OVERLAND PARK, KS — NAAHAC (North American Automotive HazMat Action Committee) announced that CCAR and ShipMate have been unanimously chosen by NAAHAC/AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group) as the developers and providers for a Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Internet-based training program for automotive dealers.
“The members of NAAHAC have unified for this important safety issue and we have succeeded,” said Dan Wieten, NAAHAC Dealer Training Lead from Toyota Motor Sales. “After two years of intensive work by NAAHAC, which includes all the major OEMs, we have resolved to move forward with training to help dealerships become aware of the right ways to ship the increasing number of HazMat items. Our committee wants to thank every manufacturer for their unselfish contribution in reaching this announcement.”
NAAHAC is a group of regulatory compliance specialists representing the major automotive manufacturers in North America. Their primary focus is to review pending and current Hazardous Materials Transportation regulations and develop concise informed responses for submission to the appropriate regulatory agencies. The group has developed programs within the industry in conjunction with the regulatory agencies that will provide awareness as to best practices across the automotive industry to ensure the safe transport of all hazardous products.
With guidance by AIAG, a not-for-profit trade association of companies that are manufacturers of and/or suppliers to the makers of motor vehicles, the NAAHAC committee worked toward developing an industry effort to communicate HazMat responsibilities.
“Understanding the needs of each OEM and finding a starting point that each could agree on was both trying and rewarding,” said Ron Tillinger, occupational health & safety manager of AIAG. “The individual efforts of each committee member will better protect dealers and citizens in HazMat transport. The final selection was unanimous as to who had the qualifications and experience to construct and maintain this important program.”
“The selection process involved intense analysis in determining who would build the content, how we would deliver it, and especially what we might envision would be necessary for a changing future,” added Wieten. “We received many proposals and we selected two unique groups, CCAR and ShipMate; almost a hybrid approach to provide the foundation of this crucial program.”
The Coordinating Committee on Automotive Repair in Overland Park, KS, is a not-for-profit organization which operates the National Environmental Compliance Assistance Center for Auto Repair – CCAR-GreenLink – in cooperation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency. CCAR was selected to administer and operate the HazMat program. CCAR has provided online specific Safety and Pollution Prevention (S/P2) training to over 1,800 automotive career/technical schools and 6,000 dealer and independent facilities since 2002.
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