4.2 • 48 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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0:00.0 | I'm Tony Kramer with RDO Equipment Company. |
0:03.0 | Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the Agriculture Technology podcast. |
0:08.0 | Every day, there are phenomenal advancements happening in the field of agriculture technology. |
0:13.0 | The team at RDO Equipment Company, along with respected, knowledgeable industry experts, |
0:18.0 | are here to bring you the latest news, information, and products that help |
0:22.1 | today's growers solve challenges. Hello and welcome back to the show. This is episode |
0:28.3 | number 161. In this episode, we are going to talk with Emma Westman, a service technician for |
0:35.7 | RDO equipment company, about working in a male dominant |
0:39.2 | field and how technology is changing the landscape of the service technician world. |
0:45.4 | Emma, welcome to the show. To get started, tell us a little bit more about yourself and how you got |
0:51.2 | involved in the industry. Yes, Tony, thank you so much for having me. |
0:55.2 | I really, really appreciate being here and I'm honored to be on your show today. My name is Emma |
1:00.8 | Westman. I'm a diesel technician for RDO equipment company. I have been working for RDO for two |
1:07.1 | and a half years and I've been employed as a diesel mechanic with John Dealships for |
1:12.3 | five years. I went to MSU Northern and got my four-year diesel degree. I also got a two-year |
1:19.4 | in ag mechanics and four-year in equipment management. So that's kind of my background within the diesel world to this day. |
1:29.6 | Okay. So diesel technician, I just got to, I got to ask the question. So you're obviously |
1:35.2 | a female in a male dominant industry or male dominant field. I mean, today, diesel technicians, |
1:41.6 | service technicians, most of them are men. |
1:47.0 | Now, why did you become a diesel technician? |
1:49.0 | What drove you to this career path? |
1:56.8 | It's definitely pretty interesting how I got to this field itself, but it was also pretty natural evolution at the same time. |
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