TA Truck Service Technicians Dominate New Competition Category at Annual Technology & Maintenance Council’s National Techni...
September 26 2016 - 10:17AM
Business Wire
TA Truck Service ASE-Certified Master
Technicians Are Champions Again
TravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters) operator of the TA®
and Petro Stopping Centers® travel center brands, competed and set
a record-breaking performance at the annual TMC SuperTech, North
America’s premier professional commercial vehicle technician skills
competition.
Five technicians from TA Truck Service facilities throughout the
U.S. earned titles in 11 hands-on skills challenges, swept first,
second and third overall in the inaugural Trailer competition and
won fifth overall in the SuperTech category. A TA Truck Service
student technician also claimed a hands-on skill challenge title in
the associated TMC FutureTech competition.
TA Truck Service earned the second highest combined titles as a
company in the competition. These wins represent the commitment TA
Truck Service has to seek to hire the best technicians and provide
them with comprehensive training in order to have the best truck
service maintenance and repair centers on the highway.
TMC SuperTech is an elite competition bringing the best truck
service and repair technicians from U.S. original equipment
manufacturers, trucking companies and repair facilities together to
compete nationally. The two-day competition consists of written
tests and hands-on skills challenges. Challenges are designed to
help technicians improve their knowledge and skills, and winners
are selected for each station, as well as overall top scorers.
Winners for the TMC SuperTech, including five TA Truck Service
professionals with a combined 48 years of experience with
TravelCenters and one student technician, were announced on
September 21 in Raleigh, North Carolina. All five TA Truck Service
technicians that won are ASE-Certified Master Technicians.
Scott Davidson, TA Madison, Wisconsin
- Trailers First Overall
- Trailer Brakes skills challenge
champion
- Trailer Liftgates skills challenge
champion
- Trailer ABS skills challenge
champion
- Trailer Fasteners skills challenge
champion
Robert Anderson, TA Mobile, Alabama
- Trailers Second Overall
- Trailer Electrical skills challenge
champion
- Trailer Tire/Wheel skills challenge
champion
Michael Kerfoot (Jr), Petro San Antonio, Texas
- Trailers Third Overall
- Trailer Coupler skills challenge
champion
- Trailer Electrical System Corrosion
skills challenge champion
Mike Gavrielides, TA Madison, Georgia
- SuperTech Fifth Overall
- Wheel End 1 skills challenge
champion
- Service Info skills challenge
champion
Justin Munoz, TA San Antonio, Texas
- Trailer 7 Pin Receptacle skills
challenge winner
Adam Sprock, TA Whitestown, Indiana (TMC FutureTech
Competitor)
- Precision Measuring skills challenge
champion
"I couldn't be more proud of our techs who took part in, and
won, these competitions," shared Tom O'Brien, President and CEO of
TravelCenters. "So much goes into constructing a successful truck
service technician team, starting at the beginning with the
recruitment process. Our extensive training program coupled with
on-going mentoring builds strong quality technicians and this
competition recognizes their hard work and dedication to our
brand," he added.
TA Truck Service technicians are distinguished by more than
2,000 ASE certifications. The TA Truck Service network includes 243
truck service facilities, 1,079 repair bays, nearly 3,000
technicians, a fleet of more than 1,600 RoadSquad Connect™
emergency roadside assistance vehicles and a growing fleet of
RoadSquad OnSite mobile maintenance vehicles. TA Truck Service and
RoadSquad services are available 24/7/365.
TA Truck Service centers are consistently Voted Best in annual
independent driver surveys* for Best Overall Maintenance Shops,
Most Competent Technicians, Best PM and Lubrication Services and
Best Roadside Assistance.
*Results based on TA and Petro independent surveys of Overdrive
magazine readers.
About TravelCenters of America
LLCTravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters),
headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, conducts business in 43
states and Canada, principally under the TA® and Petro
Stopping Centers® travel center brands and the Minit Mart®
convenience store brand. For more information on TravelCenters, TA,
and Petro Stopping Centers, please visit www.ta-petro.com. For
more information on Minit Mart, please
visit www.minitmart.com.
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TravelCenters of AmericaTom Liutkus,
440-808-7364tliutkus@ta-petro.com
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