College of Trades launches ‘enforcement blitz’ in Ontario
By Dylan O’Hagan Peterborough, Ontario — March 17, 2016 — Safety in the automotive repair industry can literally mean life or death. That’s part of the idea behind the Ontario College of Trades (OCOT), and that’s why Ontario enforcement officers recently cracked down on technicians lacking an official Certificate of Qualification. In the past winter […]
CIIA offers new Certificate of Qualification prep course
Hamilton, Ontario — March 6, 2016 — Collision Industry Information Assistance (CIIA) has scheduled a new class to help unlicensed techs successfully complete Ontario’s provincial trades license exam. “The impact of trades license enforcement by the Ontario College of Trades and the fact that most of the exam challengers failed the trades exam on their […]
CIIA and icoat team up for training
Hamilton, Ontario — February 5, 2016 — Collision Industry Information Assistance (CIIA) and aftermarket supplier icoat [Innovative Coatings] have teamed up to offer training. The organizations have issued a joint announcement noting that, starting this spring, repairers can take the Basic Estimating course, the Certificate of Qualification exam prep course (to help unlicensed techs pass […]
New prep course for Certificate of Qualification exam
Hamilton, Ontario — January 19, 2016 — Collision Industry Information Assistance (CIIA) has designed a new training class to help unlicensed techs to better successfully complete the provincial trades license exam. The new course has been driven by demand from the industry. “The impact of trades license enforcement by the Ontario College of Trades and […]
Ontario updates standards for collision repair trades
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — August 12, 2015 — The Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) has released updated training standards for the three trades concerned with collision repair. The new standards are for Auto Body (310Q), Collision Repair (310B) and Automotive Painter (410N). Previously, the three trades were contained in one training standard, but […]
