AMI launches effort to collect industry-wide training provider information

“For many years, the industry has been discussing the need for an easily accessible and current database of all industry training information,” said Jeff Peevy, AMI president. “As a nonprofit, we believe AMI is uniquely positioned, to collect, offer and maintain this free searchable database as a service to the industry.”

AMI encourages all technical and management training providers meeting the training needs of the automotive service and collision repair industries to participate in this initiative. The collection form is available at: http://www.amionline.org/#AMi/training-provider

“By having a central database that the entire industry can turn to when specific training needs arise can be a powerful tool,” says Sheri Hamilton, AAM, AMI Chair and executive director of ASA-Midwest.”

The continuing education offered by the Automotive Management Institute helps automotive collision and service repair professionals improve their business management skills. In addition to providing business management classes, AMI offers the Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM) professional designation, which is the repair industry’s first business education accreditation. AMI courses concentrate on seven core areas of business management education: leadership, sales and marketing, operational management, financial management, personnel development and human resource management, risk management, and IT management.

AMI was established in 1989 to answer the demand for continuing education and industry-accepted recognition programs tailored specifically for the business needs of the automotive service industry. To date, AMI programs have attracted more than 246,000 enrollments throughout North America. AMI is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational foundation, to which tax-deductible contributions can be made. For more information about the Institute, its curriculum or methods of donations, please contact AMI at (817) 514-2929, or visit the AMI website at www.AMIonline.org.