OCtech is hosting Job Shadowing opportunities where you will be able to meet instructors, find out about potential careers, and learn about our programs. This is your big chance to ask the big questions.
How to Register your Students:
Your students can pick from any of our Workshops below. Once they have chosen, use the REGISTER button below.
Spring Workshops:
If you are interested in taking part, see your school counselor and ask them to register you for a Job Shadow.
Click the program options below for more information and available times.
Agriculture – Dirt on My Shirt….It’s an Ag Thing
Join us and get a little bit dirty. Students will learn the science of what agricultural professionals do on a daily basis by analyzing soil properties, such as Texture, pH, and Health as well as learning the art of plant propagation and grafting.
Presenter: Melissa Plummer
Date: April 8, 2022
Time: 10am – 12 pm
Location: Building P, Room 1205
Limit: 12
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
The Automotive Workshops will consist of tire changing and balancing. We will have a lesson on how to use the Hunter tire changer and the Hunter tire balancer.
Presenter: Kevin Kneece
Date and Time:
Thursday, Feb. 24, (9:00- 1:00 am) or
Friday, Mar. 25 (9:00-11:00 am)
Location: Building I, Room 805
Number of students: 12
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
SAFETY GLASSES are required for this session.
Who Wants to be a Billionaire?
What would you do with $100,000,ooo. This will provide Leadership Skills, how to work in a team with others, and how to start a business and make a difference.
Presenter: Debra Jones
Date:
Friday, March 18 (9:00 am -11:00 am) or
Wednesday, April 6 (1:00pm - 3:00 pm)
Location: Building H, Room 601
Limit: 10 students
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
Computer Technology – Cybersecurity/Ethical Hacking and Coding
Get a taste for real-world app development and cybersecurity penetration tools and techniques. You'll create a polished app with your teams!
Participants will discover the basics of app development and once you've mastered the basics, you'll work in a collaborative team environment to realize a shared vision. Your experience will culminate in an app, or even a game, that's ready to be shared with the world!
Presenters: Latrice Singletary and Dee Coward
Dates:
March 18, (9am – 11am) or
April 6, (1pm – 3pm)
Location: Building E, Room 301
Limit: 10
Materials: Must wear mask, Reliable laptop or PC, 32 GB Thumb Drive (used only if necessary) NO iPad or Chromebook.
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
Aim to Learn – Real Life Situations in Criminal Justice
Students will be introduced to patrol officer duties and use of variety of police tools. Students will be introduced and utilize the TI Training Use of Force Simulator. They will also observe several investigation techniques such as fingerprinting techniques.
Presenter: Billy Ethridge
Dates:
Friday, March 18 (9:00am - 11:00 am) or
Wednesday, April 6 (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm)
Location: Building E, Room 306
Limit: 10 students
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
Basic Electrical Circuits
Students will learn basic circuit concepts, how to use a multimeter, wire simple circuits and test and measure voltage, current and resistance.
Presenter: Fred Hutto
Dates:
March 17 (1-3 PM) or
March 18 (9-11 AM)
Location: Building N, Room 1633
Number of students: 8
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) are certified healthcare providers who are trained to respond, treat, and transport individuals in emergency situations. Students will get exposure to scene assessment and basic airway management, as well as ambulance transport using a live ambulance simulator.
Presenter: Danny Rivers
Date: March 16
Time: 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Building K, Room 165
Limit: Max 8 students.
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
3D Modeling and 3D Printing
Students will learn how to design, model and print 3D objects.
Presenter: Dave Odom
Dates:
March 17 (1 pm -3 pm) or
March 18 (9 am -11 am)
Location: Building N, Room 1618
Materials: Notebook, Pencil, USB Drive
Number of students: 12 Students
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, USB drive, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
Industrial Electronics Technology or Technicians set up and service the electronic equipment that controls machines and production processes in industries. Industrial maintenance technicians are expected to troubleshoot malfunctions and perform preventive maintenance and emergency fixes on structures, equipment and facilities, and may do some carpentry and electrical work.
Presenter: Henry Fanning
Date and time:
March 17 (1-3 PM) or
March 18 (9-11 AM)
Location: TBD
Number of students: TBD
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
CAD/CAM and CNC based workshop
The students will leave with a basic understanding of programming a CNC machine with the aid of Computer generated software that is used in Industry today.
