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Patrick & Henry Community College Receives Grant to Expand Heavy Equipment Operator Program
Michael Scales, P&HCC’s HEO instructor, demonstrates a simulator exercise to a student. Patrick & Henry Community College (P&HCC) has been awarded a $176,267 grant from the Philip E. & Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation to expand its Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) training program. The grant will enable P&HCC to offer HEO courses in Patrick County, broadening access to training and addressing regional workforce needs.
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