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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - Licensed Auto Dealers
DESCRIPTION:Come join the ARA for lunch to network with your industry fellows and learn what your association has been doing on your behalf\, such as getting PST exemptions approved on pre-owned ZEVs\, and more! \nWhere\nMayfair Lakes Golf And Country Club\n5460 No. 7 Road\nRichmond\, B.C.\nV6V 1R7\n(604) 276-0585 \nWhen\nApril 28\, 2022\, 1:00pm-3:00pm \nAdvanced registration is required\, please RSVP to dejlasabanac@ara.bc.ca
URL:https://www.events.ara.bc.ca/event/lunch-and-learn-licensed-auto-dealers/
LOCATION:Mayfair Lakes Golf And Country Club
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SUMMARY:WreckMaster Training Level 2/3 & 4/5
DESCRIPTION:The ARA will be hosting WreckMaster hands-on training courses level 2/3 and 4/5\, April 22 to 25 in Delta. This is an excellent opportunity for tow truck operators to upgrade their towing and recovery skills. Sponsoring this event are the ARA members Roadway Towing Ltd. and Mitchell’s Towing Ltd.\n\n\n\n \nLevel 2/3: Fundamentals \nThis WreckMaster course is best for business owners\, company managers\, trainers\, health and safety reps or any career-oriented operators. \nDuring this training\, students learn how to: \n» Stay safe on scene\n» Prevent property damage claims\n» Calculate your towing capacity\n» Apply towing standards\n» Use proper terminology\n» Perform basic winching (including the Cruse Loop)\n» Apply your new knowledge of resistance to real-life problems\n» Earn customer confidence \nAll attendees receive a Level 2/3: Fundamentals training package with a workbook. \n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n\n \nLevel 4/5: Advanced Techniques \nThis WreckMaster course is designed for tow truck operators who wish to update their skills to tackle more complicated and potentially dangerous scenarios on medium and heavy-duty jobs. It’s an especially good fit for company owners\, trainers and organizations that work with or train fire and rescue personnel. \n\n\n\n\nDuring this training\, students learn how to:\n» Stay safe on scene\n» Use advanced towing hook-ups\n» Calculate your truck’s lifting capacity\n» Rig for a vertical lift\n» Anchor your tow truck or carrier\n» Tow and recover heavier weight classes\n» Upright cars in complex scenarios\n» Upright tractor-trailers using single lane parallel methods\n» Work effectively on scene with a recovery team\n» Improve employee relations and keep customers happy \nAll attendees receive a Level 4/5: Advanced Techniques training package with a workbook. \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.events.ara.bc.ca/event/wreckmaster-training-level-2-3-4-5/
LOCATION:B.C.\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Towing and Recovery
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SUMMARY:ARA Pedal Car Challenge
DESCRIPTION:The Automotive Retailers Association (ARA)\, through its AutoCareersBC program\, and BASF have teamed up for a new and exciting program\, the ARA Pedal Car Challenge. The goal of this province-wide event is to encourage youth to consider the automotive industry as a viable career choice. \nThe automotive industry offers many different career paths that students may be unaware of or have limited exposure to. The purpose of the ARA Pedal Car Challenge is to introduce students to sustainable careers in the automotive trades and provide mentorship. \nEach participating school in B.C. has been given an antique pedal car (a human-powered toy car)\, to design\, modify\, and paint. The students have also been provided with mentorship and guidance from the ARA’s industry partners (BASF\, Color Compass Corporation\, and Craftsman Collision). It is intended that this opportunity to design and manufacture a pedal car will help students learn the fundamentals of vehicle design and manufacturing while broadening their understanding of the industry. \nTo kick-off the event and inspire the schools\, three teams of collision repair and restoration professionals took up the challenge of restoring three different pedal cars to extraordinary effect. 360 Collision Centres\, P.J. Collision\, and the cast of popular TV show Rust Valley Restorers all stepped in\, each coming out with a Pedal Car Challenge story of their own. BASF provided the cars designed by 360 Collision Centres and P.J. Collision\, including the paint\, and Clint Wilson of Ideal Auto Wrecking donated the Rust Valley Restorers’ vehicle. To learn more\, check Pedal Car Challenge article in the Collision Quarterly magazine. \nLearn more about the ARA Pedal Car Challenge in this digital issue of ARA News. Click the image to start reading.\nThe completed pedal cars will be displayed and auctioned off during the ARA’s 70th Anniversary Celebration + AGM to help raise funds for the Automotive Retailers Foundation Inc. (ARFI)\, a program that offers scholarships and bursaries to individuals pursuing a career in the automotive industry. \nParticipating schools in B.C.: \nFrank Hurt Secondary School\nW.L. Seaton Secondary School\nBrocklehurst Middle School\nKenneth Gordon Maplewood School\nClearview Elementary/Junior Secondary\nQuamichan Middle School\n\nEvent sponsors: \n \n \n \n 
URL:https://www.events.ara.bc.ca/event/pedal-4-glory-school-challenge-toy-car-event-2022/
LOCATION:B.C.\, Canada
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SUMMARY:ARA 2021 AGM & Awards Presentations
DESCRIPTION:Help us raise funds for Automotive Retailers Foundation \n  \nYou are all welcome to join us for a fun night in the company of like-minded people and beautiful cars tonight! Together we will recognize long-time ARA members\, award Show & Shine winners\, announce Outstanding Community Service and Entrepreneur of the Year awards\, and raise funds via a virtual live auction in support of Automotive Retailers Foundation Inc. (ARFI). \nREGISTER\n  \nCheck out some of the great prizes you can bid on to help raise funds for the Automotive Retailers Foundation Inc. during the fundraiser on October 7: \n \n  \n  \nEvent Sponsors\nThe ARA thanks all generous sponsors who make this event happen. For sponsorship opportunities\, please contact Terri Land at events@ara.bc.ca \n \n \n \n   \n \n \n \nThe ARA is your association and\, although not in person this year\, the AGM is a way for us all to connect and work towards better future. To help us advocate on your behalf\, we need your input and attendance\, so please take the time and register now.
URL:https://www.events.ara.bc.ca/event/ara-annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
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SUMMARY:3rd Annual Show and Shine - Awards Presentations
DESCRIPTION:Public voting in the ARA’s 3rd annual Show and Shine contest is now over. Thank you to all participants. Winners in each category will be announced during the ARA’s Awards Presentations night\, held virtually on October 7\, at 6:30 PM. You are all welcome join us to spend a great evening in a company of beautiful cars and like-minded people. \nSee you all there! \nREGISTER\n  \nCLICK HERE to make a donation to the Automotive Retailers Foundation. \n  \nThank you to Show & Shine sponsors:
URL:https://www.events.ara.bc.ca/event/3rd-annual-show-and-shine-public-voting/
LOCATION:B.C.\, Canada
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