Kilee Thomas | KOCO ABC5 News
As the need for skilled professionals grows in Oklahoma, a local trade school is advancing its curriculum to meet that need.
At Francis Tuttle Technology Center, they’re training future diesel technicians as the need grows here in Oklahoma and the industry changes.
“If they are getting ahead of the new technology with this when they do come into the workforce, they’re going to be lightyears ahead,” said Brad Nowlin, the service manager for Holt Truck Centers in Oklahoma City.
The world of diesel technology has gone electric, putting a new spin on what students going into the trade need to know.
Holt Truck Centers recently donated two 2018 trucks to the Francis Tuttle Foundation, two 50,000-pound gifts to train future employees.
“Letting them know what we need in the industry so they can better teach them so when they do graduate, they’re prepared,” Nowlin said.
HOLT Truck Centers is the authorized International and Idealease dealer in Oklahoma, North Texas, and East Texas. Additionally, HOLT Truck Centers has dedicated truck engine service bays throughout its full-service facilities, with the necessary components to provide bumper-to-bumper diagnostics, maintenance, and emergency service, including brakes, drivelines and transmissions for all makes and models of on-highway trucks, RVs, and busses.
With a large selection of new and used on highway trucks, trailers and specialty equipment, HOLT Truck Centers has the inventory to meet your needs. Other manufacturers available at HOLT Truck Centers include IC Bus, Isuzu commercial trucks, Ottawa, XL Specialized, Battle Motors, Load King, and HI-VAC specialty vehicles. HOLT Truck Centers has 15 locations throughout Texas and Oklahoma.
HOLT Truck Centers is a HOLT Group operating company. For more information, visit HoltTruckCenters.com or HoltGrp.com.
HOLT Group, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a values-based, family-owned company serving the industrial world. HOLT Group is led by a people-first approach that embraces a Values-Based Leadership model to shape its company culture and operating philosophy. This leadership style made the Holt name synonymous with innovation, quality, integrity, and legendary customer service. The heritage of HOLT Group dates back to 1933 when William K Holt Machinery Co. was founded by the Holt family as the authorized Caterpillar equipment dealer in South Texas. The company was renamed HOLT CAT, and it has grown to be the largest Cat equipment dealership in the United States.
HOLT Group operates in numerous market sectors to include industrial, commercial, energy, technology, and training and development through its operating companies: HOLT CAT®, Texas First Rentals®, HOLT Truck Centers, HOLT Crane & Equipment®, HOLT Industrial Rentals, HOLT Industrial Systems, HOLT Manufacturing, HOLT Renewables, HOLT Aerial, SITECH Tejas, and Epiphany Industrial Technologies.
For more information, visit HoltGrp.com.