Built Through Hard Work: Coda Cole’s Journey from Savannah Tech to JCB

The Student Storyline · Oct 22, 2026 · 19m

In this episode of The Student Storyline, we sit down with Coda Cole, Quality Team Lead for Fabrication at JCB, whose journey from Savannah Technical College to a growing career in manufacturing is a story of perseverance, embracing opportunities, and finding motivation through life's challenges.

Coda began exploring his future during his junior year of high school, when his mother encouraged him to find a career that would fit his lifestyle. Drawn to welding because he viewed it as an art rather than simply a job, he discovered Savannah Tech's dual enrollment program and began taking welding…