Students got behind the controls of heavy equipment like this excavator during the Heavy Metal Rocks event at IHE operator school on Sunday.

Students got behind the controls of heavy equipment like this excavator during the Heavy Metal Rocks event at IHE operator school on Sunday.

VIDEO: Students ‘rock’ heavy equipment

Local kids get a chance to control heavy equipment with one-on-one instruction for the weekend.

  • Apr. 30, 2018 12:00 a.m.

Eighteen students from Fraser-Cascade and Chilliwack school districts tried their hands behind the controls of a variety of heavy equipment over the weekend during the Heavy Metal Rocks event held at Interior Heavy Equipment Operator School in Mission.

The group of selected high schoolers rotated between machines including excavators and dozers carrying out tasks that mimicked real job situations.

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