ATA seeks candidates for truck technician scholarship
Arkansas Trucking Affiliation is accepting purposes for scholarships supporting college students considering pursuing careers as medium- and heavy-duty truck technicians. Deadline to use is March 31.
That is the sixth yr ATA has supplied scholarships of as much as $7,500. Hyperlink right here to use.
“We’re proud to have awarded $75,000 in scholarships to 10 college students since establishing the Carl Tapp Memorial Scholarship Fund, and we stay up for offering profession paths for much more of those much-needed truck technicians within the years to return,” mentioned ATA President Shannon Newton. “This scholarship serves to offer our business with extra gifted technicians – technicians who’re liable for guaranteeing the complicated gear that carries freight on our highways arrives safely to its vacation spot.”
In 2017, ATA established the Carl Tapp Memorial Scholarship Fund to encourage development within the state’s technician workforce. The scholarship is known as for the late Carl Tapp who was recognized for recognizing and empowering expertise within the subsequent era of technicians.
“Carl was a dynamic chief in our business and helped form many careers,” mentioned Kenneth Calhoun, Tapp’s former colleague and fleet optimization supervisor at Altec. “By means of this scholarship, we honor his legacy by recruiting and supporting the subsequent era of technicians as we work towards a stronger, extra sustainable workforce for years to return.”
Candidates have to be graduating seniors from accredited excessive colleges. Scholarships can be awarded to college students attending an at the very least two-semester medium- and heavy-duty truck technician program at an Arkansas establishment. The scholarships are for college students beginning coursework in August or January. Scholarship recipients are anticipated to be introduced in Might.
