Enterprise Helps Test Collision Repair Students At SkillsUSA South Carolina Conference
GREENVILLE, S.C., March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterprise Rent-A-Car is partnering with the SkillsUSA South Carolina Leadership and Skills Conference March 26-27 at Greenville Technical College's McKinney Automotive Center to support collision repair education.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car is providing four identical, late-model vehicles to SkillsUSA South Carolina for use in vehicle repair contests taking place during the conference. SkillsUSA South Carolina is the state affiliate of the national SkillsUSA, a national nonprofit organization serving high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations.
"It's critical to provide students with opportunities for high-quality, hands-on repair technician training with organizations like SkillsUSA," said Mary Mahoney, vice president, insurance replacement division for Enterprise Rent-A-Car. "We're committed to helping the next generation of vehicle repair technicians receive up-to-date training through access to the latest vehicle models and technologies. These students are vital to the future of the collision repair and automotive insurance industries, as well as our own business and vehicle service centers."
Nearly 80 schools and more than 30 collision repair programs from across South Carolina will compete in the 2015 contests. Judges will test students' repair skills related to specific National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) and automotive repair knowledge areas, including vehicle maintenance, collision repair, automotive refinishing and estimating. Students will read engine codes with a diagnostic tool, view components, troubleshoot the problem, and explain to judges how to properly repair a vehicle. Enterprise will provide vehicles for the masking and refinish preparation portion of the contest. Once the event is completed, Enterprise will return the vehicles to pre-contest condition.
Enterprise's commitment to the future of the collision repair industry extends beyond the SkillsUSA partnership. In fact, Enterprise Rent-A-Car recently provided vehicles for the grand opening of a new collision repair education school at Fayetteville Technical Community College in North Carolina, and gave $65,000 to the Collision Repair Education Foundation.
Enterprise has been partnering with repair centers and insurance companies for more than 50 years to help customers whose cars have been damaged or stolen. With more than 5,500 fully staffed airport and neighborhood offices located within 15 miles of 90 percent of the U.S. population, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car brand is ideally positioned to provide replacement rentals to customers of collision repair centers and insurance companies throughout the country.
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About Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Founded in 1957, Enterprise Rent-A-Car is an internationally recognized brand known for an extensive network of locations, affordable rates and outstanding customer service. When severe weather and natural disasters strike, the Enterprise neighborhood network plays an integral role in mobilizing the local recovery efforts of insurance providers, emergency response organizations and repair shops. Enterprise Rent-A-Car's local branches and its insurance and collision partners also can leverage the company's evolving technology platforms, such as ARMS and the Priority Pass program.
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