Mercedes Tech Program: Lawson State – Bessemer
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LAWSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
Application Process is OPEN NOW for the 2022 Mercedes TECH program at Lawson State
FAST FACTS
- Starting pay $17 per hour with pay increases at the 3rd and 5th semester.
- Paid for hours worked in production and training at the training center.
- Mercedes Tech shirts are provided as well as any safety equipment required.
- The program at Lawson consist of alternating 8 weeks of school and work.
- During the rotation to school, all students are expected to work on Friday and possibly Saturday.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Step 1
Click the blue “APPLY HERE!” button at the bottom of this page.
Clicking on the link will take you to the AIDT Website and it will ask you to set up an account.
Once you have set up your account, you’ll need to leave the website and return to this page on the MBUSI.COM Website and click the blue “APPLY HERE!” button again.
NOTE: When creating your account, please make sure that your contact information is correct. AIDT, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. and Lawson State Community College communicate primarily by email.
Step 2
Go to the Lawson State Community College Website and complete an application to enroll.
After you complete an application, you will be given a student ID.
NOTE: Completing an application to the school does not complete the enrollment process for MBUSI.
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Lawson State Community College phone: (205) 925-2515 website: Admissions page |
Step 3
Wait for an email response from AIDT.
Once you have completed the application for the Mercedes Tech Program and you have met the qualifications to apply, you will be placed in a pool of applicants to be invited to an assessment.
Step 4
AIDT will contact you in order to schedule your assessment.
The assessment will take place at AIDT, 6 Mercedes Drive, Vance, AL. This is our training facility located next to our Visitor Center adjacent to the plant.
The invitation will arrive in your email.
IMPORTANT: Please monitor your spam/junk email inboxes and/or add “@lawsonstate.edu” to your approved email senders list to ensure that you don’t miss their email(s)!
The first assessment will take approximately 1 day to complete.
Step 5
Once your first assessment has been completed, your scoring information will be sent to the Mercedes-Benz Human Resources Department.
Depending upon your assessment result, you will either advance to the interview process or receive an email notification stating that you did not meet the criterion to advance. If your assessment results indicate that you qualify for advancement, you will be contacted by a representative from Mercedes-Benz U.S. International to schedule an interview.
The interview will take place at AIDT, the same facility where the first assessment was administered and will take approximately 45 minutes and you will be required to bring your high school transcripts and any college transcripts.
Step 6
The interview is the final step in the process.
If successful, you will be placed in a pool of candidates for selection into the Mercedes Tech Program.
ACT WORKKEYS
ACT WorkKeys is also part of the selection process. ACT WorkKeys is a job skills assessment and we require individual scores from 3 main assessment areas, which are: applied math, workplace documents, and graphic literacy. For this assessment, your contact information will be sent to Lawson State Community College and they will contact you in order to schedule your ACT WorkKeys assessment.
All offers to join the Mercedes Tech program will be extended through our staffing agency at North American On-Site.
PROGRAM FAQS
The program with Lawson State is a 5- to 6-semester program consisting of alternating 8 weeks of school and work.
The program with Lawson State is an alternating 8 weeks of school and work. When students are in the 8 weeks of school, they are still expected to work on Friday and Saturday*.
*only when production is scheduled for Saturday
Your benefits will include the tuition and fees assistance provided by Mercedes-Benz and the value of obtaining a quality education from Lawson State Community College. Other benefits include: paid work hours, team wear, safety shoes and any other safety gear that is needed to perform your job.
For this program, online classes will not be available.
All students are responsible for their portion of the tuition and fees and for any books that may be required. Please see “TUITION AND FEES SUPPORT FROM MBUSI” section (below).
Yes. Anyone interested in the program can apply, however, the program is a full time student program with limited work hours. Please consider this before applying.
- All candidates should review the details of the program.
- The 4 terms of instruction are back to back.
- All students will be expected to rotate shifts.
- All students will be expected to be present and on time at school and work.
- All students must be able to perform the essential functions of the job.
- All students will be required to work their regular scheduled hours at work, which also includes any overtime that may be scheduled.
The program is 4 semesters in length. All candidates should consider this before applying. This takes commitment. The program guidelines state that Mercedes-Benz will offer full time employment to the top percent of those students that successfully complete the program within a certain GPA range.
TUITION AND FEES SUPPORT FROM MBUSI:
1st Semester
2nd Semester
3rd Semester
4th Semester
5th Semester
- 65% of your tuition and fees are covered by Mercedes-Benz before you take your first class!
- If you maintain a 3.0 and above GPA, you will receive the most of Mercedes-Benz support.
- If you maintain between 2.5 and 3.0 GPA, Mercedes-Benz pays 50% of your tuition and fees in the 2nd and 3rd semesters.
- No tuition and fees support is provided by Mercedes-Benz if your GPA is below 2.5.
BEGIN YOUR CAREER WITH MERCEDES-BENZ BY CLICKING THE BLUE BUTTON BELOW.
- 5 terms in the program consisting of an alternating 8 week schedule of attending classes at Lawson State Community College and working at Mercedes-Benz International.
- This program requires students to alternate between school and work, every 8 weeks. (During the 8 weeks at Lawson State, all students are expected to work on Friday and *Saturday) *Only when production is scheduled.
- Gain hands-on experience by working at the plant each week.
- With a GPA of 3.0 and above students will earn a position with MBUSI.