Duke Technical Career Day

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GOAL Collaboration ...

• Duke Energy 1) Increase visibility
• 2) Enlarge potential
• employee pool
• Tri-County Tech Increase enrollment
• High Schools Obtain college/career info
  for students

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Duke Technical Career Day

• Tour
• Career Overview
• Contest

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Duke Energy

• Funding
• Team supplies
• Materials for IET dept. demos
• Materials for other activities
• Prizes
• Follow-up
• Judges

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TCTC Job Placement/Co-op Office

• Wrote proposal
• Planned and coordinated all aspects of Duke
  Technical Career Day

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Industrial Engineering Technology Division

• Chair - assigned faculty roles
• Departments - tours and demos
• Faculty
• Contest rules
• Co-host for each team

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School-to-Work Coordinators

• Liaison for his/her school
• Organized team advisor(s)
• Prepared list of team member info
• Arranged transportation for team
• Brought team to event

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Other TCTC Divisions

• Student Services
• Co-host for each team
• Marketing
• Tour schedule
• Publicity - pizza
• PACE
• Career Handout

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Bob Medlin, Maintenance Supervisor Oconee Nuclear
Station
Mr. Medlin explains the importance of Tri-County
to Duke Energy and what types of employees Duke
will be hiring in the near future.
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Inventions

• Self-Contained Plant Care System
• Automatic Pencil Sharpener
• Robot to Pick Up Nails
• Pneumatic Can Crusher

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Members of the Crescent High School team make
last minute adjustments to their Automatic Plant
Waterer
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Metal in Motion
A member of Hamilton Career Centers Metal in
Motion uses a remote to guide their Magna Sweep,
a magnetized robot built to help contractors and
construction workers.
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Matt Burns demonstrates the Pneumatic Can
Crusher developed by Pendleton High School, as
April Burrell prepares to give the judges the
marketing material for their product.
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Damarka Aiken (center), now a first year
Electronics Engineering Technology student at
Tri-County helps troubleshoot Hanna-Westsides
Automatic Pencil Sharpener.
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And the winners are...
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Technodogs, Inc.
Pendleton High School
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Duke Power Sponsors Contest that emphasizes
Teamwork
Area High Schools Compete in Technological
Career Day
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Technodogs take 1st place at Tri-County Technical
College
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Outcomes

• 49 Juniors Seniors participated
• Mean rating of good
• Great publicity for Duke TCTC
• 38 of seniors at TCTC Fall 2001