EETC makes key announcements

The Equipment & Engine Training Council (EETC), a non-profit association whose goal is to address the critical shortage of qualified service technicians in the OPE industry, recently made a few important announcements.

On the heels of Info Access inheriting responsibility for the administration of the EETC’s technician certification testing from the Outdoor Power Equipment and Engine Service Association (OPEESA), ARI acquired Info Access. As a result, the new contact information for the EETC Certification Test Center, where all correspondence regarding certification should be mailed or faxed, is as follows:

EETC Certification Test Center

11425 W. Lake Park Dr., Suite 900

Milwaukee, WI 53224

Phone: (414) 973-4534

Fax: (414) 973-4357

E-mail: bgrice@arinet.com

Web site: www.eetc.org (click on “Technician Certification”)

At approximately the same time that the test center was moving from Hartland, Wis., to Milwaukee, the EETC also moved its corporate office out of Hartland to better serve the needs of its members. The new contact information for the EETC corporate office is as follows:

EETC

N59 W 39556 Laketon Ave.

Oconomowoc, WI 53066

Phone: (262) 567-9100

Fax: (262) 567-6200

E-mail: eetc@eetc.org

Web site: www.eetc.org

The EETC also announced that its 13th annual conference will be held April 16-18, 2009, at the Monarch Hotel and Conference Center in Clackamas, Ore. (Portland). It will be sponsored by Oregon Cutting Systems Group, Blount Inc., and Shindaiwa, Inc.

For further information about the EETC,visitwww.eetc.org.