A new line crew for the South Coast Loop
Six line workers completed their apprenticeship this year and join the Gold Beach yard, bringing the loop's crews to five.
Six apprentices finished the four-year line apprenticeship this year, the largest class the program has graduated, and join the Gold Beach yard as journey-level line workers. The loop now runs five crews between Bandon and Gold Beach, which puts a crew closer to the far end of the loop than it has ever been.
The apprenticeship is run with the community college and pays from the first day. Apprentices spend their first year in the Langlois yard, close to the station's training field, before they rotate through the other three. Two of this year's class grew up in Gold Beach; one came from the harbor's crane crew in Port Orford.
The next apprenticeship class opens for applications in the autumn. See careers.
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