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Show IPFJF(3Infi) Mr. Kelly was hired directly from school in March 1988 after receiving a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering at the University of by Debbie Christiansen Hilltop Times staff writer . The Palace Acquire program is an investment in the future. College graduates accepted into the Air Force program are provided the necessary training and experience to mold them into future managers and leaders in federal careers, said J.B. Cole, chairman of the Air Force's training and development panel. Nikko Kelly, an electrical engineer in the 2849th Civil Engineering Squadron's electrical design unit, was the first electrical engineer to complete the program and be placed at Hill AFB. He was the second in Air Force Logistics Command. His present position involves design and project managment as a member of a project team. Palace Acquire benefits the Air Force in that "it allows new university graduates to understand the inner workings of an Air Force base and to be trained in their field very thoroughly at the Air Force Institute of Technology," Mr. Kelly said. "It allows the new people coming on board to understand the system and, because they understand the system, they are more satisfied in their job and become more efficient in accomplishing tasks," Mr. Kelly said. mult-discipli- ne IrQoDfo) Washington, Seattle. ; r stint as a Palace During his d and Acquire intern, he rotations completed throughout Og-de-n Air Logistics Center, the major tenant organizations at Hill and AFLC civil engineering headquarters at AFB, Ohio. He also attended six Air Force Institute of Technology School of Engineering courses and seminars in two-yea- cross-traine- Wright-Patterso- . n facility engineering and contract management, attended the 1987 and 1990 National Electric Code workshops and several other technical U.S. Air Force Photo by Debbie Christie trainforums and received Palace Acquire graduate ing doing many projects. "It's good training. It's difficult to Nikko Kelly checks a power meter in Substation 3 at Hill AFB. An electrical get a slot in an institute of technology engineer in the 2849th Civil Engineering Squadron, Mr. Kelly was the first anywhere in the country and to be Hill worker to complete the Palace Acquire training program. One of the trained at the Air Force Institute of projects he is currently working on is redesigning the base's meter system. Technology is quite an honor," Mr. ates know how a base operates, they Kelly said. promotion. The program cuts down on job fruscome trained are much more advanced when they us to fully "They tration and burnout by training work- rather than just technically trained," begin work here, Mr. McKenzie said. ers up front, rather than doing it later said Bob McKenzie, chief of the enHill has two other individuals curin their career, he said. and gineering planning branch. rently in the program, which is Once they finish the formalized Regular college graduates are tech- designed to train people to work at the training program, interns are placed in nically trained but they still must be base level rather than the command their permanent locally-funde- d trained about the organization of the leveL One is being trained in civil enpositions either through reassignment or base. Because Palace Acquire gradu gineering and one in architecture. on-the-j- ob 7 7 You need liability insurance for on-bacar registration. se Jllmtdjofbi (J)cda& Serving th Knout Ira... 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