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Heavy Equipment School Offers Veterans Seat Time
BRENTWOOD — When Christopher Patrick received his discharge after nine years of active duty in the U.S. Army, the employment picture was “kind of bleak,” the Florida resident said. Though he’d trained as a fire alarm installment technician with Uncle Sam, he “didn’t know where I belonged” when he came home. “In the military you’re … read more »
Heavy Construction Academy offers hands-on training for heavy equipment
BRENTWOOD — Playing in the sandbox with big rigs is key to the curriculum at Heavy Construction Academy. On any given day, 30 students — many of them veterans looking for a new career after the military — can be found riding around in excavators, front-end loaders, skid steers, motor graders, backhoes, rollers, bulldozers and … read more »