ACtion Magazine - April 2015 - (Page 8)

The next 609 is here! Steve Schaeber J anuary 1st was the start date for MACS' new Section 609 of the most common topics I was asked about when working Certiﬁcation program. All of our training materials have the MACS booth during the Trade Show. Some wanted to know been updated, including the certiﬁcation manual, paper and about getting certiﬁed for the ﬁrst time, others wanted to know if online tests, and instructor classroom materials. There are also their current certiﬁcation was still valid. Still others asked about two versions of the 609 class that myself and other MACS proc- the annual 609 certiﬁcation class I teach on Saturday afternoon tors teach on a regular basis. One is a webinar format which I during the Training Event, such as what material would be covteach online, and the other is a 3 hour seminar which is normally ered and if they should recertify while they were there. delivered during live training events, such as MACS 2015. ActuOf course as any instructor would, I'd like to ﬁll the room ally, Saturday, February 7 was the ﬁrst during one of my classes, so naturally I try time I presented the new material. to sell people on attending. However, I also ...I'm the guy to ask! explain that at this time, there is no requireA few weeks ago in Orlando I was networking at the MACS event. For me, steve@macsw.org ment for technicians to recertify, so if there it's a great opportunity to meet industry was another class someone was interested peers and put faces together with the in, I advise them to attend the one they liked names of those I hear and read about, or best. Even so, many people I talked to wantmaybe only e-mail or talk to on the phone during the rest of the ed to recertify anyway. There's something about credentials that year. Also, I get to meet other technicians, writers and educators, is appealing to technicians. After all, these are our "diplomas" several of whom proctor our 609 program. In fact, that was one that we get to hang up, proclaiming our knowledge and education, pride of accomplishment and commitment to improving our industry. Sure, the old certiﬁcation won't expire, but it also won't show training with new refrigerants, such as R-1234yf. Even if In 2015, 3 million cars worldwide will use someone wants a reprint of their credentials, unless they recertify to the new version which started on January 1, it will only show training with R-12 and R-134a. " R-1234yf WE'RE READY, ARE YOU? Do you have questions about 609 Certiﬁcation? I'm the guy to ask! Drop a line to steve@macsw.org if you're not certiﬁed now, or if you want to update your credentials. ❆ Reader Reply 8 ACTION * April 2015 Steve Schaeber Manager of Service Training You can reach Steve at Steve@macsw.org http://www.schraderinternational.com/region-selector http://www.schraderinternational.com/region-selector http://www.macsw.org/imis15/MACS/Publications/ACtion_Reader_Reply/MACS/Publications/ACTION/ACtion_Reader_Reply.aspx?hkey=ac24bddb-c045-442a-813c-cbf05f88ac4d

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of ACtion Magazine - April 2015

Changes coming to your bay
Meet me @MACS Make Connections that matter
Outlook
Service Port
Leonard's Law
Virtual View
Last Watch
Letters to the Editor
By the numbers
Industry News
Association News
In Memoriam
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ACtion Magazine - April 2015