NPCC donates tool to enhance NPHS automotive program

The North Platte Community College Applied Technologies Division donated a piece of diagnostic equipment to enhance North Platte High School’s automotive program.

NPCC automotive instructors Bryan Herrick and Mike Janecek handed off the Snap-on VERUS® PRO Diagnostic and Information System to their former student and current NPHS teacher Johnny Zogg last week.

“He was one of my best students,” Janecek said of Zogg.

The MPCC alum invited his past instructors to the high school upon recent renewal of their program to assess the equipment after he took the job as NPHS automotive teacher.

“Last year was my first year,” Zogg said. “We had very little Snap-on when I started, which is industry standard and top of the line.”

NPCC keeps their equipment updated to above industry standards, so their students have an advantage when they enter the professional field. Having recently updated their supply they had an extra diagnostic tool on hand, which NPHS was lacking.

 “We try to find where the need is,” Janecek said.  “We thought we would pass it along to them,” Janecek said.

Zogg said his students at the high school will benefit greatly from the donation.

“Our current scan tool only goes up to 2010 and only likes to scan up to 2008 vehicles,” Zogg said. “We are expected to work on things well newer than that. Getting this allows the kids to learn future technology to get them prepared for the college world.”

 

CUTLINE: North Platte High School automotive teacher Johnny Zogg (from left) is pictured with North Platte Community College automotive instructors Mike Janecek and Bryan Herrick after NPCC donated a surplus diagnostic tool to the high school to enhance their automotive program.