Fieldpiece Instruments and SkillsUSA Announce 2024 #MasteroftheTrade Winners, Celebrating the Program’s Third Successful Year
May 22 2024 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Recipients Awarded $2,500 Each Toward HVACR
Careers; Fieldpiece to Award Additional $10K at 2024 SkillsUSA
National Leadership & Skills Conference
Fieldpiece Instruments, a leader in test instruments and tools
for HVACR professionals for over 30 years, is proud to announce the
winners of the third annual #MasteroftheTrade program. This year,
six deserving students have been selected to receive $2,500 each to
fund their continued education in the heating, ventilation, air
conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) trade or the option of an
in-kind tool donation to jumpstart their careers.
Administered through SkillsUSA, the #MasteroftheTrade program
aims to bridge the talent gap in the U.S. labor market for HVACR
technicians by providing financial support to individuals pursuing
a future in the industry. The winners of this program demonstrate
exceptional skill, passion and dedication to their craft, embodying
Fieldpiece’s spirit of excellence.
“We are thrilled to give back to our industry by awarding
tuition or tools to these up-and-coming HVACR professionals,” said
Tony Gonzalez, director of training at Fieldpiece Instruments.
“There is a common thread of curiosity, problem-solving skills,
understanding of craftmanship and desire to embrace challenges
among the selected recipients that ensures a bright future in
HVACR. Congratulations to this year’s winners!”
The six accomplished SkillsUSA students selected to receive the
2024 #MasteroftheTrade award are:
- Cole Kelly from Billerica, MA
- Colton Rentschler from Sinking Spring, PA
- Cadin Blais from Watertown, SD
- Mohamed Deyab from Harlingen, TX
- Peyton Hoenig from Asheboro, NC
- John Chaney from Knoxville, TN
Fieldpiece Instruments will also award $10,000 to the
top-ranking high school and college/postsecondary students in the
HVACR category at the SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills
Conference in June.
Fieldpiece Instruments first introduced the #MasteroftheTrade
program in 2022 to address the growing need for skilled HVACR
technicians. The program has since become an integral part of the
company's commitment to supporting education and workforce
development in the HVACR industry.
For more information, please visit the #MasteroftheTrade program
webpage.
ABOUT FIELDPIECE INSTRUMENTS: Fieldpiece
Instruments is an innovative technology company focused on helping
industry professionals do their jobs more easily, faster and better
around the globe. It delivers on this promise through
industry-leading devices with the broadest range of
professional-grade tools and technology inspired by real-world
application and field use. Fieldpiece is focused on serving the
HVACR industry exclusively, enabling HVACR professionals to become
Masters of the Trade. For more information, please visit
www.fieldpiece.com, and be sure to follow Fieldpiece on Facebook,
Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
ABOUT SKILLSUSA: SkillsUSA is a nonprofit partnership of
education and industry founded in 1965 to strengthen the nation’s
skilled workforce. Driven by employer demand, SkillsUSA helps
students develop necessary personal and workplace skills along with
technical skills grounded in academics. This SkillsUSA Framework
empowers every student to succeed at work and in life while helping
to close the skills gap in which millions of skilled trade
positions go unfilled. Through SkillsUSA’s Championships program
and curricula, employers have long ensured schools are teaching
relevant skills, and with SkillsUSA’s new credentialing process,
they can now assess how ready potential employees are for the job.
SkillsUSA has nearly 400,000 members nationwide in high schools,
colleges and middle schools, covering over 130 trade, technical and
skilled service occupations. SkillsUSA is recognized by the U.S.
departments of education and labor as integral to career and
technical education. It has served nearly 14.2 million members
since 1965. For more information, visit: www.skillsusa.org.
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Fieldpiece Instruments: Leslie Licano, Beyond Fifteen
Communications, Inc. Phone: 949.733.8679 x 101 Email:
leslie@beyondfifteen.com
SkillsUSA: Jane Short or Karen Kitzel Phone: 703.777.8810
Email: jshort@skillsusa.org or kkitzel@skillsusa.org