The Used Truck Association (UTA) and the UTA Jerome Nerman Family Foundation will provide three $6,000 scholarships to students looking to pursue further education to become commercial truck technicians.
“There is a huge need for more technicians to work on trucks and to keep America rolling," stated Bobby Williams, UTA vice president.
Added Hal Dickson, Remarketing Director for Volvo/Mack, says, “Today’s trucks are more sophisticated than ever. We need more smart people repairing and maintaining today’s and tomorrow’s trucks.”
The scholarship winners will be announced at the UTA’s Annual Convention in November.
These scholarships are one-time awards for education at an accredited vocational-technical institution with an emphasis on diesel mechanics or heavy-truck body shop training.
The applications will be reviewed by an independent panel from the Business School at Johnson Community College.
Qualification criteria:
- Community activities and support;
- Work accomplishments;
- Academic success;
- References;
- School activities.
To apply, candidates must be nominated by a Used Truck Association member and submit their application before September 9, 2022. The nomination details can be found at www.uta.org/page/JeromeNermanFamilyFoundation.