The
International Automotive Technicians’
Network (iATN®) has developed a way for
automotive students to join
iATN, through a new "student
membership" program. Students are eligible for
this type of membership if they are 18+ years of
age, attending automotive educational training
courses (college, vocational, or similar) and
referred by an educator or instructor who is an
existing member of iATN.
Student memberships are offered at no cost and
have almost the same privileges as standard
membership accounts, with one exception: they
are “read-only.” Students will be able to login
to iATN, read through the hundreds of thousands
of forum discussions, including all of the
waveforms and other files found therein,
TechHelp requests and fixes, OEM information,
and the rest of the information found on iATN.
They can even upgrade to a premium membership
and search the iATN Knowledge Base to assist in
their studies of real-world repair cases.
Students will not be able to post to iATN until
they "graduate" to a full membership. Once a
student member meets the full membership
requirements of iATN, which includes four years
of work experience in the automotive industry,
and/or ASE certification, they will be able to
transition easily to a full membership.
"One of the longest-running requests from
educators and instructors on iATN has been, 'How
can we get our students on here?' We're very
happy that we now have an answer," said Scott
Brown, iATN president. "This is just the
beginning, and over time, we look forward to
more ways we will be able to work with educators
to make iATN more useful and accessible to up-
and-coming automotive professionals."
iATN was founded in 1995 and is the largest
online community of automotive technicians,
repair shop owners and other allied service
professionals in the world with more than 74,300
active members from 155 countries. iATN members
exchange technical knowledge with their peers
around the globe, collectively sharing
approximately 1.7 million years of
experience.
For additional information about iATN or to
join, visit www.iatn.net.
