Penske Truck Leasing helps expert trades at 2022 SkillsUSA Nationwide Convention

For the eighth-straight yr, Penske Truck Leasing will likely be taking part within the SkillsUSA Nationwide Management and Expertise Convention (NLSC). Happening from June 20-24 in Atlanta, Georgia, Penske will likely be connecting with aspiring technicians to bolster the significance of their work to the trade and to advertise profession alternatives which might be accessible with the corporate. This yr will mark Penske’s first as an official sponsor.

SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA is a nationwide group serving lecturers, and highschool and faculty college students who’re getting ready for careers in technical, expert, and repair occupations. As a part of the nationwide convention, greater than 6,500 college students who have been state champions take part in hands-on competitions in additional than 100 commerce, technical and management fields.

“These college students are the perfect of the perfect of their expert commerce – within the nation,” mentioned Rick Labadie, Director of Staffing – Technician Hiring. He added that by serving to with judging in the course of the competitors, “We expertise first-hand how they carry out. They should troubleshoot the difficulty, no matter error code we placed on the truck.”

Penske will likely be an exhibitor at sales space B432 – simply throughout from the diesel competitors. There will likely be day by day drawings for prizes, comparable to a Snap-on toolbox, an Oculus, Workforce Penske-signed miniature race helmets and die-cast racecars, Apple merchandise and present playing cards.

This yr, Penske has donated using 5 Freightliner tractors for the occasion’s Dwell Engine station the place its fleet upkeep specialists will choose the Store Expertise competitors. NLSC attendees are additionally in a position to expertise a reside coaching session from three professional Penske technicians throughout “The New Face of Transportation” presentation. The professional technicians will function the present panorama of fleet upkeep and expertise, highlighting the corporate’s newest mission in fleet technician coaching, Penske XR.

SkillsUSA Dwell Engine Competitors

Penske lead technician, Shawn Teal reminisced over his time competing within the diagnostic portion of the 2015 SkillsUSA competitors: “I knew precisely what to do, and when to do it – and did it as quick as I presumably may.”

“You study twice as quick and retained it,” Teal mentioned, explaining that when he went to work every day, he would see the real-world utility of the issues he was studying within the classroom. Teal graduated from Minnesota State Neighborhood and Technical Faculty in Might 2015 and went on to put sixth within the diesel competitors on the 2015 SkillsUSA. Since becoming a member of Penske in 2013, he is been promoted a number of occasions and is now lead technician at Penske in Fargo, North Dakota.

As a lead technician for Penske Truck Leasing, Teal is agile and environment friendly in detecting truck points, and getting them again on the highway.

Since Penske Truck Leasing offers complete fleet upkeep, his wide-ranging expertise served Teal nicely when he was competing in at NLSC seven years in the past. To get there, Teal received the Minnesota state competitors, competing in hands-on exams towards high diesel technician college students from throughout the U.S. “At every station of the state competitors, you didn’t know the ability stage of your opponents, however you probably did your best possible the quickest approach potential,” he said.

“Every single day is a brand new problem,” Teal mentioned. “That’s the perfect half about working at Penske.”

Labadie mentioned the convention is an efficient platform to encourage technical profession alternatives to college students and exhibit the significance of expert trades. Along with diesel technicians, NLCS options all kinds of careers, together with electronics, computer-aided drafting, precision machining, medical helping and culinary arts.

SkillsUSA Media Package

“As Penske continues to develop, our fleet dimension continues to develop,” mentioned Labadie. “As our fleet grows, we have now a necessity for extra expertise, and what higher place to search out nice expertise than at SkillsUSA.”

The Penske fleet depend is presently 381,600 and continues to develop.

“To maintain up with the Penske progress, we have to rent an extra 5,000 diesel upkeep technicians per yr – for the following few years,” continued Labadie.

Teal’s recommendation for 2022 opponents? “Do not let it intimidate you. The competitors can get intense – so take the problem head on and have enjoyable on the market!”

“You get college students who’re there with their households. They’re cheering on their brother or sister,” Labadie mentioned. “That is our subsequent technology of individuals coming into our trade. It is a possibility to construct relationships with college students, faculties and trade main supporters.”

For info on diesel technician job openings and different profession alternatives with Penske, go to https://penske.jobs/.