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On-site Evaluation Teams

The program requesting certification is responsible for recruiting and recommending on-site evaluation team members. Recommendations must be submitted with your application for certification. The ETL will review your recommendations and make the final decision.

On-site evaluation team members must belong to one of these groups:

• practicing auto technicians
• service managers
• shop owners from businesses in the area served by the program
• for initial certification, one team member may be an instructor from another school district/system. An automobile instructor from another school district/system must have a minimum of seven years experience, which must include three or more years full-time experience as an automobile technician and three or more years of post high school training.

All members must have:

• a high school diploma or equivalent (industry or military training may qualify)
• at least 7 years full-time experience as a general auto tech
• ASE certification is recommended but not required

For initial certification, the evaluation team is composed of four individuals: the ETL and three team members. Two members must be from the automotive industry (one from a dealership and one from an independent repair facility). The third member may be from a dealership, independent repair facility or auto training program.

For recertification, the team is composed of three members: the ETL and two team members. One must be from a dealership and one must be from an independent repair facility.

Each program requesting initial certification or recertification must submit their choices for evaluation team members on the On-Site Evaluation Team Member List, including an alternate team member in the event that one of the team members is unable to conduct the on-site evaluation. The alternate team member must be from either a dealership or from an independent repair facility.

Team members must not be Advisory Committee members, former instructors, or graduates of the program within the past ten years.