Technical educators in Spokane are working to entice a new generation to join vital careers in the trades

Technical educators in Spokane are working to entice a new generation to join vital careers in the trades

SCC instructor John Norman (left) and student Korbin Forsman converse during a component repair class. T he smell of oil and metal wafts through the air in a shop-style classroom in east Spokane as students tinker with valves and pumps in preparation for an exam. A clang rings out as a part is accidentally dropped onto the concrete floor.

Instructor John Norman periodically walks around the room to individually administer the test to students who are ready. Their task: to demonstrate the proper assembly, functioning and dismantling of a valve stack, which allows hydraulic circuit function components to be mounted […]

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