Job Outlook
Real World Experience
- Job-shadow, internship. or Exploring program
- Work Seminar / Employment Skills
Foundational Required Courses
(Must have 3 PLTW courses total)
- Introduction to Engineering Design
- Principles of Engineering
- Robotics
Choose at Least One of the Following
- Aerospace Physics
- Civil Engineering & Architecture
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing
- Digital Electronics
- Engineering Design & Development
Recommended Courses
- Machine Tool Technology
- Advanced Machine Tool Technology
- Basic Welding
- Advanced Welding
- Electricity & Electronics I
- Global Perspectives
Career Options
High School and 2-year college: CAD Technician, Machine Tool Technician, Robot Technician, Electrical Technician, Surveying Technician
Four-year college or more: Any Engineering degree, Engineering is the most versatile degree to receive for a career in business and industry.
Job Skills
In addition to having technical skills, employers expect their workers to have other skills such as:
- Listening Skills
- Effective Communication
- Digital Citizenship
- Problem-solving skills
- Time Management
- Tools and Equipment Management
Postsecondary Programs
University of Minnesota – At all Minnesota State Colleges and Universities will facilitate credit transfer from the Project Lead the Way Academy.
Chris Conway
Chris Conway has lived in Bemidji MN all his life and is a proud 2002 graduate of Bemidji High School. He studied Technology Education at Bemidji State University from 2002-2006 followed by student teaching at Cass Lake-Bena High School in the fall of 2006. He earned his master’s degree in environmental and Technological studies from St. Cloud State University fall of 2013. Chris landed his first teaching job at Cass Lake-Bena High and Middle school teaching Technology Education for the 2007 school year. He spent 8 years teaching at Cass Lake-Bena schools and was a Robotics coach for 6 of those years. In the fall of 2015 Chris was hired here at BHS as one of the Industrial Technology Education Teachers and as the Head Robotics Team coach. Mr. Conway teaches primarily our Project Lead the Way Engineering courses, but also teaches Woods, Introduction the Industrial Tech, and our CAD courses. During his free time Mr. Conway enjoys spending time watching his two boys grow up (Jameson & Kellan), hunting, fishing and enjoying the great outdoors.
Business and Industry Experience/Partners
Students in the academy do research on their engineering career interests, tour local business and manufacturing, attend career fairs, and have opportunities to intern and job shadow for real life engineering experience.
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