GNTC honors Electrical Lineworker program graduates for spring 2025

Thirteen students graduated on Wednesday, April 2, from Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Electrical Lineworker program during a ceremony at GNTC’s Polk County Campus in Rockmart.

The students experienced a vigorous, 10-week training program that included donated equipment such as trucks, poles and climbing equipment, as well as hands-on expertise from GNTC instructors. Upon completing the program, students received four certificates of completion for Electrical Lineworker, a restricted Class A Commercial Truck Driving (CDL) license, OSHA 10-Hour General Industry and an overall certificate verifying 395 training hours completed. The program is offered through GNTC’s Office of Economic Development.

“These graduates have a bright, shining future,” said Judy Roddenberry, CDL instructor at GNTC. “They did all the work. We just guided them along.”

The spring 2025 cohort is the seventh cohort of the program since it began in fall 2022.

Graduates from GNTC’s Electrical Lineworker program for spring 2025 are (from left, front row) Gage Kirby, Drake Cory Wade, Cody Davis, Chris Lopez, Logan Thomas Beasley, Austin Day; (back row) Dakota Reeves, Cody Jake Pennington, Kincaid McCammon, Braden Minter, Andrew Wesley McClain, Eduardo Francisco Perez and Nicholas Allen Dodd.

Graduates from the seventh cohort of the program are Logan Thomas Beasley, Cody Davis, Austin Day, Nicholas Allen Dodd, Gage Kirby, Chris Lopez, Kincaid McCammon, Andrew Wesley McClain, Braden Minter, Cody Jake Pennington, Eduardo Francisco Perez, Dakota Reeves and Drake Cory Wade.

The next cohort of GNTC’s Electrical Lineworker program starts May 5 and still has openings. For more information about the program, contact GNTC's Office of Economic Development.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College provides quality workforce education to the citizens of northwest Georgia. Students have the opportunity to earn an associate degree, diploma or a certificate in aviation, business, health, industrial or public service career paths. This past year, 13,775 people benefited from GNTC’s credit and noncredit programs. GNTC has an annual credit enrollment of 8,836 students and an additional enrollment of 4,939 people through adult education, continuing education, business and industry training and Georgia Quick Start. 

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