Electrical pathway students see opportunities GEA offers
March 12, 2024—What would it be like to work at GE Appliances? A group of Pleasure Ridge Park High School (PRP) students found out during a tour of Appliance Park. The students are a part of the Electrical TRACK program at the school.
The experience was eye-opening for junior Anakin Seymour.
"Learning about how the belts and stuff work, the conveyors, and how everything moves and seeing how all the robots work and stuff. It's really cool," Seymour said.
What surprised him the most was seeing how much technology plays a part in production. His classmate, Marco Hernandez was also impressed with the amount of tech on the factory floor.
"I learned that it takes, like, such amazing technology to be able to do this stuff that we have to use in our everyday lives," Hernandez said. "It's not information that's openly available to me or it's not something that I've researched."
PRP alum and GEA Corporate Communications and Community Engagement Senior Manager Katina Whitlock said it's important to expose students to the possibilities in their hometown.
"GE Appliances remains invested in and committed to Jefferson County Public Schools," Whitlock said. "By welcoming those students to Appliance Park, we hope the experience allows students to see how the skills learned in the classroom are applied in the workplace and can open immediate career opportunities at every level."
PRP junior Deuce Harris said his favorite part of the tour was "everything," and he was glad to be a part of it.
"It just helps me learn a lot. It just shows how many different things that there are to do," Harris said. "I'm in the electrical program at PRP, but you come to GE, there's just so many different things that they allow you to do."
Seymour added that she felt special getting the special tour as a high school student.
"It's really cool," she said. "It shows you the opportunities that you can have."
By Dyuce Woodson