2005 Auto Body Industry Compulsory Certification Feasibility Study

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2005 Auto Body Industry Compulsory
Certification Feasibility Study
NS Automotive Human Resource Sector Council
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Reasons Prompting Review

• Shortage of youth entering trade
• Safety rating
• Professionalizing trade standards
• Quality of workmanship
• Industry image
• Workforce demographics
• Availability of training

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Apprenticeship Statistics
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Survey History

• 1999/2000 Calling On the industry
• Bridging the Gaps
• Prep for the Future
• Youth Decision
• Association Communication Meetings

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Benefits of Compulsory Certification

• Improve consumer assurance and protection
• Improve public awareness
• Improve training culture within the industry
• Create a level playing field for businesses
• Create provincial skills-level standards for all
  repairers
• Recognizes the importance of windshield
  installers and Appraisers
• Stablizes the workforce - long-term
• Promote mentorship within the workplace
• Create structure for the next generation of
  workforce

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2004/05 Review Process

• 4 Industry Advisory Committee meetings
• Employer Employee Surveys
• 6 Provincial focus groups
• 2 validation meetings
• Industry interviews
• Stakeholder meetings
• Follow-up telephone calls
• Public Notice
• Final Strategy Recommendations Report
• Presentation to NS Apprenticeship Board

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industry Advisory Committee

• Alistair McElwee Colonial Collision
• Laurie Hutt MacPhee Pontiac
• Blaine North Norths Auto Body
• Lennie Adams Carroll Pontiac
• Kelvin Campbell Chapman Auto Body
• Lindsay Gates Executive Director, CRANS
• Maurice Anderson Canavans Central Appraisals
• Marjorie Davison NS Apprenticeship
• Winston Ingraham UCCB
• Walter Roy Nova Scotia Community College

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General Themes

• Status Quo is not sustainable
• Industry faces serious challenges
• Attracting/retaining qualified young people
• Getting incomes up
• Health and safety
• Compulsory certification is not a magic solution
  to all our challenges

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General Themes

• It will take some time to reap the rewards of
  compulsory certification

• Some short-term investment
• Overall confidence that it will pay off over
  the medium term
• The consequences of doing nothing are far more
  serious than moving forward.

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Survey Results
Employers

• 32 of 37 support compulsory certification (86)
• 31 support motor vehicle repair
• 13 support painter (35)
• 23 support windshield installer
• 26 support appraiser

Employees
78 of 86 support compulsory certification
(91) 75 support motor vehicle repair 51
support painter (60) 61 support windshield
installer 61 support appraiser
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Considerations for Transition

• Financial incentives, tax breaks
• Local training exams
• Personal assistance from certification officers
• Assistance with Section 30 exam
• Use language commonly used on the job
• Provide upgrade training, refresher training and
  pre-test to prepare people for exam

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Next Steps
Final Report Presentation to Apprenticeship
Board Application Process (June 2005) Workforce
Demographic Impact Study (2005/06) Apprenticeship
- Associations - Council Partnership
Development Industry Capacity Building Review of
Apprenticeship Curriculum (2005) Implementation
of Compulsory Certification (2006/07)
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• NSCC Akerley Campus will deliver the
  Apprenticeship Training Program for Nova Scotia
  beginning Fall 2005
• An instructor will be hired to work with
  Apprenticeship to develop the curriculum for
  the Province, promote Apprenticeship and to
  deliver the program
• Apprenticeship will be delivered as a
  combination of theory and hands-on training
  using the Akerley facilities

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• For technicians already in the industry a
  course will be developed and available to these
  individuals to assist in challenging the exam
• Examination fees will be waived for a period of
  time in order that existing technicians have the
  opportunity to become compliant with the new
  regulations
• Apprenticeship may include I-CAR based
  programs for purchase

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