Tech Manager
by: Mark Kiker
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his time around I want to focus on education at the Community College level and how many offer CAD training that could lead to a career in Engineering, Architecture, Manufacturing or more. I contacted Robert Garza, who is an adjunct faculty member at a community college where he teaches CAD. Robert and I both work for SIATech. SIATech exclusively serves high school students that did not get a high school diploma. As a Charter School, it is a tuition-free public high school that gives students a chance to earn a standard high school diploma. I wanted to get his perspective on CAD training at the Community College level.
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Mark: Tell me about yourself: Like many, you have a “day job” and you also serve students at other times. What is your day job? And the additional work, is that at a college/trade school? Robert: For my day job I help students learn math at a SIATech school within the San Diego Job Corps center. [Job Corps is a program administered by the United States Department of Labor that offers free education and vocational training to young men and women ages 16 to 24.] The college courses that I have taught are in the evenings at a local a community college
AUGIWORLD Magazine | November 2021 augi.com
