Houston, we have TIA training

March 18, 2013

The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has added an additional tour date in Houston to its 2013 Certified Automotive Training Service (ATS) Instructor Training Tour.

The latest tour spot will take place Nov. 12-15, 2013 and the Houston, San Jacinto College Central, 3501 Luella Blvd., C26 Transportation Center, La Porte, Texas 77571.

Confirmed dates for the tour now include:

March 5-8 - Ghent, W.V.

March 19-22 – Phoenix

March 26-29 - Charlotte, N.C.

April 30-May 3 - Los Angeles

May 7-10 – Boston

May 21-24 - Toledo, Ohio

July 9-11 - Seattle

Nov. 12-15 - Jacksonville, Fla.

Other cities TIA will hold the ATS Tour classes in are:

Rochester, N.Y.

Pittsburgh

Milwaukee

Tampa, Fla.

Oklahoma City

The Certified ATS Instructor Program is a four-day, in-depth and hands-on class that industry professionals must complete in order to return to the dealership(s) to train technicians to prepare them for certification. TIA has used the train-the-trainer approach to train and/or certify more than 70,000 technicians since 1997.

To register, visit http://www.tireindustry.org/shop/ATS400.asp.