Ep. 54 - Engineering Apprentice - Chance Conley, GROB Systems, Inc.

Welcome back to the Joust About Careers podcast!  This episode features a conversation with Chance Conley, a 2022 Van Buren High School graduate who is an engineering apprentice at GROB Systems in Bluffton, OH.  Chance shares about life as an apprentice, the various types of training he is receiving in mechanical and electrical engineering, the many benefits that are part of the apprenticeship, advice he has for future apprentices, and much more.  Anyone interested in pursuing an apprenticeship at GROB will find information related to getting started down that path in this episode.  Enjoy the show!   1:42 - A typical day as a GROB apprentice - 7:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.  2:15 - Rotations in the first two months - mechanical and electrical engineering  3:09 - Building cool gadgets to practice skills  3:38 - “If you’re a hands-on person, this is a lot of fun.”  3:50 - Chance’s second rotation - wiring  4:25 - Programmable Logic Controllers - rotation three  5:26 - Mechanical Rotations  6:55 - Chance started as an apprentice as a blank slate, but he is learning every day.  7:38 - Introduced to GROB as a junior  8:19 - The interview process for the apprenticeship  9:22 - Apprentices start the college portion of the apprenticeship immediately.  10:33 - All apprentices earn the same engineering degree.  10:55 - Deciding which route to take at GROB  11:55 - Positives - work hours and outstanding food  13:22 - Advice for those applying for the apprenticeship  14:27 - What Chance knows now that he wishes he had known in high school (though it wasn’t that long ago).   Questions? Connect with Brian on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-bratt/) or e-mail ([email protected]).   Connect with Chance at [email protected].