Presenters: Michael Morris/Patrick Chavis
Date and time:
Workshop:
Thursday, March 17th from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm or
Friday, March 18th from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Building J, Room 701
Number of students: 8 Students
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, something to take notes on, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
SAFETY GLASSES ARE NEEDED FOR THIS SESSION.
Industrial Automation and Advanced Robotics
Presenter: Macky Gray
Dates:
March 17 (1-3 PM) or
March 18 (9-11 AM)
Location: Building N, Room 1606
Materials: Mask, paper, pencil, highlighter
Number of students: 10 Students
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, highlighter, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
Learning Your Vitals
Students will have the opportunity to take blood pressure, temperature, height and weight, and auscultate the heart and lungs.
Presenter: Chaka McGee
Date:
Wednesday, March 16 (9:00 am - 10:00 am) or
Wednesday, March 16 (10:00 am - 11:00 am)
Location: Building K, Room 124
Limit: 10 students
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
Getting Your Hands In On the Action
This engaging course will provide students an opportunity to interact with our state-of-the-art Simulation mannequins, providing hands-on assessment to appreciate the value of simulation as a safe, learning environment. Students will also tour the 29-bed Skills lab and practice proper handwashing skills with return demonstration using our glow germ light to evaluate success. By the end of the course, students will understand the importance of proper handwashing and the value of simulation in nursing education.
Presenter: Nursing faculty
Dates:
Friday, March 25 (9:00 am - 11:30 am) or
Thursday, April 14 (9:00 am - 10:30 am) or
Thursday, April 14 (11:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Location: Building U Lobby
Limit: 16 students
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
DRESS: Dress is business casual with non-skid shoes.
Patient Care Technicians are multi-skilled healthcare workers, trained in basic nursing skills, phlebotomy techniques, and electrocardiography. Students will get exposure to venipunctures and lab procedures, learn about options available in the healthcare field after earning PCT Certification.
Presenter: Dallas Collins/Sylvia Glover
Date: March 17
Time: 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Building K, Room 117
Limit: Max 8 students.
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
Safe Return to Sports Using Plyometric Exercises
This engaging course will educate students beyond the basic exercises completed during physical therapy sessions. Students will be introduced to high level, plyometric activities geared toward the athlete’s safe return to sports. By the end of the course, students will understand the importance of individualized training and practice plyometric drills often used during physical therapy treatment.
Presenter: Lynn Fralix
Dates:
Wednesday, March 30, (9:00 am - 9:45 am) or
Friday, April 8, 2022, (9:00 am - 9:45 am)
Location: Building K, Room 135
Limit: 8 students
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
DRESS: Wear comfortable, but appropriate, workout attire with tennis shoes.
It's About the Bones
Students will have hands on activities learning about bones as well as well as looking at and discussing radiographs and bones.
Presenter: Fran Andrews/Tiffany Stokes
Dates:
Thursday, March 24 ( 9:00 am - 10:00 am) or
Friday, March 25 ( 9:00 am - 10:00 am)
Location: Building K, Room 145
Limit: 12 students
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
Be a Teacher for a Day
Students will rotate through stations representing different courses in the Early Care and Education program: growth and development, language arts, math and science, etc.
Presenter: Babs Hughes
Dates:
Friday, March 18 (9:00am - 11:00 am) or
Wednesday, April 6 (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm)
Location: Building F, Room 402
Limit: 10 students
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
University Transfer – Brain Games
Join us for a fun morning involving brain teasers and problem solving. Having the ability to think critically and work in a teams is essential to success in college and in the workplace. Engaging student activities designed to strengthen critical thinking and team working.
Presenter: Melissa Plummer
Date: March 25, 2022
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Location: Building R, Room 107
Limit: 12
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.
Plasma Arc Cutting Workshop
Presenter: Waylon Ulmer
Dates:
March 10 (1-3 PM) or
March 11 (9-11 AM)
Location: Building T- Welding lab
Materials: Long pants, long sleeves, closed shoes or boots, safety glasses.
Number of students: 5
NOTE: Students should bring Job Shadowing Form, pen/pencil, and a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. Please socially distance from your neighbor.