The event is in partnership with the Operating Engineers Pathway and Central Lakes College.
The industry-driven program that allows high school students in Minnesota to earn high school credit and learning credit while exploring a high-paying career, and it’s all free to students.
With the CLC and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49, 75 kids from Minnesota and Wisconsin attended the hands-on event.
1/17: High school students get hands-on experience with heavy machinery such as backhoes Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Central Lakes College’s West Campus in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
2/17: High school students get hands-on experience with heavy machinery such as backhoes Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Central Lakes College West Campus in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
3/17: Three-year-old Erich Heppner, with the help of CLC student Olivia Spikberg, got to try digging with a backhoe on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the West Campus of Central Lakes College in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
4/17: Three-year-old Erich Heppner, with the help of CLC student Olivia Spikberg, got to try digging with a backhoe on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the West Campus of Central Lakes College in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
5/17: Easton Adam High School student gets hands-on experience with heavy machinery such as backhoes Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the West Campus of Central Lakes College in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
6/17: Three-year-old Erich Heppner, with the help of CLC student Olivia Spikberg, got to try digging with a backhoe on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the West Campus of Central Lakes College in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
7/17: High school students get hands-on experience with heavy machinery such as backhoes Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Central Lakes College’s West Campus in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
8/17: High school students get hands-on experience with heavy machinery such as backhoes Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Central Lakes College’s West Campus in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
9/17: High school students get hands-on experience with heavy machinery such as backhoes Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Central Lakes College’s West Campus in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
10/17: High school students get hands-on experience with heavy machinery such as backhoes Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Central Lakes College’s West Campus in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
11/17: High school students get hands-on experience using heavy machinery Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Central Lakes College West Campus in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
12/17: High school students get hands-on experience using heavy machinery Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Central Lakes College West Campus in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
13/17: High school students get hands-on experience using heavy machinery Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Central Lakes College West Campus in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
14/17: High school students get hands-on experience using heavy machinery Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Central Lakes College West Campus in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
15/17: Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Central Lakes College West Campus in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
16/17: High school students get hands-on experience with heavy machinery such as backhoes Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Central Lakes College’s West Campus in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
17/17: High school students get hands-on experience using heavy machinery Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Central Lakes College West Campus in Staples.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
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