![]() “When someone asks you if you have suggestions on how they can become job-ready, you know they’re motivated. I was at the Hewes Center speaking to the junior class about my journey in the construction industry, and Brianna introduced herself at that time and asked for more suggestions on how she could become job-ready,” Hill said. “She has a level of fearlessness and confidence but also clarity and work ethic when it comes to safety. Her work in aQuiRe, among many other things, landed Loomis a job with CaHill Resources. Loomis, along with her classmates, utilized the app daily and will be able to continue to do so for an additional year upon graduation. Thanks to forward-thinking staff at the school, students enrolled in the Conservation program at Hewes utilize the aQuiRe platform, an app developed by Hill’s CAHill TECH, which provides immediate training, skills videos, surveys, checklists, and quizzes to construction professionals. “As projects become more complex, it opens up the opportunity for different people to come in who may not have seen themselves in this industry in generations past.” You need to have brains you need to have patience and situational awareness,” Hill said. You don’t need to be the biggest, strongest person out there to be the most powerful on a construction site. “The dynamic of what you can accomplish in the field has changed. Carley Hill, a third generation road and bridge builder herself, and CEO and founder of two businesses in the construction industry, says the trend in a once male-dominated field is shifting. Loomis’ interest in heavy equipment operation isn’t as uncommon as one may think. ![]() “My dad’s a contractor, and I grew up working for him, and I just liked how a lot of people were like, ‘Oh, she’s a girl this is surprising.’ I wanted to prove people wrong in a male-dominated field.” “It’s not something girls typically do,” she said in the fall. When she first registered, Loomis was motivated by an interest in the field and the outside opinion that the line of work may be too difficult for a girl. ![]() ![]() The soon-to-be Bemus Point graduate enrolled in the Conservation/Natural Resources Management program through Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES’ Hewes Educational Center for the past two years. She will also be the first local student graduate to start working construction on the new Buffalo Bills stadium. ![]()
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