Ford AAA Auto Skills Competition

This nationwide competition is cosponsored by AAA and Ford Motor Company. Its objective is to encourage talented young people to pursue careers as automotive service technicians. Schools may enter a team of two to ten 11th and/or 12th grade students per full time automotive instructor, but each instructor must apply individually. Each participating instructor selects his best 11th or 12th grade auto technology students to take the state qualifying on line. The combined score of the two highest scoring students from each school becomes the team score and counts 40% in the state finals. In Virginia, the ten teams scoring highest on the state qualifying exam then move on to the "hands-on" state finals scheduled each year in May. For the past three years, a team from the CTEC Auto Technology program has earned a berth in the state semi-finals. http://www.autoskills.com/about.html