Patrick Crome of Compact Kars Receives AASP/NJ’s Russ Robson Scholarship Award

As part of the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey’s (AASP/NJ) Annual Meeting held Oct. 19 at Gran Centurions in Clark, NJ, Patrick Crome, a Mercer County Vocational School student employed by Compact Kars in Clarksburg, NJ, was named the recipient of the 2022 Russ Robson Scholarship Award.

“Russ was a big supporter of training, and he taught part-time at the Mercer County Vocational School where the recipient of the Russ Robson Scholarship Award is a student,” said AASP/NJ Treasurer Tom Elder, of Compact Kars, of the former president. “Patrick came to us as someone interested in learning about our industry, and he does a great job working in our shop.”

Receiving the scholarship award was “pretty special” to Crome. The up-and-coming technician plans to continue his training and is committed to building a career in collision repair.

As the industry has been facing a technician shortage nationwide, young people coming into the fold is something that must be encouraged and celebrated as the association did that night.

Elder reminded the audience, “There is not one person in this room who can say that every position in their shop is filled by someone who is good and qualified. We have to look wherever we can to find someone and train them.”

For more information about AASP/NJ, visit aaspnj.org.

Source: AASP/NJ

Abby Andrews

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Abby Andrews is the editor of Autobody News.

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