Training is one of the biggest benefits of being a member of VASA. Members have access to specialised training and access to a range of experts either at the training level or simply through the member network. Many training courses offered by VASA or through associate providers such as The Automotive Technician. Some of these courses are free of charge, some offer member discounts.
The training calendars which VASA will maintain on this page are only those approved by VASA.
VASA's biggest single training event occurs every two years at the big Wire & Gas Training Convention and Trade Show. Due again on the June long weekend in 2010 on the Gold Coast, this event concentrates up to ten of Australia's top trainers in one area for an intense two days of training. The information gained, and the contacts made during these events are invaluable to members.
Within these pages, available only to members of VASA, are all volumes of the seven-volume Registered Technicians Program, developed exclusively by a special VASA technical committee and written by unquestionably Australia's foremost trainer in air conditioning repair and practice, Grant Hand of Automotive Training Solutions, Adelaide.
These documents represent the bible of air conditioning repair
and retrofit for Australia and New Zealand. Members can download any
number of technical papers, which are becoming particularly useful
in the training of young technicians. There is no other resource
like this in Australia or New Zealand.
Thanks to the affiliation between VASA and MACS Worldwide, the
biggest aftermarket air conditioning association in the world, based
in America, VASA offers members only regular technical papers
prepared by MACS experts. Some of the information may not be
relevant to the Australian and New Zealand market, but it makes
fascinating reading for all technicians.
For more information on upcoming VASA training events, follow this link.