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 Instructors
Architecture and Construction
While growing up in northeast Georgia, Michael Brock started in the building maintenance, refrigeration, air conditioning and electrical fields while mirroring his father, who owned Brock’s Refrigeration. Over the years, Mr. Brock gained extensive experience in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration and building maintenance, eventually becoming a highly sought after manager and consultant in the field.
Mr. Brock is currently an active Local Journeyman with a mechanical and electrical license. In addition to being nationally certified in commercial A/C and refrigeration, light commercial and A/C and residential A/C and heating, Mr. Brock is licensed with the EPA in accordance with the Federal Clean Air Act, Section 608 and 609.
Mr. Brock joined the College in 1991 after working in the field for 20 plus years. He instructs students in class, laboratory and in the field about heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration, electrical, EPA certification, continuing workforce, A.A.S. degree and journeyman preparatory and CWE classes for contractors. Mr. Brock currently upholds the highest ethical standards in his classroom and both general competency and professional responsibility remain a primary component of his educational system. |
Jun Bucasas was born and raised in the Philippines where, at the age of 20, he joined the United States Navy. During his career with the military, he was a jet aircraft mechanic and was stationed at a number of different bases throughout the United States including Mayport, NAS Cecil Field and NAS Jacksonville. Shortly after retiring from the Navy in 1993, Mr. Bucasas joined the staff of FCCJ, where he obtained a number of certifications including carpentry, auto body repair and auto machining.
He is the manager for the Building Trades Tool Room. He maintains the inventory for all the materials and supplies that are required for the building trades and construction management programs in addition to making inventory requisitions and a wide variety of equipment repairs. |
Born and raised in Tobago, Mr. Evelyn worked as a police officer for 10 years. During his tenure as a police officer, Mr. Evelyn had the privilege of escorting two dignitaries, Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II.
An electrician since childhood, Mr. Evelyn has had over 60 years of experience, beginning with training from his father and continuing through a Master Electrician and Journeyman Certificate, which he obtained from an apprenticeship program in Boston, Massachusetts shortly after he immigrated to the United States from Tobago.
Mr. Evelyn spent some time working as an electrician in Broward County, where he was certified as a journeyman, before finally relocating to Jacksonville. He has been an instructor of construction electricity since 1989 working at Randolph High School during the day and working as an adjunct instructor for Florida Community College in the evening. He joined the College as a full time instructor in 2000. |
In 1952, after growing up in Mississippi and Indiana, Ken Hyde joined the Navy, where he was stationed a number of different places over the course of his military career. In the Navy, Mr. Hyde became a Hull Maintenance Technician, gaining extensive experience in welding doing such things as hull repair and pipefitting. On his last commands of duty, Mr. Hyde served as Repair Division Officer and Command Master Chief.
After retiring from the Navy in 1979, Mr. Hyde became a Welding Foreman at InMar Machine, followed by a Superintendent for a Metal Fabricator.
Mr. Hyde, who holds a Certificate in High Pressure Pipe Welding, began sharing his knowledge in welding as an adjunct faculty member for FCCJ in 1980 while doing contract welding work on the side. He then took an assistant professorship at Brunswick College for five years just prior to 1993, when he joined the FCCJ faculty full-time. |
Born and raised in Pensacola, Florida, Patrick Land attended University of West Florida and earned a Bachelor
of Science in Industrial Technology. He earned his Master of Science in Technology Management from Eastern
Illinois University, where he also was a graduate teaching assistant.
Before and after graduate school, Mr. Land had worked in a variety of jobs, including as a quality manager for Polyfoam Packers
Corporation in Effingham, Illinois and as a manufacturing engineer for Flint Cliffs Manufacturing in Burlington, Iowa.
Patrick has also taught CAD classes at Sauk Valley Community College and Carl Sandburg College, both in Illinois.
Mr. Land joined Florida Community College in 2002. He currently teaches CAD and engineering courses for the
Architectural Design and Drafting, Building Construction Technology, Civil Engineering Technology, and
the Drafting and Design Technology degree programs. In his spare time, Mr. Land works as an independent contractor
and consultant developing CAD training programs, producing working drawings and doing CNC programming for
milling machines, turret presses, plasma cutters and more. Mr. Land is also ISO 9000 certified and is proficient
in a variety of programming languages and software applications. |
Born in a small town outside of Little Rock, Arkansas, Michael Orender was a “Navy Brat,” relocating regularly with his family as they were stationed throughout the United States and finally took up permanent residence in the Jacksonville area in 1972.
Over the years, after graduating from Orange Park High School in 1975, Mr. Orender gravitated towards the mechanical fields taking on many positions with Heating and Air Conditioning Companies. He holds a Journeyman’s Electrician Certificate as well as a Mechanical Contractor’s License for the state of Florida.
Mr. Orender has been employed as an instructor for FCCJ since 1993 and recently established his own company, Orenders Heating and Air Conditioning. In his spare time, Mr. Orender enjoys fishing and playing guitar in a local band. |
Robert Rivers was born and raised in Perry, Florida. He is a skilled craftsman, holding a Certification in Carpentry, which he earned through an apprenticeship program offered by Local Carpenters Union 627. Over the years, Mr. Rivers has had extensive experience in Carpentry, working with the Local 627. He joined FCCJ as an instructor in 1975 and has been a pivotal part of the building trades program ever since. |
S. Timothy Sinclair has been Professor of Engineering Technology at Florida Community College for the past 25 years. He was born in Augusta, Georgia, but moved to Jacksonville early in his life. Mr. Sinclair received his bachelor’s degree from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in Greensboro, and holds a Master of Education Degree from the University of North Florida. He is a member of Kappa Delta Pi National Honor Society in Education and the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Mr. Sinclair has been president of the Jacksonville Camera Club and is past regional coordinator for the State of Florida in the “Reach Out and Read” national literacy program. He is a Thirty-third Degree (33°) Mason and a life member of International Free & Accepted Modern Mason Inc. In 1996, Mr. Sinclair was featured in the book “Who’s Who in Freemasonry.” He is also the North Florida secretary for Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle Ltd. in London, the premier lodge of Masonic research.
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