Eighteen new Ford ASSET graduates from the Odessa College Automotive Technology program were recently honored at a graduation luncheon as they prepared to start their careers in the automotive industry armed with their associate degrees and their elite Ford Automotive Student Service Education Training (ASSET).
“These students have successfully completed their program and their hands-on training, and they are prepared to be competitive in the workforce,” Automotive and Diesel Technology Department Chair Robert Turner said in a news release.
“ASSET is an elite two-year automotive technician program where students alternate between learning in the classroom and gaining hands-on experience at a Ford or Lincoln dealership. Students also have the privilege of a paid internship at a Ford or Lincoln dealership beginning the day they start the program, so they earn while they learn,” Turner added.
The 18 honorees were joined by representatives from the dealerships that sponsored them in their program which culminated in their becoming employees of those companies upon their graduation.
The newly graduated technicians sponsored by Sewell Ford Lincoln in Odessa technicians are Braden Debes, Dilan Garza, Andrew Jacquez, Gage Leverett, Tristian Ramos, Adrian Robles, Richard Rose, and Sebastian White.
Technicians employed by Rogers Ford Lincoln in Midland are Joseph Coleman, Isaac Garcia, Ivan Garcia, Luis Ordaz, Aaron Thiesfeld, Eduardo Villegas, and Andy Perez.
Premier Ford of Lamesa will employ Oscar Osorio, Bailey Toliver Ford of Stanton will employ Fernando Orquiz, and Bayer Ford of Comanche will employ Alexandre Rangel.
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