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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.

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