Pub. 1 2019-20 Issue 1

Issue 1 2019 17 WVADA Get your MOTOR RUNNING and your dealership too WEST VIRGINIA | OHIO | PENNSYLVANIA 800.452.3003 | actcpas.com Help in leading your dealership down the secure financial highway The Arnett Carbis Toothman team is ready to deliver class-leading services to auto dealerships throughout the region. As the 103rd top CPA firm in the United States, our professionals are authorities on the constant changes facing dealerships of all sizes. • Serving new and used dealer operations • Single and multi-facility operations • Experienced with franchise regulations • Equipped to assist in financial strategies ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES It’s not uncommon for automotive technicians to advance significantly within a dealership over the course of their careers. Common ways to advance are through increasing certifications to perform more complicated work—starting as a level 1 technician doing maintenance work and ad- vancing eventually to become a level 4 master technician certified to service virtually all systems in the vehicle. On a separate career track, some technicians transition to the customer service side and become service-writ- ers, working with customers to identify their needs and schedule service and maintenance. Still others progress into management, some moving into the parts department of a dealership, others managing entire service operations. Service operations at some deal- erships can involve managing dozens of technicians and hundreds of service and maintenance orders each day. Still others become owners of local dealerships. Mike Jackson, chairman of America’s largest dealer- ship group, AutoNation (which operates more than 230 dealerships nationwide), started his career as a service technician in Cherry Hill, New Jersey! t SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Local dealerships and associations fund hun- dreds of scholarship opportunities for aspiring technicians each year. Many of these scholarship opportunities can fund a prospective student’s en- tire enrollment in an automotive service training program. For a listing of automotive technician scholarships, visit nadafoundation.org/join-work- force/find-scholarships.