Early last year Coach-Net launched a new Ultimate roadside assistance program through Coach-Net’s dealer partners. The program includes expanded benefits and services to match RVers needs and a portion of every contract sold is donated to the RV Technical Institute (RVTI) scholarship fund. In 2022, Coach-Net provided 35 full RVTI scholarships.
The scholarships enable recipients to continue their RV technical training and provides them with needed experience and expertise.
“Coach-Net and the RV Technical Institute share the common goals of educating and certifying RV technicians, including our very own in-house RV technicians to best serve our Members and the RVing community,” said Kim Gregory, Coach-Net vice president of sales. “With millions of Americans now RVing, certified RV technicians are in extremely high demand. Having the ability to partner with the RV Technical Institute to provide certification and continuing education programs is very exciting as we support and strengthen the RV industry.”
RVTI was created in June 2018 to solve a shortage of trained RV technicians. The training is the only industry-wide supported path to certification, Coach-Net said. The scholarship fund helps new technicians and assists in recruiting more people into the RV technician field. In 2022, RVTI recruited over 1,200 people into the RV technician field from outside of the RV industry.
“The commitment Coach-Net has shown towards training and certification of RV technicians is impressive and benefits the entire RV industry,” RVTI Executive Director Curt Hemmeler said. “Not only has Coach-Net prioritized the training and certification of their own technicians, but through their support of our scholarships, even more RV technicians have been able to receive the RV Technical Institute’s gold standard tech training.”
