High school students 'dig' into future trade careers

HELENA — Helena area high school students are digging into their future careers in the trades at Digger Days.

“Just to learn some trades you have never done before and maybe have an idea of what you want to do after high school,” Levi Coon, a junior, said.

Students got their hands dirty with everything from heavy machinery operation and concrete work to framing and plumbing. The event is led by Tactics Montana and a handful of sponsors.

“Being able to pull on the community to come together and bring these pieces of equipment out here, we probably have over 3 million dollars in equipment sitting here being run by the kids,” Lucas Canney, a shop instructor from Capital High, says. “They would never have access to something like that inside of the school building.”

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