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Friday, July 19, 2013
A HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT WORK EXPERIENCE AND CAREER AWARENESS PROJECT
“HEAVY METAL ROCKS” 2013
A GREAT BIG THANK YOU HEAVY METAL ROCKS 2013 - IN KIND SPONSORS AJ Safety Centre Allrite Heating and Ventilation Armtec Atco Structures Ltd British Columbia Construction Safety Alliance Blake Productions Ltd. BK Two-Way Radio Ltd. Brandt Tractor Ltd. Canadian Springs Water Company Cat Rental Store Centennial Foodservice Central Interior Piping & Maintenance Chinook Scaffolding Systems Ltd. City of Prince George City of Prince George Fire Rescue College of New Caledonia Columbia Bitulithic Finning (Canada) FortisBC Husky Energy IDL Projects Inc Inland Concrete Ltd. Klein & Sons LA Promotions & Tent Rentals Larry’s Heavy Hauling Maple Reinders Northwest Equipment Rental PG Portable Toilet Service Ltd. PG Rental Centre Ltd. Pittman Asphalt, Division of YCS Holdings RCMP Community Policing Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Sands Bulk Sales School District # 57 School District # 57 - Career Technical Centre Spectra Energy Transmission Sterling Crane Sumitomo Machine Sales Teck Mining Company Twin Rivers Development (1981) Ltd. United Rentals of Canada Inc. Viking Construction Ltd. Wajax Ltd. Waste Management Western Industrial Contractors Ltd. Western Canada Fire Protection Woodland Equipment Inc. WorkSafe BC
The Prince George Construction Association would like to extend its sincerest appreciation to all of those who made the 9th annual “Heavy Metal Rocks” project such a fantastic success!! “Heavy Metal Rocks” is a four-day work experience and career awareness opportunity for Grade 11 and 12 students from School District No. 57. This event is designed to promote career awareness, provide work experience opportunities, and foster that spark of interest in construction within the youth in our community. 32 students were carefully selected through an application and interview process. They were required to complete the Construction Safety Training System (CSTS-09) before arriving on-site, providing them with the safety certification they will require in order to work on active construction sites in the future. Three separate site tours were conducted, three days of heavy equipment instruction and experience, and a variety of educational and safety demonstrations over the course of the event; these students are well on their way to a rewarding career, and it was a blast! This program is incredibly beneficial, both to the students involved, and to the Construction Industry as a whole. Construction contractors, manufacturers, suppliers and allied service firms benefit from programs such as “Heavy Metal Rocks”, as the initiative provides students with the building blocks they require to launch a career in heavy equipment operation as well as sparking interest in other construction related careers within this necessary and fulfilling industry. The event ran from Wednesday, May 1 to Saturday, May 4, 2013.
HEAVY METAL ROCKS 2013 - CASH SPONSORS Gold Sponsors:
Silver Sponsors:
BID Group of Companies School District #57
BC Hydro and Power Authority Central Interior Piping and Maintenance Ltd. Chinook Scaffolding Systems Ltd. Enbridge Pipelines Inc. R.F. Klein & Sons Ltd. Rolling Mix Concrete (BC) Ltd. FortisBC White Spruce Enterprises (1981) Ltd.
Bronze Sponsors: A.L. Sims & Son Ltd. Armtec BC One Call Ltd. CIM North Central BC Branch Columbia Bitulithic Ltd. Falcon Contracting Ltd. Geotech Drilling Services Ltd. Kode Contracting Ltd. Maple Reinders Inc. New Gold Inc. Pittman Asphalt, Div YCS Holdings Spectra Energy Corp.
School District No. 57 (Prince George)
Copper Sponsors: Access Engineering Consultants Ltd. AJ Safety Centre Ltd. BCCA Employee BeneÀt Program Clean Habors Energy & Industry Services Houle Electric Ltd. Crossroads Construction Peterbilt PaciÀc Inc. Twin Rivers Development (1981) Ltd.
Steering Committee: Ken Morland Doug Borden Iain Elder Del Goodlet Ray Harpur Cory Klein Trevor Nimmo Bruce Northrop Jeff Postnikoff Randy Schneider Mike Waite Eric Wilson Dave Wood Scotty Raitt Heather Hillier Rosalind Thorn
Operators: Don Adams Karen Anderson Ken Bochuk TG Brewster Brad Carr Kevin Davidson Jesse Fentie Roy Fraboni Pat Golden Luis Gomes Rhett Humphries Dave Kidd Gabe La Rocque Bob Matthews Cole May Don Melanson Luke Moore Colten Neff Shane Newman Mike Page Glen Primrose Roy Pruden Jason Stevens Adrien Tremblay Gilbert Turcotte