The Builder
Enjoys working with practical things you can see or touch and making them better - tools, animals, and machines. Enjoys the outdoors. Likes to work with THINGS.
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Welcome to HireEd! This is a series brought to you by Propel LA, specifically for high school students to learn about and hear from professionals working in some of LA’s hottest emerging industries - all providing good wages, featuring local schools, and with career paths of community college or a four-year university.
This video features careers in the transportation industry: A&P Mechanic
What are the most rewarding aspects of your career?
The most rewarding aspect of my career is undoubtedly my capacity to transform concepts into tangible realities. It is immensely gratifying to witness an idea evolve from its blueprint to a functional, spatial presence.
From a broader perspective, I take great pride in contributing to a forward-thinking organization that aims to revolutionize the manufacturing landscape. As we find ourselves over half a century since the last industrial revolution, it is crucial to usher in change and modernize our approaches to manufacturing…
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Watch and listen to Joss Tillard-Gates's career story and how he became the Director of Community Affairs at Clark Construction.
Soma Mei Sheng Frazier is an East Coast Native living in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she presently serves as a 2017 San Francisco Library Laureate and final judge of the Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest.
The daughter of a Chinese mother and a Texan father, she was raised in a biracial household in rural New Hampshire. From a young age, Soma found community and solace in literature. At the age of 18, she moved to California to attend Pomona College.
Her award winning fiction chapbooks, Salve (Nomadic Press) and Collateral Damage: A Triptych (RopeWalk Press), have…
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Watch and listen to Noelle Vest's career story and how she became a Real Estate Representative at Metropolitan Water District.
Gladeo reporter Katelyn interviews Marie about her career as a mechanical design engineer at Chevron. Marie also gives some really great advice for budding engineers in training.