Pub. 2 Issue 4

T he Greater Los Angeles New Car Dealers Associa- tion is proud to announce that the team they spon- sored in this year’s National Automotive Technology competition finished in 7th place. The group from Van Nuys High School included contestants Sonny Salas and Armando Rodriguez, led by instructor Joe Agruso. The teamworked on a Hyundai Velociter and were mentored by service technicians and staff at Keyes Hyundai in Van Nuys. The amount of time spent learning in the dealership exceeded 50 hours! From 1993 to today, the National Automotive Technology Competi- tion has brought together the nation’s best high school automotive technicians to test their skills, measure their knowledge, and chal- lenge their ability to diagnose and repair vehicles. The National Automotive Technology Competition is designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in today’s technologically ad- vanced automotive industry. The National Automotive Technology Competition was originally conceived by the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Associa- tion to help address the shortage of qualified automotive techni- cians and push the curriculum of vocational education to a more rigorous standard, ensuring automotive students master the skills they need to succeed as lifelong learners, workers, and citizens. This event and the changes to the industry that it has helped foster could not be achieved without the support of an industry-wide collaboration that brings together nearly every major automobile manufacturer, retail automobile dealers, dealer associations, edu- cational institutions, and numerous government agencies. These truly great organizations have literally changed thousands of young lives.  18