Show 4 Ip j JU t Jr J r. r h Y ar l M x t IT IS I r b r f Sr q y 0 t Thursday October 26 Dr Dale S. S Cowgill new president was honored at a faculty and student reception Y 10 i fI Heavy ir i V j d duty ty mechanics c at i. i t T t 4 e J. J J.- J. 5 Patricia Watson The automotive building completed in 1968 on the far far southwest end of the campus houses house the heavy duty mechanics mechanics mechanics mech mech- department Students majoring in heavy duty mechanics learn to repair and maintain diesel engines such as trucks buses bulldozers bulldozers bulldozers bull bull- dozers earth movers cranes farm equipment generators and compressors The use of diesel equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment is on the rise and there is a definite shortage of heavy duty mechanics says Ace Martin division head of the automotive trades Approximately students are now enrolled in the J W e eighteen g t h month course course v The Th The students spend ro roughly for tools and after entering the field they may acquire additional tools totaling as much as 1500 Each day four hours are spent in the lab one hour in theory and one hour in rela related ted instruction The diesel trucks and other equipment available available available avail avail- able in the lab are purchased by the school Some equipment equipment equipment equip- equip ment was donated but the majority was purchased by bythe bythe bythe the school at an average cost of per each piece of equipment according to Mr Martin One lab has recently expanded and another instructor instructor instructor in in- is being sought The starting pay for heavy duty mechanic at most places 1 MBa q A dollars i is is five to fo seven s seven v t- t td d ll rs an n hour Some employers pay as much as 1850 plus overtime with good fringe benefits Most students in their second year are already wor working ing before they graduate from the course Little job placement placement placement place place- ment has to be done in this field After entering the field a heavy duty mechanic can work up to a salary between and a year The heavy duty mechanics department is number nine nineon on a priority list for construction construction construction con con- of a new building Mr Martin estimated that 6 to 7 million building will be needed The building would house the heavy duty mechanics mechanics mechanics mech mech- and the solar heating departments |