Housecall Pro Announces 50 Trade Academy Scholarship Winners

SAN DIEGO, CA — Housecall Pro, a software program platform serving over 45,000 dwelling service corporations, has introduced the winners of its 2025 Commerce Academy Scholarship program. A complete of fifty winners have been chosen from commerce faculties and packages throughout the US, together with college students pursuing vocational coaching within the plumbing, electrical and HVAC fields.

“The expert trades present important providers to dwelling and enterprise homeowners throughout the nation. To make sure continued entry to these providers, it’s important to spend money on the following era of tradespeople,” stated Roland Ligtenberg, Housecall Professional co-founder and SVP of Innovation. “Training within the expert trades isn’t solely vital for bridging the abilities hole but additionally for empowering college students to pursue significant careers that make a optimistic influence in individuals’s lives.”

A Rising Funding

Since 2021, Housecall Professional has awarded greater than 1 / 4 million {dollars} in complete scholarships, growing the variety of recipients yr after yr. The scholarships are supplied in tandem with WD-40—in its fourth yr as a scholarship associate—and SupplyHouse, which is in its second yr as a associate.

Recipients of the scholarship are all enrolled in vocational coaching for the spring semester. Every receives:

1. A $2,500 monetary scholarship to their commerce college or program, with $50K contributed by WD-40® and $25K contributed by SupplyHouse
2. A Milwaukee M18 FUEL 2-Instrument Combo Package contributed supplied by SupplyHouse
3. Housecall Professional one-year Necessities membership

That is the primary yr by which HouseCall Professional has reached 50 complete scholarships awarded, demonstrating a rising funding in the way forward for the expert trades. It additionally marks the primary time the Commerce Academy Scholarship program, traditionally targeted on the HVAC area, has expanded its pool of recipients to incorporate college students within the plumbing and electrical trades.

“The aim of the Commerce Academy Scholarship program is to make an actual distinction within the lives of aspiring tradespeople, equipping them for lasting success of their coaching and in the end of their careers,” Ligtenberg stated. “We’re thrilled to be empowering college students spanning a number of important trades.”

Seeking to the Trades

This yr’s scholarship recipients embody college students from vocational faculties and packages throughout the nation spanning a number of generations. Nonetheless, many qualify as members of Gen Z—additional demonstrating that the Commerce Academy Scholarship program is dedicated to the way forward for the trades.

“We’re seeing increasingly more proof of Gen Z trying to the trades as a significant profession path. Their dedication to mastering best-in-class digital instruments suggests an actual need to make the trades extra environment friendly and extra accessible,” stated Ligtenberg.

The scholarship program is only one instance of the corporate’s funding in the way forward for expert commerce training. The Housecall Professional for Training program companions with commerce faculties throughout the nation to equip college students with the instruments, know-how and mentorship alternatives wanted to jumpstart their careers. By integrating Housecall Professional into commerce college curriculums, college students acquire real-world expertise earlier than they even enter the workforce.

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