Less than 5 days before our Spring Conference kicks off with the incredible Mike Anderson bringing his energy and collision industry insights to our shop members and sponsors.
A huge bonus is having Frank Terlep from Auto Techcelerators speaking about Industry Disruption in his keynote presentation after supper on Friday evening.
Saturday Morning, we have SGI kicking things off with an update of the Safe & Quality Repair Program. Ciaran Downes and Ryan Smith will share things from their perspective as we count down the final 12 months for shops to qualify to meet the new accreditation standards.
Tom Julius from Car-Part.com will give an update on their recently rolled out Pro program and answer your questions. Mike Gilliland from AutoHouse Technologies will give you an update on the Benchmarking project that he is doing for the three western government insurance provinces, Dave Flockhart from Betag Innovations will be doing a Q & A with the participants of the recent Advanced Metal Repair training at Sask Polytechnic, Sharon Ashley will be doing a presentation on the benefits of having a body shop management systems and Dan Bernier will shed some light on the Adhesive Templates program that SGI has recently rolled out. All this before noon!
After lunch we begin with some amazing presentations and news from Sask Apprenticeship’s Scott Nolin, followed by Paul Carter and his body shop team at Sask Polytechnic, my friend Bill Blok will be on hand to tell you about an amazing program to help rural body shops find entry level employees and Larry Wells from the Canada Saskatchewan Job Grant program will share some very exciting news for shops that are struggling to afford the training costs to meet SGI’s new accreditation.
My friend Frank Terlep is up next to his latest tech project called Test Drive CoPilot - an app that helps shops document vehicle test drives to cover your liability and - hopefully - provide clear documentation to insurance companies so that shops can get reimbursed for their time to perform this vital function.
We wind up the day with a general meeting for SAAR. I know everyone wants to get home so I promise we will have you out by 4 pm but please, stick around and give us some feedback on how we are doing and help us plan our future direction.
Click on the I-CAR Logo above to check out some of the cool information that I-CAR provides through its Repairability Technical Support portal.
Sometimes when you are having trouble finding OEM procedures or even understanding them when you do find them this site can help you to gain clarity on those procedures - check it out for yourself!
Does anyone need a good metal work employee? I have been contacted by Yousseff Karim who lives in Morocco and wants to immigrate to Canada. You can check out his body work here.
Has anyone heard of a guy by the name of Michael Giarrizzo?
He specializes in setting up state of the art body shops for dealerships and has recently joined forces with a company by the name of Symach to develop a line of body accessories that are truly amazing. Here is one example of the cool tools he has designed and is now selling - it is called an inventory table Check out the video!
Our friends at Motor Safety have several training events coming up:
The following workshops will be held in Swift Current during April 2020. Please forward on to your members.
OHC LEVEL I
Date: APRIL 7, 2020
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: DAYS INN
105 GEORGE ST W – SWIFT CURRENT
OHC LEVEL II
Date: APRIL 8, 2020
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: DAYS INN
105 GEORGE ST W – SWIFT CURRENT
WORKPLACE ERGONOMICS
Date: APRIL 21, 2020
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: DAYS INN
105 GEORGE ST. W – SWIFT CURRENT
SAFETY FUNDAMENALS FOR MANAGERS & SUPERVISORS
Date: APRIL 22, 2020
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: DAYS INN
105 GEORGE ST W – SWIFT CURRENT
For registration go to: http://www.motorsafety.ca/workshops
The following workshops will be held in Humboldt during April 2020. Please forward on to your members.
OHC LEVEL I
Date: APRIL 7, 2020
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: BELLA VISTA INN
1815 8th AVE – HUMBOLDT
OHC LEVEL II
Date: APRIL 8, 2020
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: BELLA VISTA INN
1815 8th AVE – HUMBOLDT
WORKPLACE ERGONOMICS
Date: APRIL 21, 2020
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: BELLA VISTA INN
1815 8th AVE – HUMBOLDT
SAFETY FUNDAMENALS FOR MANAGERS & SUPERVISORS
Date: APRIL 22, 2020
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: BELLA VISTA INN
1815 8th AVE – HUMBOLDT
