July CIC meeting to showcase education panel
A panel discussion titled "Meeting the Future Training Needs of our Collective Industry, Buyers and Sellers" will start with a video produced by Scott Biggs from Assured Performance which will highlight the tremendous changes to body design and technologies that are being implemented into vehicles today.
The meeting will then turn to a panel discussion by the "Providers of Training" (OEM's, Training Organizations, Paint & Equipment providers), to the "Consumers of Training" (Repairers and Insurers).
The discussion will give insights into current education programs and initiatives underway to fill future needs. Those in attendance will be able to participate in the discussion and contribute to the improvement of the education process.
The event is being hosted by the CIC Education and Training Committee. "Tomorrow is here, now; our July conference is centered on the increased need for our industry to have current, thorough repair education and information readily available to the technicians."
Commented CIC Chairman Michael Quinn, co-founder of 911 Collision Centers. Other highlights will include the Parts and Materials, Refinish Subcommittee who will discuss the accelerating drive to remove waste from the collision repair process.
In addition, the Repairer subcommittee will offer a panel discussion on whether a DEG-style initiative could work could work for parts procurement issues. Additionally a training session by the Technical Presentations Committee on Estimating procedures will be held by industry training expert Toby Chess.
Other committee presentations and a timeline is listed on the conference agenda. All meeting information and previous presentations are available on the CIC website.
The Collision Industry Conference (CIC) is a forum where collision industry stakeholders come together to discuss issues, build broad understanding, find common ground and communicate to the industry at-large, findings and possible solutions.
