SUNAPEE — The New Hampshire Automotive Education Foundation (NHAEF) has awarded $50,000 in scholarships to 26 students in the state to grow New Hampshire’s future motor vehicle workforce.
Locally, scholarship recipients include Tyler Couitt of Sunapee. The scholarships are to be used at NH Community Colleges for Automotive Technology, Diesel Heavy Equipment Technology or Collision Repair for the 2018-2019 school year.
Since its inception, the NHAEF has awarded $365,500 in scholarships.
Techs in NH make $58,000 on average, and over 400 jobs need to be filled. NH’s community colleges offer two-year associate’s degrees in auto tech for roughly $20,000, including the cost of tools. Scholarships like those offered through the NHADA lower that cost even more. Auto tech students can leave school with no or low debt if they take advantage of paid internships, as well as summer full-time employment, all according to a press release.
NHAEF is a not-for-profit affiliate of the New Hampshire Automobile Dealers Association (NHADA), a statewide trade association with a staff of 30 professionals, representing approximately 500 businesses in the motor vehicle industry with over 14,000 employees. For more information, visit www.nhada.com.
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