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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