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EVENTS

By Mike Davey

Students pack CCIC

Canadian Collision lndustry Congress draws stakeholders from across the country

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The highly anticipated Canadian Collision Industry -CAR The Canadian stakehold key attracted only not (CCIC) General Session Congress of I-CAR featured ers, expert speakers and a full slate of seminars. updates on the Enhanced but literally, students by the bus load.

More than 1500 high school students attended from

Delivery and Gold

Class programs. across Southern Ontario, lured by the promise of educa "-CAR has a tion,apprenticeship and employment opportunities, and the

chance to win a brand-newToyota vehicle for their school.

Run in conjunction with the CAR Canada General Session, highlights of CCIC included an information and services showcase and a host of informative workshops and seminars.

John Norris, Executive Director of the Collision Industry Action Group (CIAG) and one of the prime organizers of career day was very pleased with the amount of students

who showed interest in careers in the collision repair field.

"These kids were asking really intelligent questions said Noris."This turnout shows that there definitely are young people who are looking to learn our business. Now it is up

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very strong commitment to Canada" said I-CAR Executive Vice-President and CEOTom McGee. "In the coming year our intent is to focus on both growing our programs and expanding our network of instructors."

Robbie Robbs, Canada's representative on the -CAR'S International Board of Directors, feels events like CCIC are very important for the continued growth of the organization.

"Events such as CClIC are significant not only from a net working and educational perspective, but also from the knowledge that many of us are facing the same issues" said Robbs. "We are often too caught up in our own worlds

to recognize the value and importance of developing rela

tionships that fall outside the scope of our day to day busi

I-CAR AWARDS

GOAL ACHIEVEMENT: Presented

to each committee that met or

exceeded their goals for 2003.

WINNERS: Northern Alberta,

Manitoba, Golden Trlangle, Quebec, Nova Scota and

Saskatchewan.

MIcho

SUPERIOR PERFORMER:

Presented to the province that

achieved highest percentage over goal.

WINNER: New Brunswick.

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INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR:

Presented to the l-CARInstructor who most exemplifies the -CAR

presence in the classroom, shows a commitment to excel lence and keeping pace with

technology.

WINNER: Claude Fortier.

FOUNDER'S AWARD: Presented

to the one individual who most

exemplifiesthe l-CAR volunteer

spirit. WINNER: Jack

Kaakahdjan.

DISTRICT COMMITTEE AWARD:

Presented to the committee that

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not only met and exceeded the normal challenges, but also con ducted the highest amount of training over goal.

Winner: Nova Scotia.

ness. Those that participate in industry functions do so because they want to learn how to make a difference" This years I-CAR awards were also handed out at the CCIC. For the list of winners, please see the sidebar.

PIC A: Students from across Ontario packed CCIC on Student Career Day.

Open to all

PIC B: Lee Smith, Director of PPG Refinish Canada (left)

to all industry stakeholders. PPG hopes to make CCIC a regular fea

PIC C: Opportunitles for networking abounded at CCIC.

together under a non-commercial banner known as the Canadian Collision Industry Congress" said Lee Smith, PPG's Director of

and I-CAR Executive Vice-Presldent and CEO Tom McGee.

PIC D: The Mitchell Team. From left: Brlan Kelleher,

David Bourke, Brian Rodriques, David Haldenby, and

Jean Hervieux.

PIC E: Seminars and workshops attracted stakeholders from across the country.

PIC F: CCIC attractedadiverse group including insurers

and educators. From left: Robby Robbs, Sld van Oeveren of MPIWinnipeg and Ed Debeuckelaere of

Winnipeg's Red River College.

Although the main sponsor of CCIC was PPG, the event was open

ture of Canada's collision repair industry.

"PPG was pleased to host an industry event bringing all players

Refinish Canada. "lt is our hope that this will become a much antici pated annual event of sharing best practices and that we can

expand on the forums and career day event to the benefit of all stakeholders in our industry' The information and services showcase on Friday displayed some

of the top suppliers in Canada. Having the trade show portion of the CCIC run on the same day as career day gave students a

chance to see the latest high tech tools and information services.

PIC G: Brian Slaunwhite, Executive Director of CRANS. CollisionRepair

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HEALTH AND SAFETY By Lynne Henshaw

Minimize injury, maximize productivity

Good ergonomics means good economics

From the office to the production floor, it

pays to keep your employees healthy and reduce injury by providing an ergonomic work environment and education program. The good news is it's generally easy and inexpensive to

substantially reduce lost-workday injuries and illnesses.

Ergonomics is the science of adapting work processes and conditions to fit the physical capabilities of workers. The goal is to reduce

the incidence of soft tissues or musculoskeletal

injuries (MSI) by minimizing or eliminating risk factors.

The most commnon examples of this are ten

workplace provides many advantages.

donitis, carpal tunnel syndrome and back injuries involving muscles, ligaments, and/or spinal discs. Common symptoms include numbness in fingers or thighs, difficulty

moving fingers, stiff joints or back pain.

