Following are personnel changes that recently occurred in the trucking industry:
Penske Earns ASE Certification for Technician Training Program
Penske Truck Leasing announced it received certification from the National Institute of Automotive Service Excellence for the company’s Continuing Automotive Service Education program. Penske says it is the first and only truck leasing, rental and logistics provider to earn ASE certification for a program of this kind.
Penske says its program is designed to enhance the skills of its 5,000 U.S. vehicle maintenance technicians and customer service representatives who service more than 200,000 vehicles. The three-tiered program uses web-based, hands-on and classroom training methods. Penske expects to fully implement its ASE-certified CASE training program companywide over the next 18 months.
Betts Adds to Network
Betts Spring Company announced that Dallas-based DFW Heavy Duty Parts joined its Master Warehouse Distribution (MWD) network.
Mike Betts, president of Betts Spring Company, says, “Providing local availability of the premium spray suppression solutions included in the Betts and Life-Time Fender brands through partnering with best in class distributors like DFW is the highest value approach to serving the needs of local, regional and national fleets. We are particularly delighted that DFW has chosen to partner with Betts because of their superior reputation in serving customers in their key markets.”
New Partnership for Technician Testing
The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE), Automotive Youth Educational Systems (AYES) and Skills USA announced an agreement to provide co-branded end-of-program exams for students in secondary and post-secondary automotive technology programs.
The new exams will merge the well-known National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) end-of-program tests into a joint offering from the three groups. Through the NATEF, ASE will oversee the question development and delivery of the exams for all three organizations. Candidates and instructors will be able to access the exam through a single co-branded test entry portal. Partner web sites will link to this common portal. A spring 2009 launch is anticipated.
