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Australia’s automotive industry has launched a national code of conduct for calibrating advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), providing clear guidance for repairers working on critical safety features that will be present in 43 per cent of vehicles by 2030. The Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association unveiled the ADAS Industry Code of Conduct at the Autocare 2025 Continue reading ADAS code of conduct published

From left: Rod Camm, Benjamin Ward, Graeme Whickman, Rob Cameron and Stuart Charity

The automotive service sector’s skills shortage has reached crisis point, with apprenticeship numbers plummeting 25 per cent last year – and it’s affecting everyone from main dealers to independent workshops. Encouragingly, industry leaders are publicly acknowledging that this isn’t a problem any single sector can solve alone. During a panel session at this year’s Autocare Continue reading Skills crisis hits breaking point: Industry leaders finally talk collaboration

With just weeks to go until Autocare 2025, Australia’s largest education-led automotive convention is shaping up to deliver huge value for professionals across the aftermarket sector. The two-day event, running 20-21 June at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, promises to tackle the industry’s most pressing challenges head-on, such as electrification and AI integration, workforce Continue reading Autocare 2025 fast approaching!

Autocare 2025, Australia’s premier automotive training convention returning to Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on 20-21 June, will deliver an exclusive opportunity for technicians to master advanced diagnostics and vehicle systems. Hosted by the Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association, Autocare will feature a comprehensive Workshop Management Program designed to help business owners discover new strategies to Continue reading Autocare 2025 program shapes up

Autocare 2025, which returns to Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on 20-21 June, will run alongside the National Light Vehicle Modifications Summit, a critical forum for aftermarket leaders, manufacturers, and regulators to discuss the future of vehicle modification in Australia. The event, hosted by the Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association (AAAA), will also feature a Workshop Continue reading Future of vehicle modification and workshop innovation at Autocare 2025

Australia’s largest automotive training event, Autocare 2025, promises to again be a transformative experience for technicians, workshop owners and industry professionals – and VASA will again be exhibiting at the trade show. Hosted by the Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association (AAAA), the event will take place on 20-21 June 2025 at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Continue reading International experts, industry insights at Autocare 2025 in Brisbane

As we continue to negotiate the aftershocks of 2020’s COVID-19 outbreak, the automotive repair and service industry’s enduring shortage of skilled technicians remains a key disruptor – especially as around a third of the 1.5 million people who left Australia during the pandemic have not returned. During a panel session entitled The Race to Find Continue reading Autocare panel talks recruiting and retaining technicians in 2023

The Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association is claiming that next month’s Autocare convention in Brisbane will assemble the “largest collection of leading experts ever assembled in Australia” to provide training and education on topics that matter to automotive repairers.   A number of sessions will cover the hot subject of electrified vehicles, including one entitled ‘HEV/BEV Safety, Continue reading Training on EV Service and Repair Fundamentals at Autocare Brisbane

With an estimated skills shortage of 30,000 automotive technicians in Australia, this year’s Autocare training and networking event will reveal new techniques to recruit and retain skilled employees. A dedicated Autocare workshop session titled ‘The Race to Find and Keep Top Talent in Your Workshop’ promises to use real world, workable solutions, combined with the Continue reading Autocare Brisbane to present new ideas for finding and keeping technicians