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January 13th, 2021|Categories: Articles, News|Tags: College Heavy Equipment Programs, dozer training, Excavator Training, Heavy Equipment Training, LFCC, Lord Fairfax Community College, operator training, skilled trades, Trained Operators|

Donna Comer, Program Manager for Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) and Plumbing Programs, has been with Workforce Solutions at Lord Fairfax Community College for 2 years. Founded in 1970, Lord Fairfax Community College (LFCC) has two campuses and two sites, and serves eight locations in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and northern Piedmont

‘Be Pro Be Proud SC’ hoping to recruit younger workers to skilled trades

WESTMINSTER, SC (FOX Carolina) -- South Carolina leaders are hoping a 53-foot semi-truck trailer equipped with the latest simulation technology will get more young people interested in pursuing a skilled trade for a career. Today the trailer, called the Workforce Workshop, stopped at Tri-County Technical College's Oconee Campus. It's part