Trade Segment Featured
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Participants
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Aircraft Maintenance Engineering |
Okanagan College Student Ken Jenkens and Instructor Dale Keegstra.
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Automotive Collision Repair Trades |
Okanagan College alumni and Prestige Collision owners Todd and Mark Regier.
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Carpentry Trades |
Okanagan College 4th year apprentices Kurt Droettboom and Scott Yelland as well as Alf Leimert department chair person/instructor.
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Culinary Arts |
Okanagan College student Mark Durosa and Chef Instructor Perry Bentley.
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RV Service Technician |
Okanagan College alumni Derek Pearson and Adam Closter working at Westgate RV with owner/service manager Art Pike.
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Welding Trades
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Henry Murphy the Production Supervisor at Northside Industries and Okanagan College instructor David Dutcher.
The Trades BC series also produced an interesting segment featuring Bruce Miller, a deaf student in the Metal and Steel Fabrication program. Watch the segment to find out how Bruce has found ways to communicate effectively while honing his craft.
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| Heavy Duty/Commercial Transport Mechanic |
Okanagan College Alumni Johnny Wall Commercial Transport Mechanic at Cookson Motors, 4th year apprentices Matt Stephenson and James Harboe and Terry Lockhart Okanagan College Heavy Duty Mechanic Instructor .
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| Electrician |
Okanagan College Apprentices Deb Surine (3rd Level) and Chris Bibby (4th Level) including Jim Gamble Chair of the Electro Mechanical Building Trades Department at Okanagan College.
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A new strategic partnership between Shaw TV and Okanagan College will profile different trades and educational opportunities that exist in the region. This year long series will air on Shaw TV and be promoted on cable channels as well. Those channels include A&E, CNN, CNN Headline News, Speed, Spike, TBS & TLC.