Students Offered Internships by Waupaca铸造 During COVID-19
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Mike Hubert and Adam Clark as they work on a project at Waupaca铸造's Plant 5.
For Adam Clark, an undergraduate at Owensboro 社区 Technical College, this was detrimental. As a student of the GO FAME (Greater Owensboro Chapter of KY FAME) program — a hybrid program with classroom instruction and onsite work experience at the manufacturing facility of a sponsoring company — Clark’s two degrees in industrial maintenance and electrical technology hindered on obtaining and completing an internship during the school year.
Instead of starting the 2020 fall semester with an internship, 虽然, Clark was left waiting by the phone.
“通常, most of the GO FAME students get their phone calls late August all the way to September克拉克说。. “We went to school for almost three months with no phone call. No one was wanting interns with COVID because they were trying to stay within their restrictions. That was three months of school with no work. And then we finally get a phone call from Waupaca saying, ‘Hey, give us all of them.’”
Waupaca铸造 had just joined the alliance during the fall of 2020 and was unable to interview students to see if they were a good match. 然而, after learning that many students were left unsponsored, Waupaca铸造 decided to take on all students to be a part of its 机械保养计划.
的 机械保养计划 在可靠的彩票平台网址大全帮忙 mentor students in the industrial maintenance field to bring their technical abilities in maintenance and engineering up to a skill level that can help in job preparedness after graduation 也。 as help the industry to have better employees and fill the gap where there is a shortage of qualified technicians.
“I was just thankful that Waupaca铸造 was still taking on interns so we could continue on with their education. It was challenging sometimes with COVID. But the kids rose above it, and they did a great job,” says Mike Hubert, a mechanical technician of Waupaca铸造’s 灰铸铁和球墨铸铁厂 in Tell City, Indiana, and mentor of the 机械保养计划.
Clark describes the partnership between GO FAME and Waupaca铸造 as a blueprint.
“It makes learning a lot easier because you get your understanding at school, 然后你走了, 在工作中得到强化. It's honestly awesome克拉克说。. “的 whole GO FAME internship, it really helps a student understand, especially me. It helps me see the stuff they’re teaching me in class. If I'm struggling with something at school, 我第二天来上班, 我们正在努力解决这个问题.”
“We can only teach so much in our classrooms, and only so much in our libraries. This gives them an opportunity to experience manufacturing in the real-world environment too, 也。, 特别是在工作中,肖恩·佩恩说, department head of advanced manufacturing and skilled trades at Owensboro 社区 Technical College.
“We’ve seen a lot of growth, especially with Waupaca,” Payne says. “Some of these students have really become fully invested with Waupaca; Some of the students have already taken full-time jobs with Waupaca.”
Since joining the GO FAME program as a sponsoring company, Waupaca铸造 has added a second cohort to its 机械保养计划 适应不断增长的需求.
“We have some really good students here, 还有未来的员工,凯伦·斯奈德说, Waupaca铸造 Tell City recruiting & 招聘经理. “Gaining that experience already, and that work knowledge will help tremendously. 的y'll to be able to jump in and do anything because they've already been exposed to it all.”
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Mike Hubert and Adam Clark work on a project together at Plant 5.
“的re's always something to do, something to learn, all the guys here are awesome. 的y're willing to teach you if you're confused. Honestly, you couldn’t ask for a better environment克拉克说。. “Closer to graduation, it will now be extremely easy to find full time out there.”
Work-sponsorship programs at Waupaca铸造 provide valuable work experience and an insight into the variety of careers in the metalcasting industry. Students interested are encouraged to reach out for more information.
