BURTON-EVERGREEN – Students in Evergreen High School’s Skilled Trades Center program got the unique opportunity to operate heavy construction equipment in the inaugural STC Dig Day on Nov. 30.
The event was held at the Skilled Trades Center at Evergreen High School.
Six stations were set up inside and outside the center. Representatives from C&E Rentals, which donated use of the equipment, were present, along with Tapani Construction, whose staff provided hands-on guidance on its proper and safe operation.
Students got the opportunity to operate heavy equipment such as excavators, diggers, trenchers, dozers and scissors lifts, all of which are mainstays of the construction industry.
Evergreen’s Career and Technical Education program prepares students for careers in trades, including construction. Last year longtime teacher Bill Culver won the grand prize in the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools for Teaching Excellence awards, which came with a $100,000 award for the program. In the spring the Skilled Trades Center opened, which gives students the room and equipment to learn skills for future careers.
