Ag Tech Student Apprentices - All Locations
American Implement · Garden City, KS · 7 mo ago
Education$35k/yrFull-time
About the role
We are recruiting High School Students* age 16+ for our Ag Tech Student Scholarship Program. The program offers part-time work after school and during school breaks, shadowing experienced Service Technicians, and sponsored college education at Garden City Community College, Southeast Community College, or Northwest Kansas Technical College.
Responsibilities
- Shadow experienced Service Technicians
- Gain valuable on-the-job training
- Followed by 2 years of sponsored college education
- Earn Journey Worker's Certification
Requirements
- Recent high school graduates and entry-level technicians
- Desire to enter the Agriculture Industry
- Willingness to pursue certification as a John Deere Service Technician
Qualifications
- Competitive Pay
- Career Advancement Opportunities
- Rewarding Work
- Advanced Training
Benefits
- Full-ride scholarship covering tuition/fees, room, and board
- Over $35,000 package
- Associate's degree upon completion
- Tuition paid by American Implement
- Guaranteed career straight out of college
Schedule
Part-time work after school and during school breaks, followed by 2 years of sponsored college education.
Pay
Competitive Pay
Physical Requirements
- Extended periods of standing, walking, bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching overhead
- Regularly lifting 75 lbs without assistance
- Grasping with both hands
- Pushing and pulling
- Working around moving machinery
- Driving a vehicle
- Extensive hours on a computer
- Hearing normal tones
- Seeing
- May be exposed to extreme weather conditions from extreme heat to winter blizzard conditions