Hard Hats, Hammers, Healthcare and Hot Dogs introduces KTEC trades
Tiegan Black Eagle-Seres learns how to operate a logging processer from Brad Gordon during the Hard Hats, Hammers, Healthcare and Hot Dogs H4 event Thursday at KTEC.
CAROLYN BOSTICK/Press
Lake City High School student Gemma Loose learns how to use a welding gun at KTEC from KTEC student Isaac Deuel. About 550 students from 14 different schools learned about different trade professions at Hard Hats, Hammers, Healthcare and Hot Dogs on Thursday at Kootenai Technical Education Center.
Robert Smith, a journeyman lineman with Kootenai Electric Cooperative, demonstrates a backfeed electrical scenario during Hard Hats, Hammers, Healthcare and Hot Dogs. Throughout the day, high school students from 14 schools cycled through different demonstrations to learn more about trades they can pursue.
CAROLYN BOSTICK/Press
RATHDRUM — From the driver's seat of the logging processor, Tiegan Black Eagle-Seres took his spot behind the controls with quiet confidence.
Under the watchful eye of Brad Gordon, the Lakeland High School student picked up the lumber by raising the right-hand stick, swung the bucket to the side with the left-hand stick and then, using a preset command, neatly sliced through the wood with the touch of a button.
Become a Subscriber!
You have read all of your free articles this month. Select a plan below to start your subscription today.
Already a subscriber? Login
