Kelly's Classroom: Williamson College of the Trades

Don't go! We're live at the Williamson College of the Trades this morning. This is one of those hidden gems of Delaware County. They do a lot of cool stuff there. The students ready for the real world. Range all right Everybody, I'm here at the Williamson College of the Trades. Six different trades. Solution trade. Wait till you see what we're building this time. All right. Is it time to go to Bob Kelly? Yes, he's in Delaware County at the Williamson College of the Trades. All right, where are you learning how to do, Bob Kelly? Jelly. It might be stuffy. I'm learning robotics there, gang. Come on, did you ever see those assembly lines that have the robots all build things, move things? That's exactly where we're in. We're in the classroom portion. All right, hit it. Let's see all your machines get going. We're at the Williamson College of the Trades, where they're learning the basic principles of how the whole robotic system works. It's one of six different... trades that you can learn here at the school. Check this out. These guys are pretty cool. And I found out there's 10,000 jobs just like this needed at the Navy Yard. We're going to tell you how you can get all become a part of it when we come right back. The time for Kelly's classroom. And this school is in my neck of the woods, Williamson College of the Trades. It's an amazing place. It offers men a unique opportunity to learn while living on campus right in Delaware Delaware County, right Bob? This is great. I've never been here before and you're right. It's right in your neck of the woods right here in Media, Delaware County. Michael, first tell me about the whole college. This is pretty impressive here. Yeah, it's unique in the country. Our founder in 1888 wrote the deed of trust and said, I see poor young men in the streets and I want to build a school where they can learn a trade, get an education, moral and religious development and growth and exercise and recreation become useful, respect the members of society. And we've been doing it for over 130 years. Every student that comes here is full scholarship and they come from need. We had 770 apply for 130 spots and financial need takes the top spot, but when they graduate, they have an associate degree, no debt, and we have career fair where companies come from all over the country that can recruit people That's fantastic. You know what, obviously, with college tuition going up and up and up, AI coming in, you're teaching them trades that... AI is not going to be able to take over, especially over in the woodworking. These guys are building houses, windows, doors. They're building the robotics upstairs. Now, what are we doing here? Let's bring in, what's your first name, pal? David. David. All right, David. Show me what we're doing here. What are these guys learning? This is part of our advanced manufacturing tract. This is a five-axis CNC mill from Haas, and it has a part loader robot that can load parts through the window in the machine. It can run what's called lights out. So right now it's doing five axis cuts so we can do all the angle cuts in one setup where before we would have to do it in multiple setups. These guys are all learning something, a different trade. What's the goal? Like, where is somebody like this young gentleman? What do you want to do when you grow up? Either medical or defense research and development. I've worked on a whole bunch of medical implants and devices over the summers. Okay, and this is certainly going to be helpful for you here. Oh, yeah. Like, this is really cool. I've learned an entire trade, or at least foundation of a trade, in two and a half years now. Now, on the other side of the campus... They're building woodworking, right? But everybody gets a chance to sample a little bit of everything. Is that correct? A little bit, but we have six programs, carpentry, masonry, and electrical in the building trades. And then machine tool technology you're seeing here, power plant operations. We have our own power plant. The students run it. And landscape construction management. So those are six programs. All the guys get that, plus they get the associate degree, and their career opportunities are unlimited when they leave here. And a little sample gives them a chance to maybe hone in on exactly what they feel. Who fits them best, like a glove? A lot of times, you know, people have kind of looked at the trades as a little lesser than, but the willingness and ability for these guys that they understand working with their hands and the goodness of that and they're good at it. This is what Isaac made that he plays it by. Hold my mic. Hold that mic. Look at this. You made this? Look at this. Yeah. Check this out, man. We'll have to get you down to Xfinity Live next time we get a guitar player in there. This is pretty cool. So let me ask you, folks that are watching at home, they'd love to get this for their sons or daughters. What's the best way to sign up or get more? So just come on to williamson.edu. We're right here in Delaware County, just outside Media. We give tours all the time. So if your son's interested in something like this, have him come out and check us out. I love it. We'd love to. And yeah, we have a great time. What's your first name? Isaac. All right, ask for Isaac for the tour. Back to you guys. Check this out. They made this. Isn't this cool? That is so cool. Wow. There you go. A little fiddle. More like he's just fiddling around, but it's fine.