Heavy Duty Trucking, May 2018
completed a certification program with Volvo Mack He later applied for a job at a Volvo Mack dealership in Allentown he says The woman at the counter considered his age and said We only hire certified technicians The young man opened his book and showed her his certifications The company hired him on the spot and the student worked there the summer between his junior and senior year He was d Chipalowsky is a diesel technology instructor for Monroe Career and Technical Institute in Bartonsville Pennsylvania Though at first blush the words technical institute imply the school solely caters to post high school graduates Chipalowsky teaches in its high school program aimed at training diesel technicians MCTI is part of a growing number of schools industry organizations and fleet operations at work to address the escalating technician shortage by reaching kids early mentoring them throughout high school and tech school then following through with continuing education at the industry level As an instructor in the first tier of this educational process Chipalowsky is a big proponent of this new approach More schools are seeing the advantages of reaching kids at younger ages and are beginning to make changes in their curriculum to provide pathways to technical education he says And he says the approach is working One of our students during his junior year RECRUIT TRAIN AND RETAIN Associations schools and fleets are hard at work to attract young people train technicians and retain the techs they have By Ronnie Garrett Contributing Editor HDT MAY 2018 78 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM E PHOTO RONNIE GARRETT Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton Wisconsin has 60 diesel powered tractors giving diesel tech students plenty of chances for hands on learning TECHNICIANS
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