He Built a Future That He Controls: Training at PTC Made It Work

July 16, 2020 | College News

By Dallas Cooper Jackson, EdD

Daniil Glukhovskiy completed the Machining Technologies program at Pinellas Technical College Clearwater campus on June 30, 2020. He landed the dream job as a manual machinist at Pall Aerospace.

Daniil’s journey started in August 2018, when he enrolled in the program after taking a year off after high school. He graduated from Tarpon Springs High. He previously attended Tarpon Springs Elementary and Middle schools as well.

During the final months of the fifteen-month program (he went on spring break, just in the dawn of school closures due to COVID 19), he received communication from his teacher that indicated that spring break would continue an additional week. A little later, he was told that the campus would close, and the classes would be online until June 8th.

In late May 2020 Daniil received a call from Mr. Yeates, program instructor for the Machining Technologies program and was told that he could return to the class to complete the hands-on assessments to complete the program.

“We were told about the CDC guidelines and the protective gear we had to wear to enter the building. Machining work is isolated.” He was excited and relieved to learn that he could return to school to complete the program.

Daniil’s employment in the industry started at Pall Aerospace working in the ionizing room, where metals are treated with chemicals to prevent corrosion. He worked the third shift, 9PM -6AM, which ended with a journey to complete the 7AM -12PM school day at PTC. The dual commitment of work and school led to better hours and opportunity for professional growth.

A lot was riding on staying the course and completing the Machining program.

Daniil is impressed with Mr. Yeates, the program instructor. “I feel like he is the best instructor I have had in my life. He knows how to approach people. Machining isn’t a common sense-based course. There is a lot of math application to achieve the precision needed, and it takes practice. Mr. Yeates goes out of his way to help, and he went out of his comfort zone to open the class early so that we can stay in school and complete the required tasks to graduate.”

Mr. Yeates realized that machining work must be done in the laboratory and cannot be done online, so he got approval to open the machining lab for students who needed skills assessments.

Daniil is returning in the coming weeks to complete his industry certifications from the National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) in Computer Numerical Control (CNC), a certification that will increase his value to Pall Aerospace.

Daniil built a future that he will control, and training at PTC made it work. The Precision Machining program is 1,500 hours which is approximately a year and half in duration.

For more information about the Precision Machining program at Pinellas Technical College, Clearwater campus, call us at (727)538-7167.