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LPC hears feasibility case for Bloomfield as regional CTE hub for heavy equipment, CDL and diesel programs
Summary
Nelson County staff and external trainers told the LPC Bloomfield Middle School and the up center could host heavy-equipment, CDL and diesel programs; committee asked staff to include potential CTE expansion language in the draft DFP to enable grant applications and partnership funding.
Nelson County school and regional workforce representatives told the Local Planning Committee that Bloomfield and the district's up center could host expanded career and technical education programs including heavy-equipment operation, diesel mechanics and commercial driver's license (CDL) training.
Mike Embry, a regional trainer and workforce-board affiliate, told the committee Bloomfield has the physical space and site conditions to host heavy-equipment training. "Very feasible," Embry said, describing the training footprint the district would need as far smaller than his district's offsite training range and within Bloomfield's site constraints. Embry said current heavy-equipment instruction is constrained by a small 30-by-70 workspace and that students would benefit from a…
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