Hunterdon County Polytech Automotive Technology seniors place at UTI Top Tech Challenge

Hunterdon County Polytech Profession & Technological Faculty seniors David Rodrigues and Joseph Valko won fourth location at the Universal Complex Institute (UTI) Major Tech Challenge, held past thirty day period at the Institute’s Bloomfield Campus. They entered the occasion confident they could just take what they have figured out in Polytech’s Automotive Technological know-how program and use those expertise in competitiveness.

Rodrigues is enrolled in Automotive Technology I, and Joseph in Automotive Technology II. Thanks to scheduling conflicts, even so, the workforce did not entirely coach for the Major Tech Challenge with teacher Christopher Scheuerman, according to the college.

Rodrigues says even without having the total coaching, he felt geared up for the reason that of the centered, palms-on mastering he activities in his Polytech classroom.

“We’ve figured out a large amount of issues at Polytech,” he claimed. “I wouldn’t have regarded the stations at the opposition if I did not master it listed here to start with. My favourite section of Polytech is the shop times and staying in a position to function on the cars…and currently being able to find out quite a lot anything about a auto.”

Rodrigues and Valko competed collectively against 31 other groups to complete arms-on duties in five stations tests their awareness and complex capabilities with the engine, brakes, device and section identification, electrical and scan tool. They also took a 50-query quiz.

Their gain came with a Snap On roll cart toolbox and 25% scholarships to the Universal Complex Institute.

Rodrigues is fully commited to UTI and will research in the automotive method. As a Polytech scholar, he will obtain an added 10% scholarship to pursue this next period of schooling and education. His intention is to preserve large grades to come to be suitable for the Institute’s Porsche plan. While he at this time is effective at Rossi Chevrolet, his objective is to eventually function for Porsche.

Valko also designs to go to UTI and understand a lot more in the Auto & Diesel program. He at the moment performs at Ditschman/Flemington Ford as an specific technician undertaking automotive routine maintenance, oil modifications, multi-stage inspections, tires and simple repairs and remembers. His place at the dealership is a Structured Studying Experience by Polytech, which allows him to get the job done while attending higher faculty to enrich the arms-on discovering he receives in his industry of interest.

Scheuerman suggests Rodrigues and Valko are in the top 5% in their course and are the two headed towards bright futures due to the fact they do the job tricky at almost everything they do.

Hunterdon County Polytech Occupation & Technical Higher University is the district’s shared-time superior university that prepares college students for a seamless transition to school and profession paths. HCVSD also operates an Adult & Continuing Training faculty and 3 science-primarily based substantial college academies: the Biomedical Sciences Academy, the Computer system Science & Applied Engineering Academy and the Environmental Sustainability & Engineering Academy. Discover more at www.hcvsd.org.