Fieldpiece Pledges $25,000 for HVACR Scholarships

ORANGE, Calif. — Fieldpiece Devices has launched its third annual #MasteroftheTrade Scholarship. Fieldpiece will distribute $25,000 in scholarship funds in 2024, with the help of SkillsUSA, which can collaborate on this system’s administration.

The initiative underscores Fieldpiece’s continued dedication to uplifting the HVACR trade it serves, the corporate stated in a press launch.

The #MasteroftheTrade Scholarship will help 12 particular person recipients with funds earmarked for his or her schooling in a university or postsecondary HVACR know-how program. Among the many winners, six $2,500 criteria-based postsecondary schooling scholarships will go to SkillsUSA HVAC college students and a complete of $10,000 in scholarships will go to the six gold-, silver-, and bronze medal-winning highschool and faculty or postsecondary college students who prime the leaderboards of the Nationwide Management & Expertise Convention (NLSC) in June.

“As a devoted champion of the HVACR neighborhood, Fieldpiece is dedicated to fostering the expansion of each arising and seasoned professionals within the trade,” stated Tony Gonzalez, technical coaching supervisor at Fieldpiece. “Fieldpiece empowers tradespeople with revolutionary take a look at instruments, distinctive packages, and free on-line assets like Fieldpiece College. Its dedication extends to offering scholarship alternatives, together with the creation of a rising physique of instructional and informative content material designed to equip HVACR professionals with the abilities, information and alternatives wanted to excel of their area.”

Based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the HVACR trade is rising sooner than common, with greater than 300,000 job openings anticipated by 2032, thanks largely to a retiring labor pressure.

“SkillsUSA is thrilled to associate with Fieldpiece Devices to assist roll out its beneficiant scholarships,” stated Chelle Travis, govt director at SkillsUSA. “Empowering the subsequent technology of HVACR professionals is significant for the continued prosperity of the trade, and Fieldpiece’s scholarships play a major function in shaping the workforce of tomorrow.”

#MasteroftheTrade Scholarships candidates should be SkillsUSA members enrolled in its HVACR or basic development packages who’re within the highschool courses of 2024-25 or 2025-26, and who’re planning to check HVACR on the faculty or postsecondary degree. The scholarship software should embrace a resume and both an essay (300 phrases or fewer) or a video of between one and three minutes that solutions the query: “Why have you ever chosen a profession in HVACR?”

Purposes should be submitted by April 15, 2024. Scholarship recipients will likely be introduced on Could 16, and scholarships will likely be awarded primarily based on the benefit of their functions, together with the essay or video, and the proficiency of the SkillsUSA Framework abilities demonstrated within the software supplies. To obtain the funds, scholarship recipients should present an acceptance letter from their postsecondary schooling program or their first semester tuition bill. The funds will likely be distributed on to the college.

The SkillsUSA Championships are the nation’s largest workforce improvement occasion for middle-school, high-school, and postsecondary college students enrolled in public profession and technical education schemes. The contests are designed to check the abilities wanted for profitable entry-level efficiency in given occupational fields. SkillsUSA represents 130 totally different occupational areas and provides contests to the SkillsUSA Championships every year to satisfy the calls for of recent or increasing careers.

In 2024, the SkillsUSA Championships will function greater than 6,000 rivals in 115 hands-on abilities and management contests. Every contestant will likely be a gold medalist on the state degree.

Go to the #MasteroftheTrade Scholarship webpage for extra info.