Tag: automotive education

Collision Repair

Educating for Tomorrow: Centennial College’s Alan McClelland on electrification and collision repair education

Toronto, Ontario –Alan McClelland, Dean for the School of Transportation at Centennial College, may not have a crystal ball to predict the future of the automotive industry, but he does have something to say about how the industry can better prepare for it. A featured speaker at Collision Repair magazine’s EV Repair Tour, supported by […]

August 31, 2023

Collision Repair

Planned Programming: MSO Symposium unveils 2022 agenda

Las Vegas, Nevada – The Automotive Service Association has released the MSO Symposium’s agenda, which will be held in Las Vegas on Oct. 31, 2022. Developed by the Automotive Service Association (ASA) and the MSO Symposium advisory board, the conference’s programming discusses multiple topics pertaining the industry’s most influential collision repair operators in North America. […]

September 7, 2022

Training

Credential Crackdown: Body techs part of phase one in B.C.’s certification legislation

Victoria, British Columbia — A new set of laws designed to crack down on skilled trades certification in British Columbia was given royal assent on Thursday, officially starting the clock on uncertified auto body techs to get their training in gear. As part of this new legislation, the Industry Training Authority Act will now fall […]

March 15, 2022

Training

Apprentice Advice: B.C. hires five apprenticeship advisors, invests $5 million into ITA

Victoria, British Columbia — British Columbia is trying to fill some seats in its trade school classrooms as the provincial government announced a $5 million investment to support the Industry Training Authority (ITA) and its efforts to promote automotive skilled trades education. Alongside the investment will come the hiring of five new apprenticeship advisors (one […]

February 11, 2022