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THOUGHTS
FROM THE TRAINER
CFESA IN MOTION
DAN REESE
DIRECTOR OF TRAINING
CFESA
equipment service industry and the
I had the pleasure of attending the need for technicians across the country.
SkillsUSA Championships held in
Louisville, KY. Many of you have heard Spring ahead to June 2019. I’m proud
me talk about Skills. For those that to say a lot has happened in the last
don’t know what SkillsUSA is, it’s year. I was asked to join the MART
a national membership association Technical Committee. The committee
serving the middle, high, and college decided to change the name to
aged students who have chosen a incorporate commercial equipment/
skilled trade and are preparing for a appliances and add commercial
career in the industry. There were 102 equipment to the 2020 SkillsUSA
contests that the State Champions, competition as a trial with no scoring
compete in for the Gold Medal in their points. In 2021, points will be applied
chosen career sector.
and count towards the gold medal.
Also, they have asked CFESA to train
CFESA supports the Manufacturing instructors from schools across the
Sector. Under this banner is MART - country that are adding commercial
Major Appliances and Refrigeration appliances to their curriculum.
Technology.
My involvement stemmed from a
In 2018, Heather and I attended the 5-minute phone call and a willingness
SkillsUSA Championships as Industry from Heather to let me get involved
Visitors. Neither one of us had ever with the Skills MART program. When
attended a Skills event before and had we talk recruitment in our industry, we
no idea what to expect. The first thing usually focus on areas that would help
that amazed us was the sheer size of the service companies find technicians;
the event; it was held in the Kentucky however, SkillsUSA has a sector that
Expo Center and occupied a space all the Allied Associations could recruit
equivalent of 20 football fields. We from such as; Advertising Design,
found the MART contest area thanks to Web Design, 3-D Visualization Design,
Brannon Harris, a CFESA member from Architectural Drafting, HVAC, Sheet
Georgia, and he introduced us to Greg Metal Working, Welding, Culinary Arts,
Doster and Mark Pollitz the Co-Chairs Computer Programing, IT Services,
for the SkillsUSA MART Technical Customer Service, Entrepreneurship,
Committee. Three hours after meeting Extemporaneous Speaking,
them I found myself standing in front Robotics, CNC Milling and Design,
of the technical committee along with Motor Controls, Technical Drafting,
the instructors and advisors addressing Automated Manufacturing Technology,
them on CFESA, the commercial
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