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Show IIl!t:P rJ n & .aiiiiHW' J MmMMswi - , , . mm mum -im nim rnvtmmimmmmiMM Rick Jones received valuable training from vocational education. '" ' DAVC teaches skills KAYSVILLE Vocational education is like a jewel. It's so valuable in the training it can provide, but so many don't realize how polished, ready for the job market it can make them, computer com-puter instructor Stephen Allen stresses. He and electronics instructor Doug Cummings are enthusiastic about the training their programs offer and point to two students as examples. Danny Fisk of Sunset is a student stu-dent who combines being a "hard worker" with a "real good attitude" atti-tude" to the point "nothing stops him," Mr. Cummings says. The Clearfield High School graduate gra-duate has covered a lot of territory in his 15 months at the DAVC (Davis Area Vocational Center) in Kaysville. He has training as a computer service technician, bench technician, techni-cian, computer programmer and can service industrial electronic equipment or test equipment, "anything electronic," Danny says. "I chose this program over others because it had more lab time more hands-on experience. Money was also a factor," he adds. DAVC tuition is generally lower than other facilities. It is a state- : operated school with local input provided by a board of trustees and serves adult students as well as those from Davis and Morgan school districts. "I never owned a computer but this program can. train someone who has never had experience," Danny continues. "We serve students stu-dents at all levels," Mr. Cummings concurs. Basic electronics, robotics, computer maintenance and microprocessing micro-processing are among segments taught in the DAVC program. Just as Danny Fisk is well on the way to success in his chosen field, it would appear, so too is Rick Jones, a student of computer program prog-ram instructor Allen. Rick has been involved for the past two years. Over that period he has earned the equivalent of a college col-lege degree, completing more courses than any other student ever in the program. He is well-trained for the job of computer programmer or even systems sys-tems manager, Mr. Allen feels. "But he wants to start as a computer compu-ter operator, learning the ropes with a particular company and then move up within that firm." Rick is now so proficient he has developed a "couple on-line computer com-puter systems" and does computer twJ I mJk i " y . . . '"It f I Danny Fisk was trained as a computer service technician at the DAVC. projects for DAVC. Like his peers at DAVC, Mr. Allen brings a wealth of experience to his position as instructor. He has worked in the business field for 15 years, including real estate, finance fi-nance and many years in data processing. pro-cessing. He holds two related degrees de-grees from Weber State College in those fields. "I love to teach," he stresses, noting the DAVC program offers "all applications for job training." Five career choices could be targeted from his program: data processing clerk, taking about six months; computer operator, nine months; computer specialist, a year; computer programmer, 15 months and systems manager, taking tak-ing about 18 months to complete. Mr. Allen serves more as a work-type work-type supervisor than instructor and studies are projects, programs aimed at producing work-like results re-sults in preparation for the working world. Further information about these and other programs at DAVC is available by calling 546-2441. |