A career in automotive technology is both rewarding and lucrative!  Highly-skilled technicians are in great demand and have employment opportunities in any community or location.

The information contained in this website can help students in their search for a high paying and rewarding career, can help educators in their search for tools to improve their automotive technology programs, and help dealerships in their search for better trained entry-level technicians.

This partnership between the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association, the Virginia Department of Education, Automotive Youth Educational Systems, and the National Automobile Dealers Association is a pioneering program which brings together educators, administrators and dealers in preparing today's students for their future careers in automotive technology.

Virginia's AYES Education Partnership excels because it provides students with internship opportunities during the summer between their Junior and Senior year. But to provide those opportunities we need Mentors!

Contact Bob Owen today at bowen@vada.com or (804) 283.0176  to find out how you can start an great career in automotive technology or how you can make a real difference in a young person's life by being a Mentor!

A career in automotive technology is both rewarding and lucrative!  Highly-skilled technicians are in great demand and have employment opportunities in any community or location.

The information contained in this website can help students in their search for a high paying and rewarding career, can help educators in their search for tools to improve their automotive technology programs, and help dealerships in their search for better trained entry-level technicians.

This partnership between the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association, the Virginia Department of Education, Automotive Youth Educational Systems, and the National Automobile Dealers Association is a pioneering program which brings together educators, administrators and dealers in preparing today's students for their future careers in automotive technology.

Virginia's AYES Education Partnership excels because it provides students with internship opportunities during the summer between their Junior and Senior year. But to provide those opportunities we need Mentors!

Contact Bob Owen today at bowen@vada.com or (804) 283.0176  to find out how you can start an great career in automotive technology or how you can make a real difference in a young person's life by being a Mentor!