The
Coordinating Committee For Automotive
Repair (CCAR) said automotive students
completed more than 1.6 million online exams
in its S/P2 Safety and Pollution Prevention
e-learning program during the 2010-2011
school year.
“The amount of testing completed by our
school partners is a testimony to the
importance of environmental and safety
education in today’s automotive curriculum,”
said CCAR’s Chairman, Charlie Ayers,
Franchise Business Manager, Midas
International Corporation, Itasca, Ill. “CCAR
remains committed to assuring that coming
generations of entry-level employees will
raise the level of awareness of ‘green and
safe’ practices throughout the auto repair
industry.”
S/P2 was developed to
address key safety and pollution prevention
issues for automotive repair professionals.
The training is based on U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department
of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) standards, which
require personnel to be trained on safety and
environmental regulations at the beginning of
their employment, and at least annually
thereafter.
“We are gearing up for what we expect
to be another record year of school testing,”
said Daren Fristoe, CCAR President and Chief
Operating Officer. “Automotive instructors
who want to learn more about S/P2 are invited
to contact us for assistance in getting ready
for fall classes."
CCAR’s work with automotive training
programs includes the incorporation of S/P2
content into three leading national contests
for students: the National Automotive
Technology Competition, held in conjunction
with the New York International Auto Show;
the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition;
and the SkillsUSA National Championships
(Automotive Service Technology).
For more information on CCAR and
S/P2, visit www.ccar-greenlink.org and
www.sp2.org, or call toll-free to 1-888-772-
3535.
