Career Shadowing

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Career Shadowing

• Dennis Brooks
• Machinist
• Napa Auto Parts
• Tyler White

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Questions

• What technology does this career use?
• How much money do they make?
• How many Hours a day do you work?
• Describe the shadow host job?
• What communication, mathematical, technical,
  verbal, clerical and other skills that are
  required for this job

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Questions

• List the educational training required for
  occupation?
• Does the company encourage the employees to
  continue their education?
• Describe opportunities for advancement in this
  career field?
• What are the starting salaries associated with
  this job?
• What classes in high school/college could help
  you prepare for this career?

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Answers

• Many types of different machines and tools.
• Starting out you can make 10.00 and hour.
• Generally 8 hours a day.
• He works on all the parts of an engine.
• You have to take many different measurements you
  also have to know all the names of the parts.

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Answers

• A technical school or engineering college.
• You would have a better pay check, so yes.
• You can become the master machinist and get paid
  more.
• About 30,000 a year.
• Any shop classes and some math courses.

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What I Learned

• I learned how to use a welder.
• I learned how to clean the heads and cylinders.
• I learned how to resurface the heads and
  cylinders.
• I learned how to cut the seats for the cylinders.

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What I liked

• I liked using the welder to fuse the metal
  together
• I liked using all of the different types of
  machinery.
• I thought seeing the inside of an engine and
  learning some of the parts was interesting.

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The results

• This has been an incredible learning experience
  and I'm not sure what I will do once I get out of
  school but I will definitely consider a machinist.