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ob growth in the aviation industry is expected to be strong over the next several years, with more than 600 jobs opening annually across all aviation occupations in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
To help students interested in this field, CETI has published the latest occupational outlook and career path information in the 2017 Aviation Technology Career brochure.
Students thinking about a career in aviation can quickly read about the variety of programs available, qualifications for employment and education required to become a pilot, air traffic controller, aircraft technician, and more.
Contact information for colleges in the Los Angeles and Orange County regions is also included. Download the brochure here.
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San Bernardino Airport employees work toward FAA airframe and power plant certification at nearby campus.
Leaders at San Bernardino Valley College (SBVC) listened to feedback from employers asking for classes to be offered during the evening to accommodate students who work during the day.
The newly-launched evening aeronautics program will prepare students currently working as mechanics helpers to receive FAA A&P certification in two and a half years. Twenty students are currently enrolled in the lecture class and 18 students are enrolled in the lab. Read More →
LA Metro interns express thanks at graduation ceremony.
For the past 20 years the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has provided summer internship opportunities to 11th and 12th grade high school students who are transit dependent, reside in Los Angeles County, live close to a Metro Rail station and whose schools are located near existing or future Metro Rail lines.The Transportation Career Academy Program (TCAP) offers high school students an opportunity to learn about careers in transportation and enables students to apply classroom theories and concepts to “real-world” work situations at the nation’s third busiest public transportation agency. Read More →
HVAC was the subject of 13 internships completed by College of the Desert (COD) students throughout the last academic year.
COD partnered with the JW Marriott in Palm Desert, the Coachella Valley Water District, and Carl’s Jr./CLK to place interns from its Air Conditioning/HVAC program.
The majority of the internships were in facilities maintenance, HVAC installation and repair, environmental controls technology, and solar energy. One of the interns had the opportunity to work in architecture/green building. Right Away AC and Hot Purple Energy hosted residential HVAC and solar monitoring interns, respectively. Read More →
Watch this video for an inside peek at the 2017 DGDG Career Night.
The Del Grande Dealer Group (DGDG) is one of the largest car dealers in the Bay Area, with 15 dealerships across the region. The company has enjoyed a strong relationship with the Bay Area’s ATRE program dating back to 2014 when they worked with Pam Gutman, Bay Area CETI Deputy Sector Navigator on an Energy Efficiency project. When that project ended, Gutman saw a prime opportunity to build upon this relationship, and introduced the idea of automotive internships with Evergreen Valley College (EVC). Read More →
Two Drone Workshop Events Already Hosted
Grossmont College received its drones from the ATRE statewide sector earlier this summer and has wasted no time putting them to use in an effort to recruit high school students to its programs.
The college has already hosted two events that brought students from local high schools to campus to see the drones in action and learn more about how they work. Faculty held a mini workshop and students had the opportunity to see the flight controller and software kit behind it.
Easy to Buy but Tough to Operate Legally
It’s easier than ever to buy a drone these days, but perhaps tougher than ever to legally operate one. Donations from the Advanced Transportation and Renewable Energy Sector are helping one local instructor change that with a new class at San Diego Miramar College.
Max Moore, Assistant Professor of Aviation Operations at Miramar, received various DJI drones and cameras from ATRE to use as part of a new course set to launch next fall. The course will focus on how to legally operate drones in the San Diego area — something that sounds easy but is not necessarily so, Moore says.
Using Cutting-Edge Technology to Take Farming to the Next Level
Farming and drones might not sound like two things that would ever go together, but a program at West Hills College Coalinga (WHC) is preparing students to use this cutting-edge technology to take farming to the next level.
Through funding from the Advanced Transportation and Renewable Energy Sector (ATRE), WHC received Phantom 2 and Phantom 4 drones for its Precision Agriculture program, which also includes instruction in GIS software, automated tractor systems, and other technologies that are being used to change the way farming is done across California.
Terry Brase, an instructor in the Precision Agriculture program, supervised a group of students using Phantom 2 drones to fly over a pistachio orchard. The students guided the drones over the orchard and then loaded the images into Maps Made Easy software to view.
Drones for “Non-Hobby” Use Require an FAA Remote Pilot License
The FAA requires that all persons flying a drone for “non-hobby” use obtain an FAA remote pilot license (known as a Part 107 license) by taking a 60-question written test. Since teaching is considered a “non-hobby” use, any faculty member who will instruct students to fly a drone must obtain an FAA license by passing the FAA exam.
To help prepare community college instructors for this exam, Gerald Bernstein, ATRE Assistant DSN in the Bay Area, has created a two-day Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Test Prep course. Bernstein is a private pilot and Aeronautical Engineer by training, and utilized his experience in these areas, as well as his success passing the FAA exam, to create the course content.
So far, it the course has been given to approximately 35 Bay Area faculty from diverse programs and of the four who have gone on to take the FAA exam, all have passed.
For more information about the sUAS Test Prep course, contact Pamela Gutman, ATRE DSN in the Bay Area at ce_pgutman@ccsf.edu.
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