Work/Study Pays Off for WANADA-Ford Techs Ford Cash Awards For Those Passing ASE Tests
As the WANADA/Ford Apprenticeship Technician Training Program kicked off its second year this past spring, Duane Roundtree, then strategy manager for Fordês Youth and Adult Automotive Training Program, was so enthusiastic about this yearês group of trainees he pledged to sweeten the pot and pay student apprentices $500 for each ASE test passed. Well, Ford made good that offer last week as WANADA staff fanned out across the Washington area passing out automaker checks to the hard-working students in the WANADA/Ford program.
Needless to say, there was a lot of excitement and smiling faces as WANADAês Archie Avedisian, Bill Belew, and Mike Wilson showed up with checks for the following students:
Michael Ennis, Purvis Ford, $1,500
Kenneth Fox , Sheehy Ford, Springfield, $1000
Brian Leatherman Sheehy Ford, Gaithersburg, $1,000
Luis Urrutia, Ourisman World of Ford, $500
Kim Dryden, Cherner Lincoln-Mercury, Annandale, $500
Nam Nguyen, Cherner Lincoln-Mercury, Vienna, $500
It was definitely a big motivator, said Chris Holland of DARCARS Wilson Powell, who passed two ASE tests last fall and another two this spring to earn a $2,000 check.
Techs like Chris are a definite asset to any dealership, added his boss, Service Director Terry Poppel. These checks and the earn and learn programs like this really help build loyalty to the dealership and Ford.
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