Hands-On

Hands-On

The podcast of Tri-County Technical Center in Dexter, Maine. Hands-On aims to interview current and former Tri-County Technical Center students and instructors, local business workers, and others who can represent the programs taught at TCTC.

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May 30, 2024 27 mins

In this episode of Hands-On, host Shane Craig chats with Health Occupations co-instructor, Jennifer Bailey, as well as student Gavin Hart, about what they do in their class, and what students can expect to learn from the program.

Afterward, Shane then interviews current Firefighting student, Sarah Silva, about her experience in the class.

Host Kaleb Ranquist then talks to former Firefighting student, Dawson Dow about what he's up t...

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In this episode, the Multimedia Production program went to Piscataquis County High School in Guilford to film a total solar eclipse. Host Kaleb Ranquist interviews the instructor, Nelson Cole, and a few students about their plans for filming the eclipse.

Following these interviews is a live reaction with narration from Kaleb when the eclipse reached totality, along with interviews from others who watched the eclipse.

Finally, Kaleb...

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In this episode of Hands-On, host Aiden Guerette chats with Mariyah Castigliego, a current student of the Criminal Justice program, about her experiences in the program.

Afterwards, a short intermission from host Kaleb Ranquist and US Army Staff Sergeant, Ryan Whitley about benefits enlisting in the army can do for students.

Kaleb then talks with Criminal Justice instructor, Colonel Steve Spaulding, about his experiences as a Maine...

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February 9, 2024 21 mins

In this episode, host Kaleb Ranquist has a chat with Culinary Arts student, Alex Mullins, about her experience in the program, and her plans for the future.

Afterward, Kaleb talks to Culinary Arts instructor, Chef Chris Whitman, about what students are currently up to in the program, as well as the benefits of taking the program.

Kaleb then chats with Educational Technician, Elizabeth Mullins, who helps students in the class along ...

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January 26, 2024 24 mins

In this episode of Hands-On, host Kaleb Ranquist talks with Diane Charrier about her experience in the EMT program, as well as her experience as a former Firefighting student.

Afterward, host Aiden Guerette talks to the instructor for EMT and Firefighting: Mr. Bill Wentworth about what students do in class, and what to expect out of the programs.

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In this episode, host Shane Craig talks with former Commercial Truck Driving student, Dean Demmer, about his experience at Tri-County Technical Center, and his current career.

Afterward, host Kaleb Ranquist talks with one of the two Commercial Truck Driving instructors, Thomas Baer, about what students do in the program.

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In this episode, host Shane Craig visits the Early Childhood Education program and talks to instructor Allyson Gudroe and one of her students: Baylynn Grant.

Shane then talks to student Hunter Kelly and instructor Nick Mullins of the Energy Systems Technology program to discuss their new solar thermal collector (a solar panel that heats air on its own!).

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Welcome to Season 2 of Hands-On, the podcast of Tri-County Technical Center. This episode features Mark Ogden of Ogden Mechanical, who stopped by TCTC recently to talk to students. Find Mr. Ogden here: www.facebook.com/ogdenhvac/

We also have segments with Kim Cotta of Darling's of Bangor. They've just recently created a new location in Newport and stopped in to donate a car to TCTC! How nice is that? Darling's can be found here: w...

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November 20, 2023 38 secs

A promo for the upcoming second season of the Hands-On Podcast. Please welcome two of the hosts: Kaleb Ranquist and Aiden Guerette.

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May 11, 2023 16 mins

On this episode, we interview the 2022-2023 Student of the Year Andrew Doughty. He recently participated in the state of Maine's Skills USA down in Bangor competing as a firefighter. He won the state competition and is now going to the national competition being held in Atlanta in June. Currently Andrew is enrolled in the EMT program; he took firefighting however his first year at TCTC. Hope you all enjoy this episode of Hands-On. 

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Being a student at Tri-County Tech comes with many opportunities post-secondary education. However, this student Cayden Brown is a second-year student in the Commercial Truck Driving program, and he works at St. Albans Custom Homes and Excavation as a dump truck driver locally. He was given the chance to start work after his first year in the program. Now, instead of going to CTD class, he just has to go to work! We also get the ch...

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This episode of Hands-On contains interviews with instructor Scott Wilhite and student Cadence Bachelder. They discuss interesting topics about the program that you may find cool! This is also the first episode to have a news segment about different stories going around TCTC. Hope you all have fun listening to this episode! 

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April 6, 2023 44 secs

We have made a second promo to discuss new ideas about the podcast.

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March 30, 2023 35 mins

Formerly called, "Tech Foundations" it is now named Energy Systems Technology (EST). We talk with the first year instructor Nick Mullins who has some very important topics to discuss about his class. We also get a chance to converse with Zaiden Williams, a student in EST about what his opinions are on the program. To go along with that, we interview different students around TCTC and ask them what they have done today. EST is a STE...

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March 16, 2023 19 mins

On this episode of Hands-On, we interview one of the newer instructors here at TCTC: Jason Partridge, who actually took the Metals program when he was a student. Some of the biggest topics in this particular field are: safety, welding, machining, and more. We also spoke with student Nate Schobel, who has now graduated from TCTC. He talks about what he likes about the program and why he decided to sign up for Metals. Want to know mo...

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March 2, 2023 21 mins

On this episode, we interview new Building Trades instructor Jay Philbrick, as well as last year's student Andrew Hayden. Have you ever thought of being a carpenter or a construction worker? Building Trades teaches you the skills necessary toward becoming a specialist in either career. Are you considering taking this program? Listen to this episode for more information!

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February 16, 2023 26 mins

In this episode, we interview GDC instructor Marcy King. It's her first year as the instructor and she gives us insight on how she is running the program. Along with that, we talk with a current student at Graphic Design: Liam Sullivan, to inform us on what kind of projects they have been making in the class and more. Are you interested in taking this program here at TCTC? This episode will have some of the answers! 

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February 2, 2023 20 mins

On this episode, we interview Multimedia Production instructor, Nelson Cole, as well as a current student Kansas Marie. She herself interviews former student Connor Chase who is a current student at the New England School of Communications at Husson University. We discuss camera use, basic video production, and other interesting topics! Host Owen Snow is currently a second-year student in Multimedia Production. Want to learn more a...

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CISS is a program covering computer networking, ethical hacking, coding, and other important topics. We interview the instructor for the program, Scott R. Wilhite as well as a student in the program. Would you be interested in taking CISS? This episode may help you out!

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January 11, 2023 1 min

This is a little promo for the Hands-On Podcast that will give an idea on what this show is all about!  

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