INFORMATION ABOUT ON-SITE EVALUATION TEAM MEMBERS

The program requesting certification is responsible for recruiting and recommending on-site evaluation team members. The ETL must approve individuals recommended by the program. The on-site evaluation team members must be practicing truck technicians, service managers or shop owners from businesses in the area served by the training program. For initial certification only, one team member may be a truck instructor from another school district or system.*

Team members must have:

1. a high school diploma or the equivalent (industry or military training may be considered as the equivalent), and
2. at least seven years full-time experience as a general truck technician.

ASE truck certification is recommended but not required.

* A truck instructor from another school district/system must have a minimum total of seven years experience, which must include three or more years full-time experience as a truck technician and three or more years of post high school training.

The initial certification evaluation team is composed of four individuals: the ETL and three team members. Two team members must be from industry (one from a dealership and one from an independent repair facility). The third member may be from one of the following: a dealership, an independent repair facility or a truck training program.

The recertification evaluation team is composed of three individuals: the ETL and two team members. One team member must be from a dealership and one team member must be from an independent repair facility.

Each program requesting initial certification or recertification must identify their choices for evaluation team members on the On-Site Evaluation Team Member List. An alternate team member choice must be identified on the On-Site Evaluation Team Member List in the event that one of the team members is unable to conduct the on-site evaluation. The alternate team member must be from either a dealership or from an independent repair facility.

Team members must not be advisory committee members, former instructors or graduates of the program within the past ten years.