CLEARFIELD – Each year the Cooperative Education Department of the Clearfield County Career & Technology Center celebrates the contributions of local business as employer partners.
The employer partner is an important key element in educating a student in the world of work. They continue to make a difference in a young person’s life, said a CCCTC spokesperson.
The Cooperative Education program would like to sincerely thank all the employment partners for all they have done for student employees as well as all the effort and time they have put into training a student this year.
Gil Carr of Samual Lansberry Trucking Inc. was awarded Supervisor of the Year award for his continued on the job training with CCCTC diesel students. Other employer partners of 2014-15 school year include:
- Blaise Alexander of Philipsburg, Tyler Womer
- Dotts Motor Company, Christian Rubbe
- Kephart Hardware, Austin Slother
- PennDOT-Architectural Drafting, Caitlyn Stockwell
- PennDOT-Automotive Technology, Alex Hunsaker
- R & B AUTO PROZ, Jared Lindstrom
- Samual J. Lansberry Trucking Inc., Jordan Miller
- Samual J. Lansberry Trucking Inc., Robert Garvey
- Quality Masonry, Devon Shimmel
In addition to celebrating employer partners, the CCCTC recognizes outstanding co-op students by awarding them a $100 gift check. Tyler Womer of Philipsburg Osceola Area School District was awarded Outstanding Capstone student of the year.
He is employed as a detailer at Blaise Alexander of Philipsburg and soon advancing into a mechanics bay, where he will receive GM Certification through the company.
Austin Slother of Philipsburg Osceola Area School District was awarded the Outstanding Diversified Occupations Student of the year. He is employed at Kephart Hardware.
He plans to continue his education at Penn Tech for heavy equipment operating.
All monies for these awards are provided through generous contributions from our co-op employers, as well as other local businesses. This year the CCCTC would like to thank the local contributors for the awards. These businesses include:
- Blaise Alexander of Philipsburg
- Clearfield Bank and Trust
- County National Bank
- Dotts Motor Company
- Kephart Hardware of Philipsburg