Trenton Bevard taught himself how to repair all kinds of large and small engines, but recognized he would need certifiable skills to earn a good-paying job.

A native of Eureka, he enrolled at Job Corps and entered the Motor Sports Technician program at DATC.

“I thought DATC was going to be really tough, but the teachers have shown me ways of doing things that are much easier than what I was doing and I am learning a lot of new tricks,” he said. “I had all my redneck skills, but I still needed to learn the finesse side of things and that’s made it so much easier.”

Bevard plans to take a work-based learning course through Job Corps, then take a more advanced motor sports programs until he can work in a dealership or as a shop owner.

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