U.S. Coast Guard Offers ITEP Students A Peak at Maritime Careers Next Month

Coast Guard Event gives ITEP students an Exciting Look into Maritime Careers

More than 250 high school students and school staff from three schools will descend on the US Coast Guard Base on Terminal Island in San Pedro on December 1st for an event that will leave a lasting impression.

Students from ITEP’s Global Safety and Security and Environmental Science Academies from Wilmington, Earth Alert Academy in San Pedro, and Mojave XP Logistics Academy in Barstow are excited to have an up-close tour of the base, and discover opportunities with the Coast Guard.

When buses arrive, they will be greeted by the Base Commander and ITEP CEO. Students will then be divided up into school groups and led off to rotate into different demonstrations, where they will be able to observe one of the fastest of the USCG’s “Helos” (helicopters), as well as taking their turn on board the Coast Guard Cutter, George Cobb. This ship’s primary responsibilities are to take care of water buoys, which keep the ocean traffic flowing in order by marking pathways. Then on to demonstrations of Maritime Safety and Security, including observing bomb-sniffing dogs in action.

If students went to the Internet and then to Monster.com to look up careers, that they would find that careers in the Coast Guard are among the “10 most exciting careers” in the United States.

This exciting day is becoming one of ITEP's annual events for academy students who have had no idea that these opportunities were available locally to them when they graduate high school.

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Harlene Stanley, Academy Consultant
ITEP - International Trade Education Programs
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Cell: 818-641-4050
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