TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. —
The Oklahoma Metropolis Air Logistics Complicated neighborhood outreach and engagement group not too long ago visited all three public excessive colleges in Edmond, Oklahoma, to ship shows on profession alternatives within the aerospace business.
The outreach group addressed almost 2,000 college students relating to profession paths in preparation for the Edmond Public Faculty’s launch of aerospace packages of their excessive colleges subsequent 12 months.
The shows included data from the OC-ALC’s Expertise Acquisition and Placement workplace, the Air Power Sustainment Heart’s STEM Outreach Program and a panel of consultants to reply scholar questions on Air Power recruiting and internship packages.
In line with the State of Oklahoma’s web site, with greater than 206,000 jobs and a complete of $44 billion in annual statewide financial exercise, the aerospace and protection business is the second largest and quickest rising business in Oklahoma.
Keely Gilpin, Edmond Public Faculty’s School and Profession specialist, mentioned the panel shows served to tell and encourage Edmond’s college students to pursue a profession on this promising subject.
“The scholars gained useful insights into varied facets of the aerospace business together with technical improvements, profession pathways and the significance of STEM schooling,” Gilpin mentioned. “This collaboration goals to improve motivation, increase profession horizons and deepen the understanding of how their tutorial research relate to real-world functions.”
Because the state’s largest single-site employer, the OC-ALC represents a myriad of alternatives for college students to pursue an aerospace-related profession, based on Abbey Charlow with the OC-ALC’s neighborhood outreach and engagement group.
“The OC-ALC has many distinctive profession alternatives and advantages to supply,” Charlow mentioned. “It’s crucial for highschool college students to have entry to this essential data on the time they’re making life-changing profession and postsecondary schooling choices. In every presentation, present [OC-ALC] staff had the chance to share their story and instruct college students on following of their footsteps.”
The shows drew notable visitor audio system equivalent to Col. Jeffrey Anderson, OC-ALC deputy commander, and Edmond’s Mayor Darrell Davis, who retired from Tinker Air Power Base as a civil servant. Each Anderson and Davis used the chance to share their profession paths with the scholars and inspired them to comply with of their footsteps.
Some optimistic suggestions Gilpin has obtained following the shows is a broader data of potential profession paths, a newfound curiosity in aviation, and elevated consciousness of alternatives accessible to native college students.
“Workers members have acknowledged that the shows elevated their curiosity and broadened their views on pathways in aviation and alternatives at Tinker,” Gilpin mentioned.
To be taught extra about profession alternatives at Tinker AFB and the OC-ALC, go to https://www.tinker.af.mil/Jobs/, or contact the OC-ALC Expertise Acquisition and Placement group at OCALC.Jobs@us.af.mil for data on neighborhood outreach alternatives.
