There are many creative ways Team ASE collision industry partners find to support the effort to attract and train the technical talent we need for today and tomorrow. Two important ones include providing sponsorship support for the annual instructor conference and finding creative ways to get consumable materials into the collision programs to help stretch scarce school resources. Evercoat does both.
In this Team ASE Podcast episode, we talk with Tim McKinney, Senior Field Application Engineer at ITW Evercoat, one of the Platinum Sponsors of the 2024 ASE Education Foundation Instructor Conference. This type of industry involvement is critical to ensuring that those tasked with preparing the next generation of collision professionals have the tools, products and information to deal with the latest in fast-changing automotive technology. The ASE Education Foundation couldn’t provide the level of support necessary to CTE programs nationwide without Team ASE partners like ITW Evercoat.
Hear all about it as Tim explains:
· His first job at Evercoat as a technical trainer and how it led to his current role.
· The history of Evercoat which began in Cincinnati providing solutions for the marine market.
· Evercoat’s current products focused on the automotive collision industry.
· Evercoat’s support for technical education and CTE instructors.
· The training he provided at the 2024 Instructor Conference.
· Then panel discussion that made learning technical tips fun.
· His work on developing special programs to provide Evercoat’s products to technical training programs.
· How this effort helps cut the cost to instructors, who often spend their own resources to get supplies for their classes.
· Why Evercoat feels their involvement with the ASE Education Foundation is important for the future.
· The need to never stop learning as technology drives change.
· Learning more about Evercoat and the products they supply at www.evercoat.com.
For more information on ASE and automotive careers, visit the website at www.ase.com