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COMMUNITY OCCUPATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE The main purpose of an Occupational Advisory Committee (OAC) is to strengthen the career and technical education program of a school by making recommendations for program improvement and providing technical assistance to assure the most up-to-date curriculum content, appropriate applications of technology, and the implementation of new teaching strategies. Advisory committees are a vital link between the career and technical education program and business and industry. Committee members representing business, industry, labor and the general public bring a unique perspective to education and training programs. They provide a viewpoint which is invaluable to the career and technical education program. Advisory committees serve in an advisory capacity only. They do not have administrative or governing authority. Nevertheless, their work is important to the effective operation of a career and technical education program. Programs with a close association and function in cooperation with business, industry, labor, employers, employees and the general public are usually more successful than those which do not have such an association. Responsibilities of the Membership Provide advice on establishment and maintenance of a realistic education program Provide advice about curricula content, training techniques and equipment Investigate the types of facilities and equipment currently used in business and industry Assist in the preparation and selection of course materials Inform school personnel of changes in the labor market Research and explain technical information Determine student and community interest in cooperative education and adult classes Inform the school about business and industry personnel needs Follow up on recommendations made to technology instructors, administrators, and the Joint School Committee Research and recommend changes in computer technology education programs Identify opportunities for internships and cooperative work experience Encourage cooperation and a better understanding of career education programs among employers, students and the general public Develop plans for recognizing outstanding students Be an advocate for career and technical education within the community Recommend resource personnel, guest speakers and instructors for technology education programs Serve as judges for local awards, contests, and exams Business and Industry Partners Serving on OAC’s 3rd Millennium Painting/Paperhanging 5 Star International Truck 84 Lumber Comapny AAMCO Transmissions Academay of Massage Therapy Adams Metal & Dirt Design Inc. Advanced Auto Parts AI Control Systems Inc. Albright College Albright Learning Center All-Seasons Motorsports Aluminum Alloys Inc. Alvernia College American Crane American House AMPN Design Andretti's Powersports Anewalt's Landscape Contracting ASB Contracting Ashley Furniture Austin Hardware & Supply AWS & Anchor Fire Protection B.C. Adult Probation & Parole Bailey Wood Products Barbey Electronics BARTA BCTC-East BCTC-West Berks Cardiology Berks County Cooperative Extension Berks County Detectives Berks County Juvenile Probation Office Berks Digital Berks Heim Berks Hematology/Oncology Associates, Ltd. Berks Respiratory Berkshire Mechanical Bill's Upholstery Binkley Remodeling BK Upholstery Blouch Fuel Bowers Marine Sales Bowers Photo Boyertown Planing Mill Boylan & Burek Chiropractic Bricklayers Union Bureau of Investigations Burisch Company Callowhill Nursery School/Kindergarten Calvin Smoker Builders Cambria Racing Care's Lawn Service Caron Foundation CArpenter Technology CAT-Pickering Century Cabinetry Cinergi City of Reading CJ's Tire & Automotive Services Classic Harley-Davidson/Buell Colonial Electric Colours Coogle's Recycling Inc. Country Meadows Craft Maid Kitchens Craig's Hair Salon Deer Mountian Kithchens LLC Deutsch Eck Restaurant Diesel Service Inc. Difeaux tax Srvice Dillon Floral Corp. DMK Sound Productions Don Kauffman's Sewing Machines Dulin's Tire & Service East Central PA Health Educ. Ctr. East Penn Manufacturing Ecolab Elite Sportswear Emily's Pub Eshbach Masonry Excalibur Consulting Exide Battery Feesers Inc. First Precinct Uniforms Inc. Fleetwood Fixtures Forino Construction Fraser Advanced Info Systems Fred Strause Custom Woodworking Gai-Tronics Corporation Genesis Automotive Giant Foods Gilbert Architects Glass & Wesner Collision Repair Glen-Gery Corp. GMI First Godbee Service Golden Oaks Country Club Graterford Green Giant Tree & Lawn Care GWR Hair Affair Styles HB Fraser HCR Manor Care Head Hunters Headstart - BCIU Her Majesty The Queen Heritage Ford HHCM High Printing High Steel Structures HomeScape Hotel Hershey IBEW Local 743 Idle Media Design Illusions at 306 Isimac machine company nc. Itnac Corporation It's All the Rage ITS Websites LLC JB Long, Inc. J.C. Gilardone & Son K&L Woodworking KZ Builders KDM Hair Designs Ken's Cycle Repair Keystone Software Solutions Kinetic Web Solutions Kinder Care Learning Kings IGA - Oley K-Mart 3136 Kountry Kraft Kitchens Kurwood Farm Repair Kutztown Publishers L & H Signs Lasting Image Lebanon CTC Lehigh Valley College Len Christ Building/Remodeling Live & Learn Station LS Creative Luppold Hardware Lutz Masonry MAB Paints Manderbach Ford Manpower Masano Architechs Gruop Inc Matrix Technology Medlar Electric Mell's Speed/Custom Cycles Inc. Messer GT Misco Products Corp. MMS Mohnton Knitting M-Tech Control Corp. Muhlenberg Township Myhlenberg Township Police Department Muhlenberg Ambulance Muhlenberg School District My Salon Nerdz Online Tech Systems New Penn Motor Express Nogin Box Creative Northeast Middle School Nuvar Occupational/Physical Therapy-RHMC Offset Impression Pacific Fiber Products Inc. Passmore Service Center Patrick J. Murphy & Associates Penn State Berks Penske Truck Personnel Garment Care Philly Pretzel Factory Pied Piper Nursery/Kindergarten Pikeville Equipment PJ's Deli Plumbing Works Potts Nursery Progress Electric Supply Company R.M. Palmer Company Rabbit Run Hair Salon RACC Radka's Upholstery Randel Badinger Plumbing Ray's Yamaha Reading Boat Works Reading Collison Center Reading Education Foundation Reading Electric Reading Foundry Reading High School Reading Hospital & Medical Center Reading Housing Authority Reading Kubota Inc. Reading Plastic Fabricators Reading Pretzel Reading Truck Body Real Pit BBQ Respiratory Specialist RHMC - School of Health Sciences RHMC RHMC-Respiratory Therapy Department Rita's First Class Travel Rite-Aid Pharmacy Riverview Christian Early Learning Center Riverview Tree & Landscape Inc. Rose Corporation Russell Plywood Safelite AutoGlass Sally's Beauty Supply Sandy's Sewing Schuylkill County Technical Center SCORE Sewing Guild of Berks County Sherwin Williams Co. Sid Harveys Singer Equipment Special T Design Sposto Interactive Square Wheel Ind. St. Joseph Medical Center Standard Offset Printing Co. State Farm Insurance Stevens College Studio 61 STV Architects Styling Yourself Summit Steel & Manufacturing Inc. Super Duper Surgical Institute of Reading Sweet Street Desserts Sysco Foods Temple Fire Company Temple Greenhouses The Anderson Group The Goddard School The Peanut Bar The Well Dressed Cake Tice Upholstery TIMET Tom Masano Ford Tom Sheehan Worldwide Total Automotive Touching the Future Inc. Tray Pak Troutman Industries Inc. Trupp's Garage T-Tech Corp. UB Tech UGI Universal Concrete Products Universal Technical Institute USAF VF Outlet Vigilant Internet Services Vision Mechanical Wagner-Kramer EIA Waterfall Gardens Watkins Architect Wayne's Upholstery W E Paint & Paper Webber/Smith Winedown Cafe Women's Clinic World Electronics Worley Parsons Wyomissing Woodworking Zimmerman Masonry

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