Pit & Quarry, October 2015
Vulcan hosts Mining and Geology Day to educate Boy Scouts about quarries the merit badge training Carney says at least a half dozen Scouts he has walked through the Mining in Society merit badge expressed an interest in pursuing an aggregates related job someday Older Scouts seem to key in on this he says They realize at some of these events that there are jobs out there in different salary ranges at quarries which piques their interest P Q LABOR SHORTAGE Become a merit badge counselor Braen Stone Rogers Group and Vulcan Materials encourage Boy Scouts to visit their quarries and meet with their employees Each of these companies went through youth training and paperwork to host Boy Scouts at their sites Trent Carney area production manager for Rogers Group in Bloomington Ind shares some tips on how a quarry can become certified to help local Boy Scouts earn the Mining in Society or Geology merit badges 1 Contact the local Boy Scout council Get to know your areas local Boy Scouts council and explain your interest in becoming a merit badge counselor for the Mining in Society or Geology merit badge 2 Attend merit badge counselor training Anyone who wants to be a Merit Badge counselor needs to go through general youth training webinars or sessions on how to work with kids in a classroom setting Your local Boy Scouts council should give you details on where to go and how to complete this 3 Create a plan team with associations Encourage the regional aggregates association or other quarries near you to get involved with this As a team come up with a streamlined plan on what information should be shared with Boy Scouts who want to receive a merit badge at the quarry Create a generic PowerPoint or video presentation as an association to streamline what the Scouts learn 4 Obtain badges for Scouts Have badges ready to hand out to Scouts who visit the quarry to earn the badge www pitandquarry com October 2015 PIT QUARRY 61
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