Apprentices, mentors, employers, and educators building something together in Tehama County. Stories, announcements, photos, video, and resources for media.
Proof of Possibility
The opportunity was already here. These are the students stepping into it, and the people who opened the door.
What it is like to walk into a working maintenance shop as a high school junior, earn a paycheck, and be handed real responsibility. Coming as the first cohort reaches its first milestones.
Journey-level technicians describe what it means to teach the person who will one day keep the line running without them.
Bell-Carter Foods, PJ Helicopters, Crain Walnut Shelling, and Red Bluff High School District on hiring local and growing their own maintenance teams.
How counselors and CTE instructors at Red Bluff, Corning, and Los Molinos connect classroom skills to a paid, registered career pathway.
Latest Updates
The pilot cohort is logging paid on-the-job hours with host employers across food processing, aviation maintenance, walnut processing, and school district facilities. Applications for the next cohort are expected to open in Spring 2027. Join the interest list to be notified.
Bell-Carter Foods, PJ Helicopters, Crain Walnut Shelling, and Red Bluff High School District committed to hosting the first cohort of Industrial Maintenance apprentices, each providing a journey-level mentor and paid training hours.
The Job Training Center, on behalf of the Tehama County CTE Coalition, received Catalyst Grant funding to pilot innovative work-based learning models in the North State.
Photos
Real Tehama County students, shops, and worksites. Photography courtesy of the Tehama County CTE Coalition.
Video
A short overview of how the apprenticeship works, told by the students, mentors, and employers living it. Publishing during the pilot year.
Media Resources
Reporters, partner organizations, and community groups are welcome to use the following. Contact the program office for interviews, site visits, or high-resolution files.