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Education & Training Job Corps Partnership in Montana Brings Benefits to County THE NATIONAL TRAINING FUND (NTF) Job Corps Program for pre-apprentice Heavy Construction Equipment Mechanics and the Deerlodge County Road Department in Anaconda, Montana partnered together when the mechanics program was looking to develop a work-based learning site for trainee’s to gain valuable real world experience before completing the program. The county’s shop foreman, Ben Andrews, was so impressed with the pre-apprentice program and the students’ knowledge and skills, that he initiated an expansion of the new partnership. The NTF Job Corps Program took on the task of refurbishing a Caterpillar D-7H dozer for the Anaconda Deerlodge County Road Department. NTF Job Corps Instructors from Local 400, Ken Kohl and Curtis Schneider, provided supervision and guidance as the Job Corps students worked on the Caterpillar D7. Students removed the engine and rebuilt all of the major engine components and reinstalled the engine; removed, rebuilt and reinstalled the torque converter, hydraulic pumps, transmission pumps, track pads and also resealed the hydraulic winch. The county purchased all parts and supplies needed for the job, and the NTF Job Corps furnished the knowledge and manpower. Larry Sturm, Anaconda Deerlodge Road Department spokesman, stated that the partnership has saved thousands of dollars from a very tight county budget. Mr. Sturm went on to say that this particular dozer would see many hours not only maintaining roads, but would also aid in snow removal during the severe Montana winters. Ken Kohl, Lead Instructor for the NTF program, believes that the training the students received while working on this dozer was second to none. “The students did an outstanding job and were very proud when the dozer rolled out of the shop and into the dirt. This repair was something you just can’t simulate through mock-ups or simple training, it added a new dimension to the hands-on training we were able to offer our students.” This partnership not only allows the mechanic students to be exposed to many aspects of equipment repair, but it also adds a sense of responsibility and pride by knowing that the equipment is going out and performing actual work. It is a winning combination, the students gain real hands-on experience and the county is able to save valuable tax dollars. The successful partnership is continuing with the NTF Job Corps Program currently working to refurbish a Case 550E for the Anaconda Deerlodge Road Department. 14 INTERNATIONAL OPERATING ENGINEER
Major Newspaper Features Sacramento Job Corps Program IN JANUARY, The Sacramento Bee ran a feature story on the local NTF Job Corps program and it’s success helping young people from the community attain valuable skills and a pathway to a successful career. The article tells the story of Eric Martinez, a recent Job Corps graduate, who found a way out of dangerous street life and into a job working on the construction of a new downtown sports arena. The folowing is an excerpt from the original article. The entire story can be found at: http://www.sacbee.com/ news/local/city-arena/article6605784. html Apprentices trade Sacramento street life for arena construction jobs BY DARRELL SMITH - DVSMITH@SACBEE.COM 01/14/2015 10:21 PM Martinez, 24, is one of 70 “priority apprentices” being plucked from low-income Sacramento-area neighborhoods to help build downtown Sacramento’s new arena. “Pushing dirt,” Martinez says, plying a new trade aboard graders and bulldozers he learned to drive as a product of Sacramento Job Corps’ equipment preapprenticeship program, a pipeline to the arena project. Taught by local construction workers, young men and women on the margins learn how to operate heavy equipment at Job Corps’ sprawling Meadowview center before they move to “The Ranch,” Operating Engineers Local 3’s Rancho Murieta training grounds. There, they receive seven weeks’ more paid instruction with the opportunity to apprentice with the union and work with local construction firms. Through the pre-apprenticeship program, Martinez impressed his instructors with his tenacity, work ethic and willingness to learn. “He was easy to teach and eager to learn,” said Jaime Espinosa, Martinez’s instructor at Job Corps. “Eric had to put the work in to get what he could out of the program. Here, you have to work for it and he did. … It’s an absolute win for those who want to get it done. He made the decision. He’s 24 years old and he’s set up – if he continues to do what he’s supposed to do.” Martinez then latched onto a job with Granite Construction Co., in South Lake Tahoe, early last year as part of his RANDY PENCH RPENCH@SACBEE.COM training before landing the arena job in October. He still remembers that first Granite paycheck, how he cried when he saw it for the first time. He thought about his mother’s words in tougher days, her encouragement and challenge to him. Read more at: http://www. sacbee.com/news/local/city-arena/ article6605784.html WINTER 2015 15
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