{"id":27,"date":"2020-10-29T21:43:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T21:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oducleaders\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2020-10-29T23:22:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T23:22:09","slug":"academic-internship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sarah-gentrys-eportfolio\/academic-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here you will learn about how I have applied what I have learned in the class room to real world experience. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have spent the last 13 years with NNS, 10 of which has been in leadership positions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nns.huntingtoningalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-DCS20-214-9.jpg\" alt=\"A second shift shipbuilder TIG welds components in a waterfront shop.\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>My first year in leadership I was a shipfitter apprentice in 2011 attending The Apprentice School. Here I got my first long-term opportunity to be a make-up supervisor responsible for 12 craftsmen working structural propulsion work on CVN71, the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. From there, my career blossomed! Now, I am a general foreman of 3 years serving on CVN73, the USS George Washington and have had up to 7 supervisors and 148 mechanics working for me at one time for shipfitters and welders in propulsion, nuclear, refueling, distributive systems, outfitting, combat systems, hull &amp; tank and ship&#8217;s services.<\/p>\n<p>Being in a supervisory role is very challenging. One of the most applicable courses I took early on in my ODU career was Labor Relations Management. Given the mechanics at NNS are governed under a union, this course helped me better understand the history and reasoning behind our union agreement with the management team of my company and how I fit in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another great course that bridged my learning at ODU with being a supervisor was Industrial\/Organizational Psychology. This course makes you think on a deeper level in how you deal with situational challenges and making strategic choices to ensure positive outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nns.huntingtoningalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1-DCS20-145-23.jpg\" alt=\"The sun sets behind USS George Washington (CVN 73). The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is nearing completion of its refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) and is approximately 75% complete. \" \/><\/p>\n<p>The picture above shows the building I work out of and the ship I am responsible to help overhaul.<\/p>\n<p>Correlating the expectations of an academic internship to what I have done at the shipyard, as a general foreman, some things I do daily include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pre-planning the work out thinking about the qualifications of my people and signing them up for class if they don&#8217;t have the quals<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate mock-up training needs and timing<\/li>\n<li>Estimate the amount of hours it will take to complete work by reviewing drawings, work descriptions and the job site based on my experience<\/li>\n<li>Consult engineering to edit previously issued documents to suit trades requirements (engineers learn daily just like we do).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Strategize on material ordering and storage based on schedule needs of\u00a0 work\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Discipline when needed and question my supervisors on the disciplining of their direct reports<\/li>\n<li>Resolve conflict and issues on the job, both socially and technically<\/li>\n<li>Ensure work is performed safely, with first time quality, at or under cost and meets schedule needs<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate overtime and manning needs based on work load<\/li>\n<li>Progress job performance based on knowledge of work and report accurate accounting with objective quality evidence<\/li>\n<li>Attend various meetings daily to ensure planning, throughput and alignment of priorities with other trades<\/li>\n<li>This list is not all inclusive, but an overview of some responsibilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>This experience relates to my future goals because I plan on staying at the shipyard until I retire. Whether or not I achieve my immediate goal of reaching lead general foreman I still have goals to reach with my current team that inherits the skills I have learned in the classroom and by learning every day on how we can do better and implementing those ideas.\u00a0<\/h6>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here you will learn about how I have applied what I have learned in the class room to real world experience. I have spent the last 13 years with NNS, 10 of which has been in leadership positions.\u00a0 My first year in leadership I was a shipfitter apprentice in 2011 attending The Apprentice School. 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