ALTMAR-PARISH-WILLIAMSTOWN – Kaden King, a Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation student enrolled in the Heavy Equipment Repair & Operation program, is a go-getter.
The junior APW Central School District student has such a love for hands-on work experience that he completed the required 10-hour Occupational Safety and Health Administration required training in just over one day. HERO students were given class time to study and complete the online training, which was required before any equipment operation could begin. King went above and beyond to finish the process at home so he could get right to work.
“I’ve run tractors since I was six,” he said. “This was just so I could go out and work. I am opening to learning anything; it’s fun.”
King has been ecstatic to learn how to operate a backhoe, skid-steer, excavator, bulldozer and payloader as part of his Career and Technical Education experience at CiTi. His teacher, Nick Marshall, said he is proud of King for his work ethic and drive. Throughout the next several weeks and beyond, King and his classmates, who now also have finished the OSHA training, will continue to operate the heavy equipment doing various tasks on the back property of CiTi’s main campus in Mexico.
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If you love your job, you’ll never work a day in your life. Congratulations on finding your passion, Kaden.