Risk factors that increase the likeli

more force over a greater area of the hand that, in turn, will reduce muscle fatigue.

General ergonomic tips for the production floor:

• When using a tool, hold it close to the body.

do not overreach.

Consider wearing anti-vibration gloves, how

ever, you should not wear thick or heavy gloves

if operating the tool requires precise move

require use of excessive force, highly

ments.

repetitive movements and tasks, awk

ward or static postures, manual handling

of heavy loads, cold temperatures, and vibration such as sanders. Additionally,

design can create ergonomic problems as well.

The advantages of an ergonomic workplace

Providing a workplace free of ergonomic hazards can provide many advantages such as

increasing productivity workmanship, job satis

faction and employee morale, while reducing injuries, absenteeism, and employee turnover.

Start off right by selecting tools for ergonomic design:

• Select tools that can be used without bend

ing the wrist.

• Select the tool with the workplace layout

and job design in mind.

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• If they are available, choose hand tools with

double handles to permit easier holding and better manipulation of the tool.

• Select tools with a trigger strip, rather than a trigger button. This strip will allow you to exert

hood of MSI include activities that

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Choose hand tools that have the centre of

gravity within or close to the handle and tools with rounded and smooth handles that you

can grip easily

What is ergonomics?

An ergonomic

Select low-vibrating tools and choose tools with vibration-absorbing handles, like those covered with cork, rubber, plastic or plastic bonded to steel, to reduce hand-arm vibration.

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• Move work surfaces closer to the body and to a comfortable height.

• When lifting, maintain an upright position

and avoid bending and twisting. Avoid lifting while sitting.

• If a job requires work in an awkward posi tion (e.g., with hands above shoulder level) be sure to take frequent breaks.

Putting in place an established employee safety and health committee can help employ ees communicate effectively with employers to

ensure ergonomic problems are fixed, improv ing employee health and morale.

Lynne Henshaw is the Director of Marketing & Communications for Autoprise Solutions Canada, makers of Solo and Unity facility management software. She can be contacted at 604-408-4306 ext. 108, or via e-mail at

Ihenshaw@autoprise.com.

MMRKETIN

MARKETING By Larry Jackson

Common sense

Effective marketing comes down to two things

Have you ever looked at your company's marketing materials and thought that there is something not quite right with what you are seeing?

Ifyou are like many people, your reaction to this runs to one of two responses. Response one is common to the assertive, take-charge kind of boss. You know the kind. They start nit

marketing strategy.

write about his company

that figured out it was easier to define a mes

people often chalk up their feeling to their own lack of knowledge. They assume the pros knew what they were doing. In these

of your

wanted me to convince the Globe and Mail to

Reaction two is the other end of the spec trum.It is common to the Over-worked manager

with too much to do and too little time. These

the resuts

A client came to me some time back with a request for some media relations support. He

business.

final product often has little in common with

the marketer's vision or the requirements of the

satisfied with

steps, they are destined to be dissatisfied.

"Who are you trying to reach with the story?"

Iasked."Distributors for my products he answered. Istarted to drill down. It eventually became clear there were only five people in Canada we had to influence positively to make

picking the project right away Unfortunately, the

You can be

thing else, the campaign has a greater chance of falling into place. If they forget these two

cases the end result is most often a

glossy marketing piece that looks really good but fails to deliver.

a real difference in his business. Once we had

sage.

Positive potential

We chose the best tactics for delivering the message based on cost and potential for pos tive results. The client was surprised that the Globe wasn't on the final list. He was even

more surprised when he realized the best

Common root

media outlet for his story was a trade asSOCi tion newsletter. We backed it up with a fevw

reactions stem from a common root. In

carefully considered calls and he generated

Despite their obvious differences, both

both situations the goals of the mar keters and the business are not very well aligned. It is this that earns many marketers a

the business he was looking for

duce less than satisfactory results. Bosses want

to the prOs. But the found.ation is alwas the

reputation for expensive campaigns that pro

to sell things. Marketers like to be creative.

It doesn't have to be this way You can be sat isfied with the results of your marketing strate gy. All you have to do is keep a couple of very simple things in mind every time you face a marketingchallenge and every time you make a marketing decision.

By the numbers Number one is knowing who you are trying

to manipulate with your marketing. Number two is knowing whal you want then to do. lf the manager and the marketer can deline those two things in depth before they do any.

I won't kid vou. It is not alwavs that easy A

huge amount of sophistication can go into a

marketing campaign. There are times to leave it

same.

Stay away trom any discuSION ot tacties until manager and markeler agree on who our

audience is and what you want them to do Make sure everything you do targets thse

answers and you will spend tar less tme won

dering what is going wrong Larry Jackson is the President ot Editorkal Edge Communications, a non-traditional marketing and pubiic

relations agency If you have marketing questivts or so rles that you would like to share in this column, he can be contacted at 905-305-9355 ext. 23 or vkt e-mail at

LaryJacksonOeditorialedge com.

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