The diesel technology
program at Northeastern Junior College is once again the recipient of a generous
gift in the way of an equipment donation. Lynne H. Amaral and her son, Scott
Amaral of Breckenridge have donated a JCB 11400B backhoe to the program. The
donation was delivered to Sterling on September 19th, amid the
flooding conditions. The Amarals had also donated an excavator to West Coast
Training,
a vocational trade school for heavy construction equipment operator
certification training out of Woodland,
Washington. That school had sent a truck to Breckenridge to pick up the
donation, and also agreed to deliver the backhoe to Sterling. NJC diesel
technology instructor JimmyAtencio and Jason Hazlett, Director of Renewable
Energy and Department Chair for Transportation and Wind Programs, were on hand
to unload the donation.
According to Atencio, the
backhoe is an awesome teaching tool. “We’ll work with the students to go
entirely through this unit, rebuilding anything that needs rebuilt,” he
explains, adding, “having the students go through the hydraulics on this backhoe
will be especially good training for them.” He said that once the students have
restored the unit back to tiptop condition, the program will likely offer it
for sale and put the proceeds earned back into the program to help purchase new
tools that will further enhance the training environment. The value of this
donation to the program is estimated to be right around $14,000.
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