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Parts advisors get recognised through new ATA route The annual conference for the Automotive Distribution Federation (ADF) has provided the platform for the launch of an accreditation route for Parts Advisors within the Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) scheme.   Following a pilot programme by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), which regulates the ATA scheme; two levels applicable to technicians in the parts sector have been introduced: Parts Advisor and Senior Parts Advisor IMI appoints its first Chief Operating Officer The Institute of the Motor Industry today (20 November 2008) announced that Linda Stansfield is to become the company’s first Chief Operating Officer. Linda joins the IMI from AGA Performance Ltd, a leading training consultancy, where she worked as the Account Director for the Ford Motor Company at Henry Ford College, Loughborough Stanley still motoring in the fast lane at 70 At 70 years old motor technician Stanley Copson should have hung up his spark plugs and moved down a gear to enjoy the quiet life of a retired OAP.   But not only is he still working for Bristol Street Motors in Kings Norton, he is the oldest person in the UK to have gained the Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) standard We’re working for the whole industry and its people says the IMI Having expanded its responsibilities within the retail motor industry over the past year as a professional body, Government-licensed Sector Skills Council and regulator of the Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) scheme, the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has begun a fresh communication campaign to help its members, employers and industry personnel better understand how the IMI is serving the automotive industry.The IMI has introduced a new leaflet, “Working for you, working for the industry”, to illustrate clearly and simply its mission and key objectives to improve professional standards by qualifying, recognising and developing people 11,000th technician achieves ATA Lee Pearce, who works at Toyota dealership, Currie Motors Barnet, is the 11,000th technician to achieve the Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) standard, governed by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI).Lee joined the Currie Motors group as an apprentice in 1995 and has worked at the Barnet dealership since 2002