The DAVE School has recently added a job strategies lab to its list of resources available to graduates. It is not a required lab, but a lab students can take after graduation to help aid them in the search for a job. It includes lectures, assigned tasks and additional software training, this lab is aimed on helping students make a stronger demo reel and promote themselves in the field.

"This lab has really helped me prioritize my time. I've learned what to do and not do when interviewed and how to word a resume correctly. This lab will really help me in my job search and has helped me prepare for working in the industry," says graduate Dara Potoska.

Block 1 spent a Saturday gathering reference material at the Kissimmee War Birds Museum. Students were assigned the task of recreating 4 different planes as their final hard-surface modeling project. “We wanted the students to apply all of their new found knowledge towards a real world object,” explained William Vaughan, Block 1 Instructor. “With the success of the History Channel’s Dog Fights show, where we currently have 10 graduates working at Radical, we felt this was a perfect fit.”

One of the planes modeled by the students was Instructor Ron Thornton's Russian fighter plane. "This was a great project as it was a unique opportunity for us to see the real thing, and then model it in 3D. It didn't hurt that whoever did the best model for this project got a chance to fly with Ron in his Yak-52," said Block 1 student Les Foor.