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Posted On: 04/22/2009

Technology Career Days introduces students to careers in automation and technology

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The Automation Federation and the Piedmont Triad Partnership (PTP) worked together to organize the first Technology Career Days event for high-school students in the 12 counties comprising the Piedmont Triad region. The event took place March 24-25, 2009. 

Guilford Technical Community College in Greensboro, N.C., was the site for the inaugural Technology Career Days event. Hundreds of high-school students from 16 high schools took part in the two-day event, visiting 35 exhibits that highlighted automation and technology and provided hands-on learning activities. The students had the opportunity to discuss design, manufacturing and logistics careers in fields from product design to automation and transportation. At each exhibit, students were offered information to help them better understand the importance of math and science in the automation profession and technology fields.

The Automation Federation recognizes that reaching out to students early, when they are exploring career paths, is vital to its workforce development initiatives. Programs like Technology Career Days are essential to the Federation’s goal of building the next generation of automation professionals.

For more information, see www.piedmonttriadnc.com.