Calvert/St. Mary's Engineering Education Outreach

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Jason Kish

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Greetings tonight.

I work at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant and have become very involved with mentoring young people who are interested in careers in engineering technology. My most recent experience was at the Calvert Career Center during a job fair.

The energy field is wide open for skilled technicians and craftspeople. I am working on forming official educational partnerships between the plant and local centers of learning to actually create new accredited curricula that will prepare our local talent for jobs in the energy industry. I am not recruiting for the plant, but stressing the need for our local educational resources to expand career technology programs to include applicable skills training for the many power plants in our area.

I have discovered that many of our students are unaware of the lucrative jobs available in the power generation field.

I am looking for local educators who share my passion for engineering technology education and skills training who would be willing to collaborate.

This is a voluntary cause on my part. This is part of a collateral function I serve at the power plant as head of our local chapter of Young Professionals.

Thanks,

Jason
 
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Jason Kish

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river rat said:
:bs:That's discriminating against the old folks looking for employment.
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I am not looking to find anyone a job. I am not from HR. I am a nuclear trained technician with a personal mission to help mentor and educate Southern Maryland's young people in the field of engineering technology.

Feel free to visit my company's public website for all your career opportunities!

Thanks and have a good night.

Jason
 
Dougstermd

Dougstermd

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Jason Kish said:
Greetings tonight.

I work at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant and have become very involved with mentoring young people who are interested in careers in engineering technology. My most recent experience was at the Calvert Career Center during a job fair.

The energy field is wide open for skilled technicians and craftspeople. I am working on forming official educational partnerships between the plant and local centers of learning to actually create new accredited curricula that will prepare our local talent for jobs in the energy industry. I am not recruiting for the plant, but stressing the need for our local educational resources to expand career technology programs to include applicable skills training for the many power plants in our area.

I have discovered that many of our students are unaware of the lucrative jobs available in the power generation field.

I am looking for local educators who share my passion for engineering technology education and skills training who would be willing to collaborate.

This is a voluntary cause on my part. This is part of a collateral function I serve at the power plant as head of our local chapter of Young Professionals.

Thanks,

Jason
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Hey great job taking this on. I argued for years that we needed to start an apprenticeship so we could grow our own talent in certain trades on the base. We finally got it and it has been a very good thing. Good luck gettinng collaboration from the public schools. I tried to get some help setting up some academics for my apprentices at CSM and :jameo:
 
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Jason Kish

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Maybe in the future I can pick your brain for some advice. I too have been given the suggestion from plant personnel that the skilled crafts need support as well. We are facing a crisis is skilled tradespeople over the next 10 years at projected demands.

This project is being overseen at the corporate level and it is an initiative of the entire corporation. My end is specifically dealing with the young folks.

Part of me would just want to send them all to the Navy for power plant training, but that's a minimum of a 6 year stay for this type of training.

My idea is to start the curriculum in HS taking advantage of AP programs in Math, Science, and Language Arts, combine the HS academics with a DECA program, incorporate summer internships, roll into CSM for additional academics, continue with work study and summer internships and boom, a fully accredited A.S in Engineering Technology with specific skill sets for power plant employment in whichever path they chose. Then the A.S would be fully transferable into a B.S. in Engineering/Technology. Its a win win situation. They get an accredited degree with real world training and applicable skills. The employer would get an educated applicant with current skills, education, and a marketable resume. Sounds pretty good.
 
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Vinny_DP

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Ccnp

A similar program does exist, at least in St. Marys, with the Votech center. People learn basic trade skills that transfer directly to CSM programs.

At CSM, I believe the corporate level of CCNP would be onboard with that suggestion until they are asked to fund the program, since it would not specifically get commitments from students

Calvert Cliffs has three problems:
- Pax River hires any available talent ,since it provides much better job security. (Remember the CCNP force reduction three/four years ago)

- The security and personal clearances at CCNP are a bigger pain than working for the FBI.

- Word of mouth, from people I know that work at CCNP, is that CCNP is compatible with Pax as far as pay but the work environment at CCNP sucks. The primary complaint is that management is the typically overbearing ex-military style, basically the whole reason people get out of the military.

Ask yourself, why would anyone want to work in an environment such as CCNP and why is it so difficult to find people? Money only goes so far and the training plan you suggest already exists.

Have corporate CCNP improve the work environment and people will be flocking to CCNP, until then good luck.
 
Richard Cranium

Richard Cranium

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Jason Kish said:
Part of me would just want to send them all to the Navy for power plant training, but that's a minimum of a 6 year stay for this type of training.
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I spent time in Charleston. You probably went to Orlando.
 
