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BEHIND THE WHEELS * USA: Fifth graders boys and girls get a glimpse on trucking industry
* Pennsylvania - Big trucks and equipment help teach career options
(Video: Heavy Truck Driving Career Overview, by citytowninfo - Jul 1, 2009: Interested in driving heavy trucks for a living? Watch this video to learn what a career as a heavy truck driver is really like. Provides an overview of the day to day working life of a heavy truck driver)
-- Hundreds of fifth graders from throughout the northern tier were taking a little ride into their futures on Wednesday... The boys and girls were able to get behind the wheel of all kinds of trucks and heavy equipment and in the process, get a glimpse of the many careers available to them. We were there for the fun at the Harford Fairgrounds... Fifth graders were bending pipes like they do on the natural gas drill rigs throughout the northern tier. They were hopping behind the wheel of a PennDOT plow truck, too... This was called Vehicular Career Day at the Harford Fairgrounds and there certainly were a variety of vehicles for more than 600 students from Susquehanna, Bradford, and Wyoming Counties to see up close... These fifth graders are a long way from a career, but this puts some options in their heads early on... That’s the reason Northern Tier Industry and Education Consortium organizes this. It also gives the companies involved a chance to share what they do... There were 22 businesses and agencies represented...
Harford Township, Susquehanna County, PA, USA - 16 WNEP, by JON MEYER - MAY 6, 2015
Labels: drivers' shortage solutions
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