The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) is hosting a free webinar on Friday, May 8 at 4:00 p.m. ET entitled “Electrical Diagnostic Skills & Strategies.” Electrical diagnostics remains an elusive skill, even for some experienced technicians....
Continental, a leading global supplier of systems, components, and tires to automobile and truck manufacturers, has named Sean Lannoo as the Sales Technical Training Supervisor for the company’s VDO, REDI-Sensor, ATE, Autodiagnos, and ClearContact aftermarket product...
Dean Law, Indie Garage contributor and owner of Law's Automotive in Portage la Prairie talks about running a shop in the COVID-19 crisis, tough decisions, and what to do when you can't find sanitizing wipes. https://youtu.be/-PbEIQdQYRQ
To ease financial hardship on businesses and to keep employees connected with their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, British Columbia's government has extended the temporary layoff period to 16 weeks for COVID-19 related reasons. Previously under the Employment...
The Automotive Parts Services Group (The Group) is providing free streaming training for automotive repair teams, also known as START, on its web training portal, The Group Training Academy. With START, automotive professionals can tune in at any time and watch...
As much as there has been a strong focus on cleaning and disinfecting vehicles before and after service to safeguard employees and customers due to the coronavirus, the idling of vehicles has the potential to create many happy homes for rodents and other critters. We...
Automotive service professionals across Canada know that the longer their customers' cars sit idle, the more they're going to have a flurry of activity and unhappy clientele as the economy starts to roll again. Shop professionals know that if left unused for too long,...
With a commitment to continue providing the highest quality timing system products to its customers, Cloyes announced it has purchased, installed, and is operating an RMC-ETS100 dynamic engine test system. The system has been customized for the purpose of higher...
One concern arising as we move further into this situation is around the statutory time limits of temporary layoffs. Under British Columbia's Employment Standards Act, a layoff that exceeds 13 weeks in a period of 20 consecutive weeks is no longer considered a...