--- title: North Pole High School students visit Alaska West Express description: Last month, Alaska West Express hosted the North Pole High School auto shop class in Fairbanks. Tim Faultner (pictured above), Director of Maintenance, and Mark Pliska, HSSE Specialist, provided a tour of the maintenance shop and talked about what it’s like to be a Lynden mechanic. image: https://info.lynden.com/hubfs/awe_class.png --- [Skip to content](https://info.lynden.com/blog/north-pole-high-school-students-visit-awe#main-content) [![lynden-logo](https://info.lynden.com/hs-fs/hubfs/lynden-logo.png?width=1920&height=253&name=lynden-logo.png "lynden-logo")](https://info.lynden.com/blog?utm_source=LyndenNews&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=topMenu&utm_content=LogoBlogHome) - [Lynden News](https://info.lynden.com/blog?utm_source=LyndenNews&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=topMenu&utm_content=BlogHome) - [Main Website](https://www.lynden.com/?utm_source=LyndenNews&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=topMenu&utm_content=MainWebsite) - [Careers at Lynden](https://www.lynden.com/careers/?utm_source=LyndenNews&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=topMenu&utm_content=WebsiteCareers) Topic: [ Lynden ](https://info.lynden.com/blog/topic/lynden) [ Alaska West Express ](https://info.lynden.com/blog/topic/alaska-west-express) [ Alaska ](https://info.lynden.com/blog/topic/alaska) [ Community ](https://info.lynden.com/blog/topic/community) [ Featured ](https://info.lynden.com/blog/topic/featured) # North Pole High School students visit Alaska West Express Fri, Feb 07, 2025 [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Finfo.lynden.com%2Fblog%2Fnorth-pole-high-school-students-visit-awe%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Finfo.lynden.com%2Fblog%2Fnorth-pole-high-school-students-visit-awe%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Finfo.lynden.com%2Fblog%2Fnorth-pole-high-school-students-visit-awe%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Finfo.lynden.com%2Fblog%2Fnorth-pole-high-school-students-visit-awe%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=North%20Pole%20High%20School%20students%20visit%20Alaska%20West%20Express) [![Share on Pinterest](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/pinterest-24x24.png)](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finfo.lynden.com%2Fblog%2Fnorth-pole-high-school-students-visit-awe%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dpinterest&media=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn1.hubspot.com%2Fhub%2F158015%2F305390_10100548508246879_837195_59275782_6882128_n.jpg) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Finfo.lynden.com%2Fblog%2Fnorth-pole-high-school-students-visit-awe%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Finfo.lynden.com%2Fblog%2Fnorth-pole-high-school-students-visit-awe%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ![](https://info.lynden.com/hubfs/awe_class.png) [![awe_class](https://info.lynden.com/hs-fs/hubfs/awe_class.png?width=1200&height=630&name=awe_class.png)](https://www.lynden.com/awe/)Last month, [Alaska West Express](https://www.lynden.com/awe/) hosted the North Pole High School auto shop class in Fairbanks. Tim Faultner (pictured above), Director of Maintenance, and Mark Pliska, HSSE Specialist, provided a tour of the maintenance shop and talked about what it’s like to be a Lynden mechanic. "This was a great outreach activity with very positive feedback from the school faculty and students," Mark says. "The tour was part of our overall mechanic apprenticeship/recruiting initiative that we implemented a year ago. Develop, recruit, and hire locally to meet current and future employee needs." To learn more about careers with Lynden, visit [www.lynden.com/careers](https://www.lynden.com/careers).  Topics from this blog: [Lynden](https://info.lynden.com/blog/topic/lynden) [Alaska West Express](https://info.lynden.com/blog/topic/alaska-west-express) [Alaska](https://info.lynden.com/blog/topic/alaska) [Community](https://info.lynden.com/blog/topic/community) [Featured](https://info.lynden.com/blog/topic/featured) ## Lynden is hiring! 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