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Makavide

Not too talkative
New Technology program in

St Mary's School sytem. STEM Acadamy (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) program starts next year for 4th grade and up.
St. Mary’s County Public School System has developed a rigorous and unique program of study emphasizing the core areas of mathematics and science with an infusion of technology and engineering. This STEM program will be offered at three schools: Lexington Park Elementary, Spring Ridge Middle, and Great Mills High School. The proximity of these three schools to the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River and the Technology Corridor make them ideal sites.
 
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Jason Kish

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Thanks for the link.

I made the connection with the program manager.

I loved the GT program when I was in 5th grade. I remember making huge polygons out of individual ones, mine was a rhombicubactehedron. It was fun.

Thanks for the link.
 
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Jason Kish

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Vinny_DP said:
A similar program does exist, at least in St. Marys, with the Votech center. People learn basic trade skills that transfer directly to CSM programs.

At CSM, I believe the corporate level of CCNP would be onboard with that suggestion until they are asked to fund the program, since it would not specifically get commitments from students

Calvert Cliffs has three problems:
- Pax River hires any available talent ,since it provides much better job security. (Remember the CCNP force reduction three/four years ago)

- The security and personal clearances at CCNP are a bigger pain than working for the FBI.

- Word of mouth, from people I know that work at CCNP, is that CCNP is compatible with Pax as far as pay but the work environment at CCNP sucks. The primary complaint is that management is the typically overbearing ex-military style, basically the whole reason people get out of the military.

Ask yourself, why would anyone want to work in an environment such as CCNP and why is it so difficult to find people? Money only goes so far and the training plan you suggest already exists.

Have corporate CCNP improve the work environment and people will be flocking to CCNP, until then good luck.
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I appreciate your position. I am not here to discuss CCNPP.

My sole purpose is reaching young people interested in engineering, science, mathematics, and learning job skills for the future.

I do not personally care where they eventually go to work.
 
Richard Cranium

Richard Cranium

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Ah...instructors were MM1 Kerstetter and MM1 Collins at NNPTC. I went on to be a MT. Rate converted and found myself at Pax. Just riding my time until I get out, will probably get a contractors job here.
 
AK-74me

AK-74me

"Typical White Person"
Vinny_DP said:
- The security and personal clearances at CCNP are a bigger pain than working for the FBI.
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Ha, you obviously haven't seen some of the people who get clearence to work the outages.
 
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Jason CCNPP YPs

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Richard Cranium said:
Ah...instructors were MM1 Kerstetter and MM1 Collins at NNPTC. I went on to be a MT. Rate converted and found myself at Pax. Just riding my time until I get out, will probably get a contractors job here.
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Its still Jason Kish, just a new name.

Yes,I was there with them as a SPU MM2.

Good luck with your career plans.

Look me up at www.nukeworker.com Handle: Jason-YP
Look me up on myspace at Young Professionals in Energy Group
 
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Jason CCNPP YPs

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To area educators:

I represent an enthusiastic group of young engineers, laboratory technicians, skilled craftspeople, operators, and support personnel. The Young Professionals have a long standing tradition of community service, mentoring, and educational outreach.

Please contact me if you are interested in our group assisting with your classes. We have experts in mathematics, sciences, mechanical, electrical, electronics, communications, et al. Many of us participate in the SMART program, as well.

Reach me here or at jason.kish@constellation.com

I can put you in contact with the right people for your subject area.

My educational emphasis is humanities, language arts, and chemistry.

4/25 I will be attending a job fair in Waldorf at North Point High School. I'm the big guy in the blue CEG shirt.

As I learn more about a community I have grown very fond of, keep me informed of the goings on in education at all levels. Hopefully my team can further our commitment.

Jason
 
huntr1

huntr1

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Makavide said:
St Mary's School sytem. STEM Acadamy (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) program starts next year for 4th grade and up.
St. Mary’s County Public School System has developed a rigorous and unique program of study emphasizing the core areas of mathematics and science with an infusion of technology and engineering. This STEM program will be offered at three schools: Lexington Park Elementary, Spring Ridge Middle, and Great Mills High School. The proximity of these three schools to the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River and the Technology Corridor make them ideal sites.
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My son is on the waiting list for the elem. stem program. He was SO excited about it, and I would LOVE for him to get into it from an education perspective. Hopefully enough kids will not go so he can get in.
 
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Jason Kish

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huntr1 said:
My son is on the waiting list for the elem. stem program. He was SO excited about it, and I would LOVE for him to get into it from an education perspective. Hopefully enough kids will not go so he can get in.
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Good luck with that.
 
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