By: Eliomar Santiago Rodriguez, Senior Scholar 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 undoubtedly ready me to pursue a profitable profession. By the three years that I’ve been finding out electrical energy on the Antonio Luchetti Vocational Excessive College, I’ve been capable of 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 amazing help as properly. For instance, a instructor of mine usually interprets educational materials from English to Spanish in order that when college students obtain the fabric, it’s simpler for us to know 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. Once I visited the workshop on the open home, I actually preferred the work space and that motivated me to change into a part of the staff.
Being admitted to the vocational faculty for me represented a vital new stage in my life. Moving into the college undoubtedly 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 lately admitted.
I consider it’s of the utmost significance that college students have entry to Profession and Technical Schooling (CTE) packages in order that they go away faculty as professionals. These packages present college students with priceless experiences, whether or not by way of pupil organizations, orientations, establishments we are able to go to, alternatives to reveal ourselves to the sphere of labor, amongst many extra. I additionally consider that having data of various languages is essential for college students to depart faculty as professionals. With the intention to do that, additional emphasis must be positioned on the significance of understanding totally different languages. That’s, inside and outdoors 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 form of technical or vocational course, I’d say that it’s a super software to coach effectively and shortly. I can say from my very own expertise that I’ve been capable of have many alternatives inside and outdoors faculty 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 follow that’s primarily based on what we are going to discover within the real-world work setting.
As well as, I’ve had the chance to realize hands-on follow by way of numerous competitions. As of proper now, I’m representing Puerto Rico in competitions by way of 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 Schooling Scholar Organizations (CTSO) that I’m proud to be concerned in.
This yr is my second yr 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 symbolize 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 way of the television/radio station of WIPR. On this program, challenges created by licensed electrical consultants had been carried out wherein the collaborating college students needed to show their abilities in numerous duties that we generally see when working. On this undertaking I had the pleasure of assembly the present president of the faculty {of electrical} consultants Frances Berríos, the president of continuous schooling Gilberto Agosto, and the secretary of the college Justiniano García. These three had been the jury of this system the place my faculty, Antonio Luchetti Vocational Excessive College took first place.
I’ve a really particular thanks to all of the individuals who have accompanied me by way of the examine course of. Particularly to my electrical energy instructor Imel Adorno, my dad and mom, pals, lecturers, and all of the employees who’ve accompanied me by way of all these essential moments in my life. With out the help I obtained from all of them, the story wouldn’t be the identical. I’m eternally grateful to them for being with me by way of good and unhealthy 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 huge 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 Schooling Scholar Organizations (CTSO). He was lately admitted to the Electrical Engineering program on the College of Puerto Rico.
If you want to study extra about career-connected pathways, please go to: https://cte.ed.gov/ and https://cte.ed.gov/unlocking-career-success/house
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