EDUCATION & TRAINING The Manheim Technical Center, which has been housed at Manheim DRIVE since DRIVE opened in 2006, is now closed due to recent restructuring. The Tech Center offered reconditioning courses on vehicle damage analysis, condition report writing, detailing, collision boot camps, paint & body repair and more. A number of the Tech Center members are now part of the Recon Operations team at the home office in Atlanta, reporting to Fredrick Standfield, Vice President of Recon Operations & Planning. They are appropriately aligning their resources to support internal and external customer training needs. There will only be a handful of training courses that will continue to be held at Manheim DRIVE while additional training will be conducted in the field: - All training for Condition Report Writing for Manheim employees will be offered by the Manheim Inspections team. This includes any field training requested by the operating locations. Contact Renee Hook at 615-762-2668 for dates and locations. - Frame and Structure training as it relates to Post Sale Inspections will be held in the field in strategic locations to accommodate the six regions four times annually. Two of the classes will be held at Manheim DRIVE and two classes will be held at TBD locations in the field. Tentative DRIVE training dates: January 26, 27 and August 10, 11. Tentative field training dates: April 20, 21 and November 9, 10. Contact Randy Trahan at 678-645-2559 more information. - NAAA Condition Report Writing for the auction industry will be held at Manheim DRIVE twice annually (2-day training). Contact Renee Hook at 615-762-2668 for dates and locations. This course is designed to cover the basics of condition report writing, fundamentals of a proper inspection, and damage category identification. Successful completion of this course awards the student with the NAAA Certification. - NAAA Frame and Structure for the auction industry will be held at Manheim DRIVE twice annually (2-day training). Contact Renee Hook at 615-762-2668 for dates and locations. This course provides instruction on vehicle construction frame damage evaluation, collision energy, interpreting results from measuring devices and the NAAA Frame and Structural Damage Policy. Successful completion of this course awards students with the NAAA Frame Certificate. - National Sales Team: CR/Frame and Recon Training for Customers will be scheduled by account managers through Amber Dawson. She can be reached at 678-645-2426. She and Amado Roa will serve as liaisons between account managers and customers to create an agenda that will meet the customer’s training needs. Amber will coordinate with the appropriate departments and subject matter experts that will conduct the training on all the training details and logistics. Please contact Amado Roa at 678.645.2234 for more information about the recent changes at the Manheim Technical Center or about questions regarding your training needs. |