By: Grace Lange
Titan Machinery is passionate about early career development, and we will do whatever it takes to help students succeed! We offer several opportunities for students to learn the hands-on, essential skills they need before entering the workforce. Case IH, partnered with Titan Machinery, has donated three tractors to three different technical colleges in the U.S. to allow students to gain an even better understanding of the industry and the equipment they will be working on after they graduate. Titan Machinery also supports students through our Service Technician Sponsorship program. This program allows students who are planning to or already attending a two-year college for Diesel Mechanics to work alongside our talented service technicians, receive tuition assistance, their own set of tools, and do all of this while making a part-time wage. The opportunities at Titan Machinery are endless.
Tractor Donation
Following school closures and summer breaks, students from three technical colleges will eventually return to classes and continue working with new hands-on learning tools: Case IH tractors.
Case IH donated tractors to three technical schools: Parkland Community College in Champaign, Illinois; North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, North Dakota; and Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown, South Dakota. Each received one donated tractor.
The tractors will be used as training aids for diesel technology programs to benefit students’ education. Each school that received a donated tractor is partnered with a local Case IH dealer and has a program to train students to repair agriculture equipment. The tractor models that were donated — a Puma ® 170, Optum ® 270 and Optum 300 — have a retail value of more than $500,000 in total.
"Programs and partnerships like these are instrumental in helping our dealer network hire excellent technicians," said J.E. Cadle, Case IH marketing manager for Maxxum ®, Puma and Optum tractors. "There is always a demand for technicians, and we are excited to take this opportunity to supply future generations with important firsthand learning opportunities and experience."
Case IH donated three tractors to technical schools, providing hands-on learning opportunities to better prepare next-generation agriculture equipment technicians.
Darrel Woolery, agriculture department supervisor at Lake Area Technical Institute, said the Optum 300 tractor they received will be used to teach across multiple programs, and it will serve as a learning tool both in the classroom and in the field. "A donation like this is huge for our program," Woolery said. "Our students are excited about it, and it serves as a great recruitment tool. Because new equipment is changing rapidly, the more familiar they are with new technology, the better prepared they are."
Case IH dealerships across the country look to valuable partnerships with technical schools to help develop and recruit knowledgeable and reliable technicians. "Programs like these provide a solid foundation and teach valuable professional skills such as how to work with a team," said Sarah Kenz, talent acquisition specialist at Titan Machinery in West Fargo, North Dakota. "On the dealership side, we’re able to provide experiences to help students apply their skills and learnings in a real-world setting."
Representatives from each school and participating dealer are available for interviews. For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Nicole Adrian at [email protected].
Case IH is a global leader in agricultural equipment, committed to collaborating with its customers to develop the most powerful, productive, reliable equipment — designed to meet today’s agricultural challenges. With headquarters in the United States, Case IH has a network of dealers and distributors that operates in over 160 countries. Case IH provides agricultural equipment systems, flexible financial service offerings and parts and service support for professional farmers and commercial operators through a dedicated network of professional dealers and distributors. Productivity-enhancing products include tractors; combines and harvesters; hay and forage equipment; tillage tools; planting and seeding systems; sprayers and applicators; site-specific farming tools; and utility vehicles. Case IH is a brand of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI).
Service Technician Sponsorship
The Service Technician Sponsorship program gives students the opportunity to learn the essential skills needed to be successful in the mechanics industry. Titan Machinery recognizes the need for getting students prepared for real world situations that they cannot encounter in the classroom. This program is for any student who is planning on attending or is already attending a two-year college and working towards an Associate of Applied Science Diesel degree. The sponsorship program provides professional, technical and financial support for early career technicians.
After being accepted into the program, students are given a complete set of tools, Titan Machinery approved uniform, and tuition assistance for tuition and fees. The other great benefit of the sponsorship is that each student is a part-time employee of Titan Machinery, working around their class schedules and gaining a part-time wage! If students are successful and hardworking, they are most-likely ensured a full-time position after they graduate. This real world experience has an immeasurable impact on these students lives. Titan Machinery is proud to teach these individuals and help them grow throughout their entire time with our company!
If you are interested and want to learn more about the Service Technician Sponsorship, please visit our website. Titan Machinery Service Tech Sponsorship