by Darlene A. Cepeda | May 21, 2022 | Automotive Technician
A recognition ceremony for students at the W.D. and Mary Baker Smith Career Center on Wednesday is part of a bigger mission to inject local technical and career education with pride and prestige. Over a dozen students in the school’s automotive, welding and culinary...
by Darlene A. Cepeda | May 20, 2022 | Automotive Technician
Wake Technical Community College has opened a $42 million automotive facility and added a degree program in collision repair, responding to an unmet demand for technicians, according to educators at the North Carolina school. “I could place every single student that I...
by Darlene A. Cepeda | May 19, 2022 | Automotive Technician
Company to award $50,000 in scholarships to students pursuing careers in the automotive service industry through annual program PHILADELPHIA, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Pep Boys Auto Service & Tires, one of the country’s leading automotive...
by Darlene A. Cepeda | May 18, 2022 | Automotive Technician
An Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) report aiming to be the catalyst of a shift to greater diversity, inclusion and equity in automotive has revealed that gender remains the source of the sector’s most significant representation imbalance. The industry body’s...
by Darlene A. Cepeda | May 17, 2022 | Automotive Technician
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — The Merced County Office of Education is taking action to introduce the community to new career options. MCOE’s Regional Occupational Program is revving up their engines with a free automotive technology class. “We do...
by Darlene A. Cepeda | May 16, 2022 | Automotive Technician
Central Texas College, Ford, Workforce Solutions of Central Texas and Transitions Assistance Support of San Angelo recently recognized 15 graduates of the Ford Technicians of Tomorrow (TOT) program. Each graduate received a Ford-specific tool kit and will begin...