languages.
To any pupil who’s contemplating taking any type of technical or vocational course, I might say that it’s a large software to coach effectively and shortly. I can say from my very own expertise that I’ve been in a position to have many alternatives inside and out of doors college which have ready me to enter the workforce. From theoretical exams, sensible labs, and even competitions on the regional, state, and nationwide ranges, there are analysis devices that assure college students a hands-on observe that’s primarily based on what we’ll discover within the real-world work setting.
As well as, I’ve had the chance to achieve hands-on observe by varied competitions. As of proper now, I’m representing Puerto Rico in competitions by my involvement with SkillsUSA. I’m additionally a member of the coed group Future Farmers of America (FFA). These are two totally different Profession and Technical Training Pupil Organizations (CTSO) that I’m proud to be concerned in.
This 12 months is my second 12 months competing within the Electrical Building Wire competitors., The SkillsUSA state competitions had been held in February, the place I received 1st place on the state degree. Quickly, I travelled to Atlanta, Georgia to characterize Puerto Rico within the nationwide competitions with the nationwide delegation of Puerto Rico. One other noteworthy expertise was my participation within the high-voltage tv program. This was a tv program produced by Counterpart Productions and broadcasted by the television/radio station of WIPR. On this program, challenges created by licensed electrical specialists had been carried out through which the taking part college students needed to display their abilities in several duties that we generally see when working. On this mission I had the pleasure of assembly the present president of the faculty {of electrical} specialists Frances Berríos, the president of continuous schooling Gilberto Agosto, and the secretary of the varsity Justiniano García. These three had been the jury of this system the place my college, Antonio Luchetti Vocational Excessive College took first place.
I’ve a really particular thanks to all of the individuals who have accompanied me by the examine course of. Particularly to my electrical energy instructor Imel Adorno, my mother and father, mates, lecturers, and all of the employees who’ve accompanied me by all these necessary moments in my life. With out the assist I obtained from all of them, the story wouldn’t be the identical. I’m eternally grateful to them for being with me by good and dangerous occasions, for giving me a guiding nudge, and for motivating me to do my greatest.
Puerto Rico is filled with alternatives; we could also be small on land however massive on coronary heart.
Eliomar Santiago Rodriguez is a graduating pupil at Antonio Luchetti Vocational Excessive College in Arecibo, Puerto Rico the place he studied Electrical energy. He participated on SkillsUSA competitions and is a member of Future Farmers of America (FFA) and two totally different Profession and Technical Training Pupil Organizations (CTSO). He was just lately admitted to the Electrical Engineering program on the College of Puerto Rico.
If you want to be taught extra about career-connected pathways, please go to: https://cte.ed.gov/ and https://cte.ed.gov/unlocking-career-success/residence
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