Job Sharing
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Mikayla Kraft, School Correspondent
MT43 News School Correspondent |
Job Sharing
Mikayla Kraft, School Correspondent
The end of junior year in high school may leave some unwanted stress on students struggling to decide what career they may support themselves on. Worries might arise from the fear of the unknown and going into adult life nearly blind, not understanding how to thrive and hopefully not live in their mother's basement.
To combat this, Broadwater High School allows all juniors in high school once a year to shadow another business to explore career advancement options. Following the process of permission slip signages and arrangements, students may get the chance to work with and interview industry professionals to get an idea as to what they may be in the future once they graduate high school. Students went to everything from visiting the Legislative Audit Division to shadowing medical professionals.
I was able to get an arrangement with Chuteside Veterinary Services in Three Forks to get additional experience working alongside a veterinarian, specifically large animals, the area I am interested in specializing in. I spent time with CVT (Certified Veterinary Technician) Amy Grenier and Dr. Chelsey Petz through their schedule to expand my knowledge of operations I have seen at the Elkhorn Vet Clinic and see procedures I have never seen before. Throughout my visit to Chuteside, I had the opportunity to watch a dental on a four-year-old gelding where I got to feel the teeth before and after they were filed down. I watched two bull testings and looked under a phase contrast microscope to understand the motility of the bulls’ sperm. I stood close to Dr. Chelsey Petz as she performed laser therapy on a bull’s testicle to get rid of an infection. I held a colt’s front legs while it was sedated as Dr. Chelsey castrated the horse. Finally, I had the opportunity to watch a necropsy and help take samples of a calf to send to a lab to get results as to what the calf died from.
Xander Hepfer also had an interesting job shadow at the Townsend Police Department. He had the opportunity to tour the entirety of the place where the investigators, dispatchers, and deputies work. After the tour, he had the opportunity to ride with Deputy Lewis in his patrol car to do a patrol around the county. There was a traffic stop for someone speeding on a 70 mph road. Following this, they finished their county patrol.
Xander, I, and many other juniors greatly enjoyed this experience and would do it again if given the chance. These job shadows that every junior takes part in will change these students' lives and help in the search for a future career and also allow them to find their passions.
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