Ford also supports the training of automotive technicians with new, more investment in your Auto Tech scholarship program.
A charity hand of the company and Ford dealers Make an investment of $ 4 million in the program, the funds that, according to Ford, will go out as 5,000 scholarships for 800 students in order to work as auto technicians.
Ford Pillanthropy launched Auto Tech scholarships in 2023. The TechForce Foundation, a non -profit organization based in Arizona, promotes grants.
The latest Ford investments in $ 4 million in auto technicians have an increase of $ 2 million compared to last year and $ 3 million compared to 2023.
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This happens when the automotive industry fights a constant deficiency of mechanics.
The demand for new automotive equipment is expected from 2025 to 2028 to reach over 351,000, according to Report of the TechForce Foundation.
Meanwhile, some data of the Labor Statistics Bureau suggested that there would be about 67,800 holes for automotive equipment and mechanics annually by 2033.
“This problem is bigger than Ford,” said Alex Shelton, a Ford Philanthropy education manager, Fox Business said in an interview. “However we want to come to the table on behalf and support all industry. This scholarship, since 2023, has become an opportunity for Ford, Ford philanthropic, for our dealers come together to provide scholarships to help students go to school, through school and career. ”
“Over the last three years, we have managed to grow it from 1 million to 2 million to this year, programs of $ 4 million, which will support $ 800 across the country,” he said.
Student cars running on the vehicle (Ford Motor Co)
Individuals who have enrolled as future students who are eligible in automotive, diesel or combination equipment after the average program and current participants with a demonstrated financial need can apply for 800 scholars based on needs, according to the TechForce Foundation website. They probably filled a free application for federal assistance for students (FAFSA).
Schools entitled to the Auto Tech scholarship program scattered in several US regions, list The TechForce Foundation is shown.
Shelton told Fox Business that it was a “first -learning scholarship” but noted that “not limited to learning”.
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According to Shelton, the funds from the Auto Tech scholarship program “can enter other aspects of student education needs” such as child care, gas, transport, housing and food.
“There are many barriers that students may face in their educational path, and many times this is a couple of $ 100 that cancels the student from the track or makes the student leave school, so having additional funding for them, we hope it allows students not just to go to school but stay in school.”
McCain Eng, the past winner of one of the Ford scholarships, told Fox Busines, her grant helped her to stay at school to become a car technician.
Makenna Enga is the past recipient of the Ford scholarship (Ford Motor Co)
“The trade school is not cheap,” she said. “I think that any school after high school is not the most inexpensive, but the trading school accelerates, and it gets into the workforce faster, but it also means that in some cases you have to pay training a little faster, and so it gave me a chance if I could stay at school and pursuing a shopping school and continue to go with it.”
According to Eng, Ford provided main assistance in achieving his career goals. In the end, she wants to work in the formula -1.
“Ford was huge, especially for my long-term purposes because Ford Performance is in NASCAR and Formula-1, and they have many ties and ways to know people,” she said.
Eng also stated that the scholarship was motivational while she was in school.
“If you get a scholarship that really wants you to do well and you are behind and push you to keep going forward, just nice to have this extra support:” Oh, they believe in me, so I have to continue to do it. I have to continue to believe in myself. ”
According to Shelton, Ford hopes to see the next generation of auto -generation.
Students of automatic technology that look at the bottom of the vehicle (Ford Motor Co)
In the past recipients of scholarships entered high school graduates And people who seek to switch careers in later life, among others, said.
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“This is not a career path that, in my opinion, consider a lot of people when they think about the machine,” said Scholton, also Fox Business. ‘There are so many technologies that this advanced technology is woven throughout the vehicle And vehicles only continue to become more sophisticated and smarter with entertainment for electric cars. ”
“There is just a need for people who want to work with their own hands, but also mix it with this exciting technological component, and so I think the career is changing and we hope this scholarship gives financial assistance and allows it to remove barriers for students, but that it is also an disclosure in a career. ”
More than 634,000 people in the US worked as Auto -mechanic As of 2024, according to Ibisurad.
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2025-03-10 10:00:00
