Careers, technology on display at manufacturing show

20 Apr 2017


Cole Hill knows what he wants to do in a future career. “I want to build motors – V-8s probably,” said the Colfax High School junior who spends time racing at the Red Cedar and Jim Falls tracks.

But just what does one study to prepare to build big engines? Hunter Sullivan of Chippewa Falls, a Chippewa Valley Technical College Machine Tooling Technics student, had some ideas for him at CVTC’s annual Manufacturing Show Thursday, March 2.

“He told me about their CNC (computerized numerical control) machines and the careers,” said Hill, who thinks he will eventually enroll at CVTC, but he is unsure of which program. “I haven’t looked at any other places.”

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