March Motor Madness: Motorama showcases Toronto’s hottest custom cars
Toronto, Ontario — Hundreds of gearheads gathered at Toronto’s International Centre last weekend for the annual Motorama Custom Car and Motorsports Expo. With more than 300,000 sq. ft. of venue space, the event featured a display of more than 400 featured custom cars, hot rods and tuner cars; from trucks to old-school Mopar, modern mods […]
Freshly Skilled: Tropicana celebrates 2020, 2021, 2022 collision repair pre-apprenticeship classes with lavish graduation
Toronto, Ontario — Tropicana Employment Services hosted its long-anticipated Collision Repair and Auto Body pre-apprenticeship graduation, where the not-for-profit honoured three classes of now-working apprentices. The celebration honoured three graduating classes—the classes of 2020 and 2021 had their originally scheduled ceremonies cancelled due to the pandemic—and was held at Centennial College’s event centre. The night […]
Repair Era: Polyvance to host free virtual training on plastic repair techniques
Rainsville, Alabama — As parts shortages rage on and growing length-of-rentals, Polyvance will be hosting a free virtual seminar on May 26 at 11 a.m. ET, to be focused on the ins and outs of plastic repair. The broadcast will cover topics like: Benefits of textured plastic repair The process of textured plastic repair A […]
On Course for Calibration: I-CAR U.S. creates new ADAS Technician training role
Illinois, United States — Making good on a promise made in November of 2020, I-CAR has announced the creation of a brand new ADAS Technician career path for technicians interested in working toward learning the much-in-demand skillset. Speaking on behalf of I-CAR’s U.S.-based organization, CEO and president John Van Alstyne said “This new optional ADAS […]
Carrossier Cash: Québec invests $2 million into technician, estimator training
Trois-Rivières, Québec — Québec is giving a big boost to its bodyshop sector, as the province’s labour minister announced a $2,109,160 investment into training for technicians and estimators. Minister Jean Boulet announced the investment in his home riding of Trois-Rivières where he stipulated that $1,672,985 of the total investment will be used to develop specific […]
Success Centre: Skilled Trades Training Centre announced for Strathroy, Ont.
Strathroy, Ontario — The skilled trades will be getting a new home base in southwest Ontario after the provincial government announced on Friday that a $5.7 million training centre is on the way for the community of Strathroy. The centre will train students from various levels of education, with a primary focus on producing welders, […]
Increased Clarity: Uniban Canada hosts first glass repair training session
Hamilton, Ontario —A number of Ontario collision shop owners were treated to a masterclass in leading-edge glass repair procedure as Uniban Canada hosted its first technical training session of the year at the Driven Brands Canada technical training centre in Hamilton, Ont. The day’s programming was lead by Uniban’s dedicated technical trainer, Willy Williams, who […]
Skill Scrolling: Skills Ontario launches jobs, training app for skilled trades
Toronto, Ontario — Skills Ontario launched a new “career exploration” app for Android and Apple devices in December that aims to connect the province’s skilled tradespeople of all ages and skill levels with training and employment opportunities. The app puts new users through a quiz that matches them up with employment opportunities relevant to their […]
