BOCES to add five new CTE courses
ALBANY, N.Y. >> The Capital Region BOCES Career and
Technical School will offer five new courses in the 2017-18 school year to meet the demands of the region’s economy.
A new Theatre and Film Production Technology program will take center stage at Mohonasen’s Center for Advanced Technology. It will offer students the opportunity to learn the technical aspects of theatre and film production, including history, art and design interpretation, scenery, construction and painting techniques, tools and equipment, sound and recording, stage electric and lighting, costuming and makeup.
Also new at the Mohonasen center will be a Sterile Processing Technician program, which will prepare students to be on the front lines of disease and germ control in medical facilities.
Requested by area health care providers who cannot find enough properly trained technicians, the program will teach students how to decontaminate, inspect, package and sterilize equipment and devices used in health care
environments.
In Schoharie, BOCES will debut Agricultural Technology and Information Technology courses. The Agriculture Technology program introduces students to the range of agricultural opportunities and the pathways of study they may pursue to achieve those career goals, whether they involve dairy farming or forestry work.
The Information Technology program will offer students in the Schoharie region the opportunity to take BOCES technology courses locally and provide them a basic knowledge they can build on in information technology and Internet applications. Through this course, students will be able to earn two technical assessments: Adobe Photoshop CS6 ACE and CISCO.
Finally, a new Botanical Services course in Albany will provide a service-level opportunity for students interested in landscaping, floral work or related occupations.
With these new courses, the Career and Technical School will offer students more than 50 courses and programs. For more information, visit www.capitalregionboces.org/CareerTech.