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1738 Helderberg Trail
Berne, NY 12023
Phone: (518) 872-1482
Fax: (518) 872-5277
Karen Corso, School Counselor
Offerings Available Through Capital Region BOCES
Technical Education is one of several choices of study available to high school students. The major emphasis is on learning skills that will prepare students for success in today’s highly technical world.
BKW students have the opportunity to attend various Career & Technical Education Opportunity programs at Capital Region BOCES. BKW sends students to the following programs at the following campuses. Students interested will need to meet academic, discipline, and attendance requirements in order to attend, and will be able to visit the programs in Grade 10.
Capital Region BOCES Albany Campus
The Albany Campus is located at 925B Watervliet Shaker Road, Albany, NY 12205. View the list of CTE Programs available at the Albany Campus.
Capital Region BOCES Schoharie Campus
The Schoharie Campus is located at 174 State Route 30A, Schoharie, NY 12157. View the list of CTE Programs available at the Schoharie Campus.
Requirements for Admission
Students interested in attending a career and technical program starting in their junior year need to meet the following criteria:
- a cumulative grade point average of at least 75 for 9th and 10th grade;
- a minimum of 12 units by the end of 10th grade to be academically on track to graduate with their cohort;
- an attendance record better than 90 percent each quarter for 9th and 10th grade;
- excessive disciplinary referrals as reviewed by the administrative department.
BKW welder sharpening her craft at Capital Region BOCES
Though women constitute between 5 and 6% of the welding industry workforce, an increasing number of young women are pursuing training in the industry at the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center. Count BKW senior Ruby Terrell as part of that percentage. She is among approximately 10 students enrolled in the program last school year—a number that is about double what the program had just a few years ago.
“I like the creativity of welding and the ability to work with my hands,”
Ruby Terrell, BKW senior
For Terrell, her enjoyment of welding is about creativity and being active.
Of course, knowing how to weld can provide students with great career options.
The American Welding Society forecasts a need for 330,000 new welding professionals by 2028. The Capital Region BOCES Welding and Metal Fabrication program prepares students with the skills they need to either directly enter the workforce or expand their skills in a college or trade school. During the two-year program that is taught on the Albany and Schoharie campuses, students learn American Welding Society standards and earn certifications that prepare them for a career in the welding industry.
Visit the courses page for more information about the Welding and Metal Fabrication program.