with a pair of steel-toed boots and each is issued a hard hat, coveralls, safety glasses and a high-visi- bility vest upon arrival. From there, Darin, the safety instructor, leads them through the expectations and starts them on a routine to make sure they stay safe as well as keeping their classmates from harm’s way. They then move into learning to operate the heavy P\`T[XPY_?]`^_TYR_SP^_`OPY_^bT_SML^TN^LQP_d now is the time to teach the students to drive some QLT]Wd^[PNTLWTePOP\`T[XPY_8Z^_ZQ_SP^P #dPL] old had already earned their drivers’ license or per- XT_ _S]Z`RS L []ZR]LX bT_S 0C.07 SZbPaP] _bZ only had learner permits and had never actually driven a car. Remember, they are from rural Alaska, from villages where the transportation is 4-wheeler or snow machine. It’s a pretty fast education to learn to climb a story high into the driver’s seat of a CAT 769D haul truck. Also, on site is a Cat D5 dozer, a front-end loader, a Case 34B Haul Truck, a telehandler and a number of Z_SP]^[PNTLWTePO[TPNP^ZQP\`T[XPY_XZ^_ZQbSTNS )RUPRUHLQIRUPDWLRQDERXW$ODVND(;&(/ WKHGLVWULFWVDQGVWXGHQWVVHUYHGDQGWKH FXUULFXOXPFRQWDFW(;&(/·VH[HFXWLYHGLUHF - WRU&DURO:LOVRQDWFZLOVRQ#H[FHODODVNDRUJ RUYLVLWXVDWZZZH[FHODODVNDRUJ
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