New Ford Tech Promotes ASSET Enrollment Amidst Program’s 40 Year Milestone
New Ford Tech activates its fifth annual Automotive Student Service Education Training (ASSET) campaign on Monday, March 3rd, 2025 ahead of National #GetYourASSET Day on Thursday, March 13th, 2025. This campaign is designed to highlight program demand and assist ASSET locations in their efforts to fill their seats.
New Ford Tech Prepares For 2025 NHRA YES Program Events
The 2025 NHRA season begins in early March, marking New Ford Tech’s seventh year participating in the National Hot Rod Association’s Youth and Education Services (YES) Program. This program showcases how S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) principles are used in real-world automotive careers.
When becoming a Ford Technician, meeting and forming connections with other technicians is expected, but for Jamey Lebran, he also met his future wife! 20-Year Senior Master Technician Jamey Lebran and his wife, Melissa Lebran, attended the 2024 Motor City Homecoming together and shared the story of how Ford brought them together.
Ford ASSET Program Instructor Achieves 10-Year Senior Masters
Practice what you teach, something Kris Young demonstrates perfectly to his students! Young, the Ford ASSET Instructor at Henry Ford College, recently achieved his 10-Year Senior Master certification.
1st Time Senior Master Technicians Celebrate In Huntington Beach, CA
Last month, the Ford Lincoln Technician Recognition program, Top Techs, celebrated 1st Time Senior Master Technicians with an all-inclusive trip to Huntington Beach, California!
20-Year Ford Senior Master Technicians Celebrated at Motor City Homecoming
When a Ford technician achieves their 20-Year Senior Master status, they are rewarded with an exclusive experience at the home of Ford Motor Company - Detroit, Michigan. The experience? Motor City Homecoming!
Ford Technicians Celebrated at NASCAR and NHRA
This rewards program is designed to reward technicians for their education and accomplishments. From starting as a new technician to becoming the 20-Year Senior Master Technician, the Ford Lincoln Top Techs Rewards program gives different awards along the way in the form of Award HQ Points that can be redeemed for cash or through a Top Techs Rewards Experience!
ACE Student Misael Rodriguez Inspiring the Next Generation of Ford Technicians
Misael Rodriguez, a current ACE student, is committed and excited about becoming a Ford technician! He won the Aspiring Technician Grand Prize Award at this year’s Techs Rock Awards and plans to enroll in the Ford ASSET program to continue his education.
From Attending A YES Program Event To Working In A Dealership
Jimmy Ronnie Joyner, 20, was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida. He started his future by attending an NHRA YES Program event in 2023 at Gatornationals. One year later, he attended the same event, only this year as a technician himself working at a dealership, which introduced him to what a career in the automotive industry could look like.
Ford Technician Celebrates 40 Years at Same Dealership
Meet Bob Steemson, a Ford Technician celebrating his 40th anniversary at Wareham Ford in Massachusetts. Steemson has felt a pull towards the automotive industry for as long as he can remember and has managed to create a successful career.
Mary Steele, 20-Year Senior Master Technician, Recognized for Women’s History Month
Meet Mary Steele, the first woman to achieve and maintain the 20-year Senior Master Technician certification.
New Ford Tech Pushes ASSET Enrollment During 4th Annual Recruitment Campaign
New Ford Tech activates its fourth annual Automotive Student Service Education Training (ASSET) campaign on Monday, March 4th, 2024, ahead of National #GetYourASSET Day on Wednesday, March 13th, 2024. This campaign aims to increase program demand and support ASSET locations in their seat recruitment efforts.
New Ford Tech Gears Up For 2024 NHRA YES Program Events
The 2024 NHRA season will be here in early March and it will mark New Ford Tech’s sixth year participating in the National Hot Rod Association’s Youth and Education Services (YES) Program. The YES Program demonstrates how S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education is applied in real-world careers in the automotive arena.
