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Diman Regional students get off-site hands-on experience in competition, win prizes
n an exciting display of skill, creativity, and craftsmanship, Diman Vocational-Technical High School students brought their fire to the first welding competition hosted by Piping Systems Inc. in Assonet. The event provided students with hands-on welding experience, challenged their problem-solving limits, and rewarded their exceptional talent with prizes. The competition took place in May in the Prefabrication Department. (7/12/23)
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Success at Notch Mechanical Pipe Welding Competition
Our Metal Fabrication and Joining Technologies program is proud of our students' performances at the Notch Mechanical Pipe Welding Competition on 5/17/23. Bradyn Domigues won first place out of 75 competitors, and six of the nine students passed both the visual test and the bend test. (5/18/23)
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Diman receives CTI grant
Greater Fall River Vocational School District will be using these grant funds to provide training and placement services to prepare unemployed and underemployed participants for Carpenter, Welder positions. Their grant partners include: MassHire Bristol Workforce Board and Career Centers and the following employer partners: Davico Manufacturing, Dartmouth Building Supply, North Atlantic Corporation. (2/11/21)
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‘Top notch’ work from Diman students on key piece of city infrastructure
A group of Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School students saw the fruits of their labors materialized in a dramatic way on Friday when a project they had worked on for a year -- replacing vital sluice gates that help control the flow of water from the Quequechan River -- became an integral part of the city’s infrastructure for decades to come. (7/10/20)
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Diman makes "Buddy Bench" for Silvia Elementary
Schools all across the country have been trying different strategies to make students feel safe and a part of their community. Thanks to the students of the Metal Fabrication and Joining Technology program at Diman, Silvia Elementary School now has the ability to try a successful project on their own playground. (5/20/19)
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Retired Diman teacher earns award, passes on legacy
Diman is pleased to announce that recently retired teacher Edward Carreiro has won the American Welding Society’s “Howard E. Adkins Memorial Instructor Award.” Carreiro, who retired from the Metal Fabrication and Joining Technologies program in 2016, was surprised when the award was presented to him on 1/5/17, but that didn’t stop him from offering sage advice to students in shop. (1/6/17)
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Whirlpool gives Diman students a look at how big their future can be
The first thing that strikes you about the factory floor at Whirlpool is that it’s clean and relatively quiet, a long way from the greasy, roaring factory floors of the past. The audience was about 20 students from Diman Regional Technical Vocational High School, some of whom may well end up welding in or supervising a plant just like the Whirlpool facility (10/11/16)
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Diman students rolling into the future with energy-efficient car project
Diman students have been working, long distance, with students at the University of Alabama to create an energy-efficient Camaro. (9/29/16)
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Diman thanks Lowe’s for shop improvement
Lowe’s beheld the results of their financial support on Tuesday, March 22, when the new Engineering/Technology Center was unveiled during a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Diman’s Machine Tool Technologies shop. The new center was funded by a $25,000 grant from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation that was administered by SkillsUSA. (3/23/16)
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Diman's metal fabrication department will benefit from $50,000 state grant
FALL RIVER - The clang of hammers on metal and the high-pitched whir of saw blades slicing through metal sheets were heard Thursday afternoon as students — wearing face shields, goggles, work coats and rubber gloves — worked on various projects in the Metal Fabrication and Welding shop at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School. (6/3/2013)
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The spirit of giving permeates Diman
Diman “gave back” to the community in a big way this year, as five different projects all worked to help the greater Fall River community. Diman’s efforts helped clothe, feed, and provide both toys and holiday spirit to the area. (1/14/2015)
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Diman crew rebuilds well-known wooden fire truck at Flint Station
The Flint Fire Station has plenty of equipment to show off when visitors come to call. (6/19/2015)
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Partnership with Gladding-Hearn keeps Diman on the cutting edge
Water. It’s critical to life, but can also be incredibly destructive … ask anyone in soggy South Carolina. But when we harness that power, water can be an incredible tool (10/8/2015)
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Diman acquires high-tech cutting machine for metal fabrication shop
Students in Diman’s Metal Fabrication and Joining Technologies shop are learning how to program that machine to cut metal into just about any shape. (11/6/2015)
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