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The ASE P2 Stories by Larry Carley ou’ve already got the years of experience. Now take the test and earn the certification that is recognized by the industry and general public as a symbol of your professionalism and dedication to the field. The P2 test, according to ASE, was “developed in cooperation with the aftermarket wholesale and retail automobile parts industry to assess the knowledge of the skills necessary to work competently as a parts specialist at a retail or jobber parts store. Automobile parts specialists must possess knowledge about a wide range of vehicle component systems for all makes and models, as well as customer relations, sales, merchandising, vehicle identification, cataloging, and inventory management skills. Parts professionals with at least two years of on-the-job experience and a passing grade on the test will become certified. Your certification is good for five years and you can
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re-certify at the end of that term. There are 85 questions on the P2 and the test time is 90 minutes. For the re-certification, there are 38 questions and the testing time is 45 minutes. (For the certification test, there are additional questions for research purposes not counted in the score. However, each should be answered because you don’t know which ones are for research.) P2 test-takers are quizzed on the following: ● General operations ......................10 ● Customer relations and sales skills ....................................11 ● Vehicle systems knowledge ........40 ● Vehicle identification......................3 ● Catalog and information system skills ................................................6 ● Inventory management ................3 ● Merchandising ..............................2
What should you do after reading our ASE P2 test preparation guide? Go to ASE.com and click “Register Now!” CM