Get Your Career in Gear: Shifting Toward Success Red Team
The Four Gears Ambition Attitude Aptitude Ability
Jason, Teledyne Employee : “My superiors hand me the kind of part they want and I try to make it for them. Machine Tool Technology, Industrial Maintenance, Aerospace Technology, & Welding
Joel Belew, Maintenance Manager, “We’re very proud of what we have here.”
Machine Tool Technology, Industrial Maintenance, & Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Mike Heath, Owner: “With out our capabilities to manufacture something, we would probably be speaking German.� Machine Tool Technology, Industrial Maintenance, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, & Welding
Mike Heath
David: “Personality before experience” Brex: “Part time employment builds good work ethics.”
Brex
Dacia
David
“We want a can do attitude.�
Amy Freidenberger: Human Resources
Mike Lee: VP & GM
Machine Tool Technology, Industrial Maintenance, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, & Welding
Toyota “It’s thinking deeply at Toyota, whether it’s making coffee or building engines” “Kaizen: Continuous Improvement” Machine Tool Technology, Industrial Maintenance, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, & Process Technology
Jim Bolte
Welding Calvin Washington: “Our students work!”
“I’m the Rambo of Welding”
Process Technology “Students have to want to keep learning when they go into careers.� Jim Forthman
Machine Tool Technology Justin Sloan, Student: “Find what you want to do and go after it.�
Mike Blizzard
Machine Tool Technology Charlie & Dan, Students working on their second careers, “Find your passion. I thought mine was girls and cars, but then I found out what it was like to work with my hands. I wish I knew what was out there earlier.�
Automation/Robotics/Electrical Technology/ Industrial Maintenance “For every one job a robot takes, it creates three more.�
Mark Rose
Robotics Katie Eubanks: “If the teachers take the things they learn in this camp back to their students, then numerous doors are opened to the students.�
Dr. Sue Mitchell
Aerospace Technology
“If I put students in a lab and they don’t cuss me three times then they aren’t dedicated enough.”
Dennis Holmes
Aerospace Technology John Dillard, Student: “Calhoun has more hands-on experiences, whereas engineers do more theory learning.�
Design Drafting Technology
“I worked in industry for many years, and realized I enjoyed teaching so I started doing what I love.�
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration “Air conditioning… we’ve got everybody hooked… it’s like a drug.” Danny Wallace
John Holley
Administrative Quotes Ann Coleman: “Get the word out.” Dr. Yarbrough: “The ivory tower of education & the steel tower of industry have finally come together.” George Hill: “Opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
“AHA” Moments
Amanda Wilson: “I was amazed at how a two year degree in a technical field paid off.” Tammy Robbins: “I had no idea how many good jobs there are in the industrial world. It’s my responsibility to make sure my students know it too.” Hollie Miller: “How as a licensed cosmetologist that I would have the opportunity to work at Teledyne Brown.” Linda Conwill: “The importance of attitude and teamwork rather than education or skill training.” Rory Carpenter: “The realization of industries wellness programs being enforced and not voluntary.”
Mary Frances Willbanks: She is now majoring in Human Resource Management. She went to Calhoun College in Communication and Public Relationships for her main courses. She had an enjoyable experience while here.
Robot Dance