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Activities Planned

[Please note that all of these activities are hands-on. These are not things you just watch being done—you will be doing them yourself. Come prepared to try something new and maybe get a little dirty.]

  • Build a flag pole base, do a concrete slump test & more—Batzer, Inc
  • Use a measuring tape correctly—Bureau of Labor & Industries
  • Spread mortar, lay brick, & set tile—Bricklayers Training & Apprenticeship
  • Build a toolbox with a logo machined into the wood—Carpenters Training & Apprenticeship and03/03/200603/03/2006p; more—Cement Masons Training & Apprenticeship
  • Ride up in a bucket—Charter Communications
  • Bend electrical conduit,  read voltage meter & more—Electrical Training & Apprenticeship
  • Climb a tall ladder to change a bulb—Inside Electricians & Rogue Valley Trades
  • Drive a forklift—RCC Workforce Training
  • Set your own mosaic tile—Habitat for Humanity
  • Lift properly without hurting yourself—Hamilton Construction
  • Use a laser level—Homebuilders of Jackson Co.
  • Fire up an oil burner with a keystroke—Rogue Valley HVAC
  • Paint something—Job Corps
  • Crawl around on excavating and paving equipment & more—LTM, Inc
  • Lift fingerprints from surfaces—Medford Police Dept
  • Climb 20’ up a utility pole on belay—NW Line Training & Apprenticeship
  • Square up a wall using 3-4-5—Oregon Building Congress
  • Up close & personal with a traffic signal—Oregon Department of Transportation
  • Learn how to use protective equipment properly—Operating Engineers Training
  • Solder pipe and watch sprinklers put out a big fire & more—Plumbers & Steamfitters
  • Cut, solder and connect pipe & more—Plumbing & Limited Energy Apprenticeship
  • See first hand what those surveyors are looking at through that instrument—Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon
  • Climb a utility pole, splice cable, install phone jacks, go up in a boom truck, & more—Qwest Communications
  • Practice math as it is used on the job & more—RCC ABE/GED & Math Program
  • Use computers as an automotive tool & more—RCC Automotive Program
    • 03/03/2006amp; take the game home on a CD—RCC Computer Program
  • How fast can you sink a nail? Level using several kinds of techniques & more—which way does the bubble go?—RCC Construction Tech Program
  • Hoist a big truck into the air, diagnose and start diesel engine & more—RCC Diesel Program
  • Put in a Philips screw with a cordless drill/screwgun—RCC Discover Program
  • Build & test a circuit, print your voice, robotics demo, & more—RCC Electronics Program
  • CPR, defibrillate, & more—RCC EMT Program
  • Pull start a generator, tighten nuts and bolts—Lefty loosy, righty tighty—RCC Trio
  • Weld something for yourself—RCC Welding Program
  • Carry a 45# pack? Try the step test, nail with Youthbuild—The Job Council
  • Wheelbarrow race—Women in Trades Fair Volunteers
  • Take home a picture of yourself dressed as a tradesperson—Women in Trades Fair Volunteers &  RCC Media Lab
  • Watch video clips of tradeswomen at work—RCC Distributed Learning & Media
  • And More

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Last updated: 03/03/2006