Anaconda Job Corps heavy equpiment operator students help improve the Flint Creek Campground on the Pintler Ranger District

The reputation and quality of work performed by the Anaconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center’s Heavy Equipment Operator program is no a secret amongst national forests in Montana. Students in the program, taught by members of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), learn their trade by working  on actual job sites and volunteer service projects and attending related classroom instruction and field training. IUOE places great pride in ensuring that its members stay on top of technological advances in construction equipment.

An International Union of Operating Engineers instructor at Anaconda Job Corps demonstrates to Heavy Equipment Operator students Christopher Hahn and Logan Pallister on the use of laser equipment as they construct roads at the Flint Creek Campground on the Pintler Ranger District, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. Photo by Preston Keres.

Anaconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center students in the Heavy Equipment Operator training program constructed roads at the Flint Creek Campground on the Pintler Ranger District of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest throughout the 2018 and 2019 work seasons. Photo by Forest Service staff.

Anaconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center students in the Heavy Equipment Operator training program constructed roads at the Flint Creek Campground on the Pintler Ranger District of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest throughout the 2018 and 2019 work seasons. Photo by Forest Service staff.

Anaconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center students in the Heavy Equipment Operator training program constructed roads at the Flint Creek Campground on the Pintler Ranger District of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest throughout the 2018 and 2019 work seasons. Photo by Forest Service staff.