HEDST Advisory Committee Meets at SGTC
![L to R: Jacob Pope, Branch Manager, Yancey Brothers; Rodney Workman, Training Instructor, Stowers Machinery; Abel Posada, Technical Training Manager, RingPower; Mathew Bass, ThinkBIG/Apprenticeship Coordinator and Technical Recruiter, RingPower; David Kuipers, SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs; Keith McCorkle, SGTC EPG Instructor; Tony Tice, Technical Training Manager, Thompson Machinery; Brad Manis, Corporate Recruiter, Stowers Machinery; Kyle Hartsfield, SGTC HEDST Instructor; Jeff Cornwell, Corporate Recruiter, Yancey Brothers; Lea Young, Recruiter, Puckett Machinery; Jessica Winters, Human Resources Business Partner, Thompson Tractor; Don Rountree, SGTC HEDST Instructor: Teresa Odom, Human Resources Director, Puckett Machinery; and Chris Ellsworth, Technical Recruiter, Thompson Tractor.](https://www.southgatech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CAT-4-2021.jpg)
The advisory committee for the Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology (HEDST) and Electric Power Generation (EPG) programs at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) met recently at the Heavy Equipment College of Technology building on the Americus campus.
Advisory board members met with HEDST/EPG instructors and SGTC instructional staff to review all aspects of the program and keep the program abreast of trends and changes in the heavy equipment industry.
Members of the council present at the advisory meeting were Jacob Pope, Branch Manager, Yancey Brothers; Rodney Workman, Training Instructor, Stowers Machinery; Abel Posada, Technical Training Manager, RingPower; Mathew Bass, ThinkBIG/Apprenticeship Coordinator and Technical Recruiter, RingPower; Tony Tice, Technical Training Manager, Thompson Machinery; Brad Manis, Corporate Recruiter, Stowers Machinery; Jeff Cornwell, Corporate Recruiter, Yancey Brothers; Lea Young, Recruiter, Puckett Machinery; Jessica Winters, Human Resources Business Partner, Thompson Tractor; Teresa Odom, Human Resources Director, Puckett Machinery; and Chris Ellsworth, Technical Recruiter, Thompson Tractor.
SGTC staff members present at the meeting included David Kuipers, Vice President of Academic Affairs; Keith McCorkle, EPG Instructor; Kyle Hartsfield, HEDST Instructor; and Don Rountree, HEDST Instructor.
As the Southeastern Caterpillar Dealers College of Technology, dealers sponsor students to study at SGTC and then return to work in eight-week increments until the student has completed educational training. The student is then qualified for full-time employment with their sponsoring dealership.
The general purpose of the advisory councils at SGTC is to advise and assist program personnel and the college in training and preparing students to better serve the needs of business and industry in SGTC’s service area, as well as statewide. The Council serves as a link between the workplace and the college.
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