TCC Welcomes Fourth Intern from York
Ethan Thorne is the latest of four York High Students to gain training and work experience at Truck Center Companies he couldn’t get any other way.
A partnership between the company located south of the I-80 interchange and York High School began, said YHS principal Mitch Bartholomew, “When we talked about internships for our students in diesel tech” with Truck Center Companies, which already had a program in place.
That company-wide initiative, however, does not approach the depth and complexity of the curriculum Service Manager Joel Kaup has written for York’s interns.
“This company has opened its arms up to York High School and given students fantastic experience,” said Bartholomew. “This is something York High School can’t provide,” he explained, adding, “These guys have done a fantastic job realizing we’re working with high school students.”
Kaup said all four of York’s interns have been “well behaved and on time.” Everything about them has been good, he said, “And in some cases better than some right out of tech school.”
The upside for the trucking industry is how the program points young people who are so-inclined toward diesel technician positions. Those jobs are, in many cases, going unfilled.
“There’s a huge shortage of them now,” Kaup confirmed.
The advantage for students like Thorne is to get a head-start on a diesel tech career and to have a foot already in the door with a large, professional company.
It also means, said Kaup, “He can come out and see what he wants to do. If it’s not for him he will save money and time pursuing more extensive and expensive training in the field."
