Mercedes-Benz Tech Co-Op program application open to all Wallace State Automotive Service Technology students

HANCEVILLE, ALA. – Wallace State Community College Automotive Service Technology students interested in earning an associate’s degree in Automotive Technology and working at Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc., beginning with the Fall 2019 semester, should apply today for the Mercedes-Benz Tech Co-Op program at www.learnmercedes.com.

Wallace State and Mercedes Benz U.S. International announced the co-op partnership last fall and it launches in August. Wallace State’s Automotive Service Technology students accepted into the Mercedes-Benz Co-Op program will complete semester coursework on campus during the fall and spring semesters and work full-time at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance throughout the summer semesters.

Wallace State students who take advantage of the program will earn $16 an hour during the first summer at the Mercedes-Benz plant in addition to having a $400 housing allowance in the Tuscaloosa area. They’ll earn $17 per hour and the housing allowance during the second summer of work. Tuition assistance is provided to students based upon their current GPA’s, and students are eligible for full-time employment at Mercedes-Benz upon completion of the program.

For more information about Wallace State’s Automotive Service Technology program, visit http://www.wallacestate.edu/programs/technical-division/automotive-service-technology or contact Adam Frazar at 256.352.8151.

For more information, visit www.wallacestate.edu.

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