Virtual simulations are used to represent jobs such as commerical truck driving. This feature allows users to test their skills and consider new career paths.
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Students are able to see their strengths at work in the hands-on environment of the mobile workshop. Here, two students experiment with robotics technology.
Bridging Skills Gaps with Cherokee Youth Michael Mullet, Ball Ground Resident
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“Skilled professions—what we used to call skilled trades—are important, valuable, and often critical jobs. That’s the most important message I want students, parents, and everyone to understand,” says Misti Martin, president of the Cherokee Office of Economic Development (COED). “Skilled professionals keep our businesses, schools, hospitals, and workplaces running. Really, these professionals keep our communities functioning.” She and others are addressing the myth that skilled professions are merely jobs for people without college degrees. Not so, she says. Recent events bear her out.