Careers

CLEARFIELD — Students at Clearfield High School are getting hands-on experience in repairing airplanes at Hill Aerospace Museum as part of an aeronautical mechanics course. On Tuesday, a small group of students lined up around a C-7 Caribou that was damaged during a windstorm last year.

Using a hydraulic lift, several students were lifted to the plane’s rudder to assess what tools were needed to remove it. Museum curator Nathan Myers said the rudder was anything but stable, with countless dents and rope strapping it onto the airplane.

To prepare for this week’s field trip to the museum, 15 students in Chief Master Sgt. Darrel Gronau’s aircraft structural repair course have spent the past three months learning about typical structural repairs, including how to work with rivets, how to repair latches and how to patch the skin on an aircraft.

LOGAN — Dale Nicholas enrolled at Utah State University with a pretty clear idea of the courses he wanted to take to train for his life’s work.

The Tremonton native, a Marine veteran who served in Iraq, wanted to tell the true stories of conflict and crisis around the world.

He’d seen war up close. What he needed was journalism training and some hands-on experience. “Most people wonder if they are going to enjoy their career,” said Nicholas, 25. “We had the chance to see our career before it started.”

Nicholas, with fellow USU journalism students Danielle Manley and Mackinzie Hamilton, signed on with USU associate professor Matthew LaPlante to travel to Ethiopia for a crash course in international field reporting.

OGDEN — Young people entering the workforce can expect to hold seven to 10 relatively short-duration jobs during their careers, says a nationally known employment expert.

Rich Feller, president of the National Career Development Association, says many companies are in a state of flux because of unstable economic conditions, which means it’s unlikely individuals will spend their career with just one employer.

“The shelf life of jobs is getting shorter,” says Feller, who has been a consultant for NASA, the Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs and other organizations. Because of that flux, job seekers should think of themselves as project-based free agents rather than lifetime employees, Feller says in a telephone interview.

FARMINGTON — The adventures of an airtraffic controller will be a part of this year’s Davis County Library Summer Reading program performances.

The libraries bring in different speakers and entertainers in hosting activities that encourage children to read over the summer break.

On May 29, the Davis County Commission approved a $200 contract with Bountiful air traffic controller Eric Bell, who will provide two performances on July 3 and July 5 at the county libraries.

SOUTH OGDEN — When Bridgette Berkeley goes to work as an intensive care unit nurse at Ogden Regional Medical Center, she feels fortunate.

A July nursing graduate from Stevens-Henager College, Berkeley said she’s bucking the trend to already have the job she wants such a short time after graduation.

ROY — Before you face a job interviewer, face yourself in the mirror.

That’s the advice of Pat Wheeler, who coordinates Weber State University’s Goddard School of Business & Economics.

LAYTON — Junior high and high school students from across the state met Wednesday to share their knowledge and talents in family and consumer sciences.

The annual Family, Career and Community Leaders of America State Conference allowed approximately 1,000 students to compete in one of 28 categories ranging from culinary arts and interior design to applied technology and job interviews.