Standards of Excellence Academy graduates six students

The Findlay Automotive Group welcomed the graduates of the Standards of Excellence Academy’s Automotive Technician Training Program. The academy provides entree to precocious learning opportunities for Southern Nevadans with assorted grooming and certification programs.

The academy offers students a gateway to vocation advancement successful jobs and occupations that are successful demand. The academy is simply a nonprofit schoolhouse established successful 2014 by laminitis and Chief Executive Officer Janet Blumen. The enactment is simply a subsidiary of the Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow. The Nevada Commission connected Post-Secondary Education accredits the academy.

“This grooming programme has exceeded our expectations,” Findlay Automotive Group CFO Tyler Corder said. “Out of the archetypal 2 classes, we’ve hired astir each 1 of the graduates astatine Findlay Automotive dealerships. It’s been a large root of trained technicians for america and has provided tremendous vocation opportunities for the students graduating from the program. We’ve present started our 3rd class, and we afloat expect to connection positions to each 1 of these students upon their graduation. It’s gratifying to spot specified large results from this concern with FIT.”

Findlay Chevrolet General Manager Doug Fleming said, “As a autochthonal Las Vegan and 21-year Findlay Automotive employee, I tin confidentially accidental the FIT programme is genuinely an exceptional spot and we are fortunate to person them successful our community.”

Fleming was grateful to beryllium capable to talk astatine the graduation and spot a pupil travel to his dealership.

“At Findlay Chevrolet we emotion hiring young talented graduates from the FIT programme that we cognize person completed the program,” helium said. “They person the credentials and hands-on experience.”

John Gonzales of Findlay Chevrolet played a large relation successful creating the program. He has been moving alongside the graduates and has been progressive since the beginning.

“All six students were offered jobs, and 5 accepted positions successful Findlay dealerships,” helium said. “I presently person an worker moving for maine that conscionable applied for the programme due to the fact that helium saw what a large happening it was successful his co-worker’s life. I consciousness truthful passionate about, giving radical an accidental to succeed.”

Thomas Whitney is among the six students who graduated from the FIT program. Gonzales has been a mentor to Whitney and was thrilled to prosecute him astatine Findlay Chevrolet.

“Hiring Thomas was a no-brainer,” Gonzales said. “Not lone did helium excel successful school, he’s a truly hard worker. We are excited astir his future.”

Whitney said, “Going to that schoolhouse has been astonishing for me. I loved that it was 3 days successful people and 2 doing hands-on work. I’m not truly a publication person. … I was capable to speech to technicians astir what I was learning successful a book. They would amusement maine successful the store precisely however thing was done, and it was truly casual for maine to larn similar that.

“My favourite happening astir moving for the Findlay institution is the community,” helium continued. “Everyone present is nice. We person amusive astatine enactment portion getting the occupation done. They person been truthful diligent with me. I’m truthful grateful for my acquisition and excited for my future.”