This goal is supported by 389 employers who integrate Center For Technology, Essex curriculum with a supervised work experience. One of the great strengths of cooperative education is its flexibility. The basic concept of integrating work experience in an educational curriculum can be applied in many different ways. Cooperative education blends the philosophy of the particular institution with the needs of the students to be served. Career Work Experience allows students to sample a variety of jobs within a career field.
Students spend short periods of time at each job and rotate into related job areas.
CWE placements are unpaid and intended to maintain student status as a trainee rather than an employee. Cooperative Technical Education is an extension of the academic and applied technical training given at Center For Technology, Essex. Through Co-op, qualified students put their education to work for them. While they learn, students earn a wage, gain career experience, develop self-confidence, and acquire workplace readiness skills. Apprenticeship Training is offered in certain career areas for those students who have successfully completed one year at Center for Technology, Essex, and are highly motivated, focused, and skilled.