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Fieldpiece Instruments, a leader in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) tool and test instruments, is teaming up with SkillsUSA, a nonprofit consortium, to provide $25,000 in scholarships to trade and technical students.

The grant will supply 10 SkillsUSA students studying HVACR in their junior or senior year of high school, or as college or postsecondary students, a $2,500 scholarship to continue their education.

Approximately 80,000 HVACR technician jobs 鈥� representing 39 percent of the total industry workforce 鈥� are unfilled, according to an article published by HVACR Business in September. Meanwhile, the industry is losing an estimated 20,000 technician jobs per year due to retirements or attrition, the magazine stated.

鈥淭here is a critical need for more HVACR technicians,鈥� SkillsUSA Executive Director Chelle Travis stated. 鈥淲e are rolling up our sleeves every day to provide career and technical education, and to forge meaningful partnerships between education and industry that result in a better-trained HVACR workforce and a shrinking skills gap. Working together with Fieldpiece Instruments, we can make this happen.鈥�

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must be SkillsUSA members enrolled in its HVACR or general construction programs who plan to study HVACR at the college or postsecondary level in the 2022-23 or 2023-24 school years. People can learn more and apply by visiting .