Automotive Service & Repair Week (ASRW) said winners of this year's SkillsUSA Championships in Collision Repair Technology and their instructors will attend the event as featured guests at the ASRW Awards ceremony and Opening General Session.
Like this article? Sign up to receive our weekly news blasts here.The winners and their instructors will be recognized at the Opening General Session Thursday, Oct. 11, as well as the ASRW Awards event Friday, Oct. 12, held off-site at the National WWII Museum. Tickets for each event are $25 ($35 after Aug. 16).
"The SkillsUSA winners represent the next generation of collision repairers, and we consider it a great honor to be able to recognize their outstanding work among the industry at ASRW. We are thrilled to welcome the SkillsUSA gold medal winners and instructors back to the show," said Ron Pyle, ASA president and chief staff executive.
The SkillsUSA Collision Repair Technology Committee requires students to go through a series of workstations to assess skills in the following areas: metalwork, welding, plastic repair and structural analysis. The overall appearance of the finished product, speed and proper safety practices are judged. There are written tests on estimating, structural analysis and an ASE exam. The students are also interviewed by the judges. Seventy-two competed in the Collision Repair Technology Contest at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City.
2012 SkillsUSA Winners:
Jason Lucius
SkillsUSA Secondary Gold Medal Winner
Carl Rusch
Instructor Secondary
John Stanton
SkillsUSA Post-Secondary Gold Medal Winner
Danny Mays
Instructor Post-Secondary
"With the educational programs planned and networking opportunities, ASRW allows an important forum for the collision repair community to become more involved in SkillsUSA and the lives of the industry's future workforce," stated Darrell Andrews, State Farm property claims trainer and SkillsUSA National Collision Repair chairman. State Farm Insurance will sponsor the trip to ASRW for the winners and their instructors.
ASRW is produced for ASA by Hanley Wood Exhibitions, a division of Hanley Wood, LLC - a premier media and information company. For additional information, contact ASRW at P.O. Box 612128, Dallas, Texas 75261- 2128; call (888) 529-1641 or (972) 536-6444; or visit www.ASRWevents.com.
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