{"id":2187,"date":"2019-11-22T14:02:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T19:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2021-11-30T16:19:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T21:19:50","slug":"vwcc-launches-expanded-auto-tech-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/22\/vwcc-launches-expanded-auto-tech-program\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCC launches expanded auto tech program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Virginia Western Community College&#8217;s School of Career and Corporate Training (CCT) and School of Business, Trades, and Technology (BTT), in collaboration with the Berglund Automotive Group, will offer expanded automotive service technician training beginning January 2020. Students can learn the skills they need in as little as five weeks to start an in-demand career as a general service technician. Most classes will be offered in the evening or on Saturday mornings, allowing students to keep their day jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a national shortage of automotive service\ntechnicians as many experienced workers retire. In the Roanoke metropolitan\nstatistical area, there were 847 automotive service technician jobs in 2018, 26\npercent more than the national average, according to Emsi. There were 52 active\njob postings in the average month and the median hour earnings were $19.35. Employer\ndemand and automotive classes with waiting lists encouraged the college to\noffer more classes at a new Franklin Road location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Berglund and its president, William J. Farrell II, were\nintegral in helping this expansion hit the road. Berglund donated class space\nat one of its facilities-a former automotive dealership-where students can\ntrain in an automotive shop under supervision of a qualified instructor. In\naddition, Farrell and his family created a permanently endowed fund with the\nVirginia Western Educational Foundation to support students through\nscholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In our business, we have a very tough time filling all of\nthe automotive technician opportunities that we have. It has become such a\nspecialized field,&#8221; said Farrell, who is the treasurer for the Educational\nFoundation Board of Directors. &#8220;We felt that this was the best way for us to\ngive back to the whole community &#8211; to grow a regional workforce not only for\nus, as an automotive group, but for all of our automotive colleagues in the Valley.\nWe are glad to be a part of growing automotive opportunity for the entire\nregion.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new training facility on Franklin Road will permit the\ncollege to offer more of its already in-demand automotive courses, combined\nwith brand new entry-level and continuing education workshops for new and\npracticing automotive technicians.&nbsp; A\nvariety of courses will begin in January 2020, from Automotive Electricity I,\nto Automotive On-Ramp (General Service) Training, and exam preparation for\nVirginia State Safety Inspectors. Depending on the type of course, students may\nbe eligible for tuition assistance such as scholarship through the Virginia\nWestern Educational Foundation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are excited to join with an automotive industry\npartner to offer this program in a real working environment,&#8221; said Dr. Milan\nHayward, Vice President of the School of Career and Corporate Training.\n&#8220;Students will acquire the skills they need to succeed and find mobility across\nmany potential employers in our region.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on the automotive service technician program and to learn how to enroll, please call 540-857-6076 or visit:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/cct\">https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/cct<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/academics\/transportation\">https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/academics\/transportation<\/a>. To learn more about potential scholarships, please visit the Educational Foundation web site at:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/foundation\/\">https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/foundation\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Western Community College&#8217;s School of Career and Corporate Training (CCT) and School of Business, Trades, and Technology (BTT), in collaboration with the Berglund Automotive Group, will offer expanded automotive service technician training beginning January 2020. 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