Jim Linder, Winner of ATMC Grand AWARD

CAAT Trainer Jim Linder will be presented the ATMC grand award for his developing and conducting the “GURU School.” The awards ceremony will be held during the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week in Las Vegas, Nov 2.

Jim’s involvement in automotive has been constant since the early sixties as a service station technician. His employment over the years includes:

• Fleet Service Technician and Manager
• Trade School Electrical & Driveability Instructor
• National Automotive Trainer
• National Automotive Program Design & Development Manager
• Analysis Shop Owner

The above consists of over 23 years as an automotive instructor and training provider and also over 30 years as an automotive service technician!

Today Jim owns and operates LTS (Linder Technical Services) with multiple locations in Indiana as well as seminars locations across the U.S. and Canada. He operates an ‘Analysis’ shop on Gasoline Alley in Indianapolis in conjunction with one of the largest Fuel Injector Reconditioning Services available today.

His past and present association involvement

• SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
• STS Board of Governors & Member # 5
• ATTP Master Trainer Emissions Programs
• ASA State Board Member
• ICERT Indiana Certified Emission Repair Technician

• ATMC Automotive Training Managers Council
• CAAT Council of Advanced Automotive Trainers
• ASE Master Technician with L1 Certification
• PMTA Professional Master Technicians Association

Jim is currently developing and conducting “GURU School” a one week electronic analysis school, AVI Training Videos and developing a new service training program OBD-II. He is delivering local as well as national On-Going Technician Training.

The Big I Show

Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week, APAA ASIA MEMA Show, SEMA Show, International Tire Expo (or whatever you what to call it), is happening in Las Vegas November 2-5.

The show has technical seminars, product demonstrations, business workshops, and plenty of parts and equipment booths.

CAAT has changed its national meeting format to offer its members a great time and place to network with fellow trainers. Look forward to discussing the positive direction of the organization and to find out what’s going on in the training arena.

The meeting and dinner will be held at the friendly and well-known BATTISTA’S Hole In The Wall,

a great informal place to meet and eat, (right behind the Barbary Coast on the strip.) The date and time is Wednesday, November 3 at 6:30 PM.

For more information about the show, registration, and transportation call CAAT Headquarters. Please Email or call CAAT if you will be attending.

Craig Van Batenburg, Automotive Career Development Center, Worchester, MA

Jim Halderman Sinclair Community College, Dayton, is busy teaching night classes and writing new material and updating his books for Prentice Hall.

Doug Andrew Advanced Diagnostic Group, Miami, is one of the top 70 finalists in AC Delco’s Technician of the Millenium National Competition. He was one of the top 10 finalists in the SE region who were invited to a hands on test in Clearwater. Doug is also busy updating Delmar’s Publishers Computer System text book.

Dave Balistriere Friendship WI, is busy doing training through auto parts distribution warehouses and has graduated over 30 technicians through the 36 hour EDGE Program for the Illinois voluntary technician training recognition program.

Phil Becerra Training Solutions (previously Snap-on Technical Training Systems) Union City CA is now the West Regional Training Manager and is in the process of promoting two new areas of training through-out his area. They include Heavy Duty Truck and Shop Business Management.

Jeffrey M. Choy Mechanical Advantage, Inc, Vienna VA is conducting repair training for inspector/techs in the New York City program. This program includes VMAS technology first adopted by NYC, now accepted in Mass. and RI. Basical1y, it’s an IM240 in a shop environment. He currently uses the EE3 5-Gas Workbook along with a workbook that he has designed to further the concept of mass failure diagnosis. Jeff has been studying emission programs since 1989 where he was a California Test and Repair technician. He feels VMAS technology is the final chapter in effective, real failure identification, requiring real fixes and the new diagnostics he has been preparing to deliver for over a decade. “It is very difficult to go back to Virginia to train techs to repair ASM failures, when real failures are only five hours away!” says Jeff. “Techs here in New York are hungry, and extremely eager to learn.”

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