June 5, 2012
Lucas Chavey, an instructor at Cloud County Community College in wind energy, stands at the end of a turbine that once stood at Westar's Jeffrey Energy Center. The turbine was donated to the school so students in the Wind Energy Technology program could gain hands-on experience.
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Community college tries to keep up with demand for technicians
Training wind turbine technicians is such a new field that there aren’t textbooks to teach the courses. Often, students are so in demand that they are hired before they have a chance to finish the program.
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