Nearly 100 high school and community college students attended a webinar that provided a glimpse into what it’s like to work in the automotive industry and what skills are necessary to be successful in the field.

The “Test Drive an Automotive Tech Career” session was organized and conduct by a partnership between the automotive tech program at Chaffey College, the automotive apprenticeship program at Mt. San Jacinto College, the California New Car Dealers Association Foundation (CNCDA) and the ATL Regional Director in the Inland Empire/Desert Region. The idea for the program came from Jonathan Polidano, a faculty member at Chaffey College. Read More →

As anyone who works in the automotive industry knows, not every car that a dealer purchases from an auction ends up for sale in the showroom.

In fact, the reality is that about 20% of vehicles purchased go back to the auction because the maintenance costs are just not worth it.

Bakersfield College’s (BC) Automotive Instructor Andrew Haney realized this phenomenon was an opportunity, not just for his program to receive the new cars they could not afford to purchase otherwise, but also for his students to get the hands-on learning experience they needed. So, Haney created a model in which dealers within the Greater Bakersfield New Car Dealers Association (GBNCDA) could have his students refurbish vehicles purchased at auction, then return them to the dealer to sell. Read More →

Inland Empire ATL Regional Director Larry McLaughlin recently spoke with students from Arroyo and Cajon High Schools about logistics career opportunities in Southern California and beyond as part of a project between Amazon and CSU San Bernardino to expand the region’s pool of logistics talent and build career pathways for students.

The “What Are Your Plans” webinar was organized and hosted by the Leonard Transportation Center at CSU San Bernardino and covered labor market trends, local job opportunities, and how automation will continue to change the logistics job market for years to come. Read More →

Thanks to a team effort, the Orange County Automotive Pathway event was a resounding success, with some attendees saying it was more valuable than an in-person event would have been.

The event was a collaboration among the ATL sector, Orange County Automobile Dealers Association (OCADA), Vital Link, five community colleges in the Orange County region, and 25 high school automotive programs.
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Sixteen Fresno City College automotive students are enrolled in a program that offers the highest training standards. The college is one of eight new locations for Toyota’s T-TEN program, which recently launched the Technical Education College Support (TCES) program.

TCES partners with schools and organizations to offer students an opportunity to earn degrees and certificates that comply with both National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certifications and Toyota and Lexus technician training certifications. Read More →

A report published last fall by the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University examines where the supply chain and logistics sectors fit within the “fourth industrial revolution” and how important digital skills will be in the sectors moving forward.

Conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, the report also highlights how the past year has shown the importance of supply chain and logistics workers to meeting critical needs from food to personal protective equipment to COVID-19 vaccines. The increased awareness presents an opportunity for colleges and universities to ramp up workforce development and ask for funding to do so. Read More →

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is reminding everyone whose drone registrations expire in December that the DroneZone is the FAA’s official website for registration.

If you completed your drone registration directly with the FAA before the DroneZone was established in January 2018, a DroneZone account was created for you using the information you provided. Access your account by entering the same email address you used when you first registered, and by using the “forgot password” tool to establish a new password.

If you registered using a third-party service, contact that company to request your DroneZone login credentials. Otherwise, you will have to create a new account in the DroneZone and get a new registration.

Registration on the DroneZone is fast and easy and the fee is only $5 for a three-year period. All drones must be registered, except those that weigh .55 pounds or less (less than 250 grams) and are flown exclusively under the Exception for Recreational Flyers (PDF). Please do your part to keep the skies safe and renew your registration today.

The latest Boeing Pilot & Technician Outlook projects that 763,000 new civil aviation pilots, 739,000 new maintenance technicians and 903,000 new cabin crew members will be needed to fly and maintain the global fleet over the next 20 years.

The forecast is inclusive of the commercial aviation, business aviation and civil helicopter industries and assumes air traffic recovers to 2019 levels within the next few years.

Read the full outlook here: https://www.boeing.com/resources/boeingdotcom/market/assets/downloads/2020_PTO_PDF_Download.pdf

More than 800 people from California and beyond have attended the Mindful Mobility seminar series, organized by the Mobilize California Summit, Green Transportation Summit & Expo, and the West Coast Collaborative in place of in-person events scheduled for earlier this year.

Eight webinars held from July through October covered topics including preparing for the transition to electric vehicles and preparing a workforce for transportation industry changes. Attendees included fleet managers for public utilities, analysts from the U.S. Department of Energy and California Department of Transportation, environmental specialists from several states as well as college faculty and K-12 transportation directors. Read More →