WANADA announces new Line Technician skills refresher course at MC ADEI Tech Training mentor lunch
A new training program to refresh dealership line technician skills in vehicle electrical systems and engine performance diagnostics and repairs will be launched by WANADA after Labor Day. The classroom based program will be offered as part of WANADAs NATEF Certified Technician Training program, which develops line techs at Montgomery College in Rockville, MD. The new program was announced earlier this week by WANADA at the semi-annual Auto Dealer Education Institute (ADEI) technician training mentor lunch.
Not all of us want to admit it, but many of our technicians have not kept up with all the technical advances in automobiles, and that often means diagnostics and repairs are not being done as efficiently as they should be, said one of the service directors at the mentor lunch. This new WANADA ADEI program will be an effective way to keep line technicians on top of their game, the fixed operations managers at the lunch agreed.
Electric systems and engine performance diagnostics and repairs were selected because the industry has seen the greatest change in these disciplines over the past ten years. Indeed, cars and trucks today are more rolling computer and sensor platforms than they are vehicles.
As with WANADAs ADEI technician training program, line technician participants will attend class at Montgomery College. More details on the program will be issued shortly.
The ADEI mentor lunch also recognized the contributions technician mentors and their dealerships have made in the education of more than 250 students trained in the program, who have become gainfully employed as career technicians in WANADA dealerships over the years. Nearly 50 students, mentors, fixed operations managers and factory representatives gathered for the barbeque lunch, where they were briefed on the fall semester roll out at MC.
There are 30 students enrolled in classes this fall, and ADEI is currently looking to place an additional five candidates at dealerships. WANADA members with a need for entry-level technicians with real ambition and aptitude toward becoming line technicians should contact Wil Desjardins at (202) 237-7200 or wd@wanada.org for more information, or go to www.adei-programs for a detailed description.
Download Bulletin PDF