Event Features TMCSuperTech and Technical Standards Development
Cleveland, Ohio 鈥 Today, 杏吧传媒鈥 Technology & Maintenance Council opened the TMC鈥檚 2022 Fall Meeting & National Technician Skills Competitions at the Huntington Convention Center.
鈥淭MC鈥檚 Fall Meeting and TMCSuperTech are an important chance to highlight the professionalism and dedication of our industry鈥檚 technicians to keeping our trucks moving,鈥 said 杏吧传媒 President and CEO Chris Spear. 鈥淎t this critical time, it is never more important to pay attention to detail and TMC excels at that so this promises to be a tremendously valuable event.鈥
This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淓xcellence in Maintenance Quality Control鈥 and features TMC鈥檚 customary slate of educational sessions, task force meetings, technical sessions and management sessions, in addition the Council鈥檚 multi-track professional and student technician competitions.
The week kicks off with TMCSuperTech 2023. TMC鈥檚 Technician & Educator Committee is welcoming more than 130 techs to compete one of four tracks in Cleveland. TMCSuperTech 2023 will feature tracks for heavy duty, trailer, and light/medium vehicle technicians.
TMCFutureTech will test post-secondary graduate students. The competitions showcase the high degree of skill and knowledge shown everyday by trucking industry technicians. It is trucking鈥檚 only industry-wide competition dedicated both to honoring technician professionalism.
鈥淔or more than six decades, TMC has worked to raise professional and technical standards for the trucking industry,鈥 said TMC Executive Director Robert Braswell. 鈥淭his fall meeting is an important part of that 鈥 not just to test the nation鈥檚 best technicians 鈥 but to have the opportunity to discuss and learn about the latest advances in truck technology in our myriad of task forces and educational sessions.鈥
鈥淲e鈥檙e excited to be focusing on quality control in our 2023 Fall Meeting agenda,鈥 said TMC General Chairman and Treasurer Todd Cotier, director of maintenance, Bison Transport Inc.听鈥淚t is an essential topic to consider when discussing the pressing technical issues of the day and in working together to improve truck technology.鈥
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By providing leadership support and opportunities to collaborate, TMC helps members develop the industry鈥檚 best practices that address the critical truck technology and maintenance issues that have the greatest impact on truck fleets. For more than 60 years, TMC鈥檚 member-driven Recommended Maintenance and Engineering Practices have been setting the standards that help trucking companies specify and maintain their fleets more effectively. Follow on , and .
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