Following its annual board meeting held in
conjunction with the Global Tire Expo, the Tire
Industry Association (TIA) has unveiled several
training initiatives that are planned for
2012.
In the first quarter of next year, TIA will
release the Spanish version of the Commercial
Tire Service (CTS) program for both Basic and
Certified levels. The association also expects
to produce the Spanish translation of the Basic
Earthmover Tire Service (ETS) program in the
first quarter.
“Spanish is the primary language spoken at home
for more than 35 million people in the United
States, and many of them work in the commercial
and earthmover tire service industries,” says
TIA President Larry Brandt.
“Our members came to us with the need for a
Spanish version of the CTS program,” he
reports.
“While it was not budgeted this year, our
dealers and manufacturers stepped up with
contributions to make it happen,” Brandt
continues.
“Likewise, the need for Spanish training
materials in the earthmover tire industry
prompted Michelin North America to translate and
produce the ETS Program at no cost to the
association,” he says. “Both translations are
prime examples of TIA working with the industry
to meet the training needs of technicians in the
field.”
TIA will also release the On-Line University for
all six Basic Level Training Programs:
Automotive, Basic TPMS, Advanced TPMS,
Commercial, Fleet and Earthmover. “This will
allow companies of any size to train new hires
on the first day and automatically track their
progress through reporting mechanisms that can
be linked to internal human resources software,”
according to Kevin Rohlwing, senior vice
president of training.