Ken Bork
Scraper team member
"In 1989, four years after finishing high school and having tried various jobs without finding my passion, an older friend suggested I become a heavy equipment operator.
"I applied for an apprenticeship with the Local 139 Operating Engineers in Wisconsin, and to my surprise, I was accepted into the Pre-Apprenticeship program.
"After completing the six-week course, I was dispatched to Hoffman Construction. Many seasoned operators mentored me throughout my apprenticeship, and I worked on various types of equipment, always eager to learn and improve. I eventually became a foreman of a scraper crew and delved into construction technology.
"In 1999, I took a seasonal position as an instructor for the Wisconsin Operating Engineers Training Center, where I taught total stations and earthworks software. The technology advanced, and I began training others on machine control.
"I also worked with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation on stakeless grading specifications for highway work while managing my scraper crew and training in the off-season.
"Eventually, I became a project manager, primarily overseeing scraper dirt projects and building DTMs for various projects using TerraModel.
"In 2013, I took on a full-time training position as a master instructor for construction technology, teaching Topcon 3DMC, Pocket 3D, Office, Trimble SCS, SiteWorks, GCS, EarthWork, GroundWorks, Trimble Business Center, and Pix4D Mapper. I taught roughly 2,000 apprentices and 1,000 journey workers in various classes.
"After 33 years in the industry, I retired from Local 139, having worked on some of Wisconsin's largest earth-moving projects and witnessing the construction technology wave that transformed civil construction... The excitement I felt never diminished.
"As Peter Hoffman would say, dirt runs in my veins! Even in retirement, I couldn't leave construction behind and now work at Trimble Civil Construction."
"I applied for an apprenticeship with the Local 139 Operating Engineers in Wisconsin, and to my surprise, I was accepted into the Pre-Apprenticeship program.
"After completing the six-week course, I was dispatched to Hoffman Construction. Many seasoned operators mentored me throughout my apprenticeship, and I worked on various types of equipment, always eager to learn and improve. I eventually became a foreman of a scraper crew and delved into construction technology.
"In 1999, I took a seasonal position as an instructor for the Wisconsin Operating Engineers Training Center, where I taught total stations and earthworks software. The technology advanced, and I began training others on machine control.
"I also worked with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation on stakeless grading specifications for highway work while managing my scraper crew and training in the off-season.
"Eventually, I became a project manager, primarily overseeing scraper dirt projects and building DTMs for various projects using TerraModel.
"In 2013, I took on a full-time training position as a master instructor for construction technology, teaching Topcon 3DMC, Pocket 3D, Office, Trimble SCS, SiteWorks, GCS, EarthWork, GroundWorks, Trimble Business Center, and Pix4D Mapper. I taught roughly 2,000 apprentices and 1,000 journey workers in various classes.
"After 33 years in the industry, I retired from Local 139, having worked on some of Wisconsin's largest earth-moving projects and witnessing the construction technology wave that transformed civil construction... The excitement I felt never diminished.
"As Peter Hoffman would say, dirt runs in my veins! Even in retirement, I couldn't leave construction behind and now work at Trimble Civil Construction."
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