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Montana Tech’s College of Technology to start wind turbine technician program

January 23, 2009 /

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The COT is one of four Montana state colleges that is working to develop a wind energy technician program that would train people to work in the burgeoning field.

It’s the wave of the future.

With a renewed push for wind energy and German company Fuhrlander planning to build a wind turbine factory in Butte, the demand for qualified employees for the industry is only going to grow, said John Garic, dean of Montana Tech’s College of Technology http://www.mtech.edu/cot/ .

By Nick Gevock

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