Episode 60: BOCES, Trade School, and Collision Shops

In this episode, your hosts Michael Nelson of Five Towers Media and Derek Foster of Daigle Cleaning Systems talk with Kaydance about her experience going to the BOCES program in Saratoga, how she landed her job in South Dakota right out of trade school, her family's collision shop, and more!

0:42 Introducing Kaydance
1:20 The BOCES Collision Program
3:04 Why choose this path?
3:58 Kaydance’s parent’s shop
5:44 After graduation
7:45 How well were you prepared?
8:43 The cost of trade school
10:23 Average income
11:12 Long-term plan
12:30 Kaydance’s biggest challenges
12:04 Weekly schedule and utilizing the shop
15:12 Cold weather
16:46 One piece of advice
18:19 Being at school during the pandemic
19:32 Closing thoughts