By BizWest
This fall, Aims Community College will begin a program that offers aspiring automotive technicians a paid internship with a local Ford dealership while they learn.
The Ford Automotive Student Service Educational Training program will allow students to earn while they learn, according to a news release. Students alternate time in the classroom at Aims’ Automotive and Technology Center and with a sponsoring Ford or Lincoln dealer. Aims’ program is Colorado’s only Ford ASSET program and the 41st nationwide, the release stated.
This is a paid opportunity in which students earn while they learn in the classroom and on the job. Students in the program can earn an associate degree, multiple Ford Service Technician specialty training certifications and dealership experience at the end of five semesters. Students will graduate as senior master level service technicians, the release stated. Such a program would normally take two and a half years to complete.