Henry Ford College’s Newly Renovated ASSET Classroom Excites Upcoming Class
In the early 1980s, Henry Ford Community College began its Automotive Student Service Educational Training (ASSET) Program. Still, it wasn’t until the spring of 2022 that the classroom would undergo a major classroom renovation. Current program instructor Kristopher Young was excited to give New Ford Tech a full report on the new facilities.
Ford Senior Master & The Value Of The YES Program
The NHRA Youth Education Services (YES) Program demonstrates how S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education is applied in real-world careers in the automotive arena. Carl Crone, Service Manager of New Holland Ford (PA), speaks highly of the YES Program.
ASSET Graduates Gain Employment Straight Out of College
Graduating is one thing, graduating with a job and a promising career path is another. Jaden Mason and Ryan Williams graduated from Longview Community College’s ASSET program in 2023. Instead of joining the job market, they are further establishing their service technician careers through full-time positions at their respective Ford dealerships.
Queen City ACE Program Paying Off
Brooklyn Booth and Kassidy Russell-Gamble are two young women from the Cincinnati area flourishing as technicians thanks to the partnership between the Great Oaks Career Campuses and New Ford Tech. Booth was the national runner-up for the 2021 TechForce Foundation Future Techs Rock Awards. Russell-Gamble just celebrated her third anniversary at Woody Sander Ford and is well on her way to becoming a master technician.
From ASSET Graduate to ASE Education Foundation Board Member
Women technicians may account for *2.5% of employed transportation technicians, but that number will continue to grow with role models like Jenny Kovac. Kovac graduated from the Community College of Allegheny County ASSET program in 2011 and has had a successful career as a Ford service technician.
New Ford Tech Inspires Future Technicians Through Drag Racing Program Sponsorship
Ford embarked on its fifth year as a sponsor of the National Hot Rod Association’s Youth and Education Services (YES) Program when the 2023 NHRA season got underway in early March. The YES Program demonstrates how S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education is applied in real-world careers in the automotive arena.
New Ford Tech’s 3rd Annual ASSET Campaign Kicks Off
New Ford Tech declares Monday, March 13th, 2023, National #GetYourASSET Day and kicks off its third annual Automotive Student Service Education Training (ASSET) campaign. This campaign is a recruitment effort to support ASSET locations in filling their seats and building program demand.
West-MEC Automotive Technology Program Hosts Skills Competition
The West-MEC Automotive Technology Program is set to host a student skills competition on Saturday, March 4th at Northeast Campus, located at 1617 W. Williams Drive. This full day event tests students’ technical and professional skills throughout several different categories.
Cassandra Santos – A Ford Success Story
Nothing beats finding a career you are passionate about, other than succeeding in it. Just ask Cassandra Santos, the fastest technician to earn the title of Senior Master Technician in the 70-year history of Tasca Ford in Rhode Island.
Weber Ford Granite City Finds Success Developing Techs
First-year technician Dylan Moore couldn’t be any happier when he considers the career path he’s followed since meeting Rob Smith, Weber Ford Granite City’s service manager, during a technician recruiting event in Fall 2021.
New Ford Tech’s ACE Program Launches at Elko High School
Exploring careers in the automotive service industry isn’t always easy to do for high school students. Automotive technology students at Elko High School in Nevada don’t have that issue now that they have established New Ford Tech’s ACE program with the help of Gallagher Ford dealership.
ASSET Program Signing Day at Odessa College
Finding a career that you are passionate about and that offers excellent job opportunities can be hard to do. However, it was an easy decision for 19 Automotive Technology students at Odessa College in Texas once they learned about New Ford Tech’s ASSET program.
Ford is expanding the curriculum and adding locations to its premier training program designed to add more specially trained automotive technicians to a fast-growing field that now includes electric vehicles
New Ford Tech Pays Off the Remainder Tuition for Two ASSET Students
Pursuing a career in the current state of our economy can be financially challenging without any help, and during these unprecedented times, it is even more complicated.
