Ryder Technician Wins Top Spot in National Technical Skills
Competition Held by the American Trucking Associations’ Technology &
Maintenance Council
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE:R), a leader in transportation and supply chain
management solutions, today announced Senior Technician Christopher
Barnett was named TMCSuperTech Grand Champion at the eighth annual
National Technician Skills Competition held by the American Trucking
Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC). The TMCSuperTech
2012 competition, which gathered 130 technicians from across the
country, consisted of a day-long test with 17 hands-on skills stations
to test an array of general truck maintenance and troubleshooting
skills, as well as electronic diagnostics applications, and safety and
environmental practices. Mr. Barnett’s consistently high scores in each
test event placed him in the first place for the overall competition
score.
Mr. Barnett, who is based out of Ryder’s Hebron, Ky., service facility,
was selected along with nine other teammates from Ryder to represent the
company at TMCSuperTech. Ryder selects its TMCSuperTech team from its
technician population of more than 4,000 diesel technicians through
Ryder’s own National Top Technician Competition, an internal competition
that consists of three increasingly demanding rounds of challenging
written and hands-on tests. This year, nine team members were chosen
from their performance in past Ryder Top Technician Competitions and one
team member was selected based on his performance on ASE (Automotive
Service Excellence) Testing. Ryder recognized and rewarded its National
Top Technician winner with a brand new GMC Denali pick-up truck, a
trophy, and cash award, and it its second, third, and runner-up winners
with various prizes. Mr. Barnett also placed among the top three winners
of Ryder’s 2012 National Top Technician Competition.
“For several years now, Christopher has ranked among our top winners in
Ryder’s Top Technician Competition and TMCSuperTech. We are very proud
but not at all surprised by his win,” said
Jeanette McCarty
, Ryder’s
Vice President of Maintenance Operations and Engineering. “Heavy duty
engine platforms are constantly changing, and our technicians are faced
with the challenge of staying abreast with new technologies and
practices. We encourage them to learn these new technologies by
providing ongoing training and a number of our own recognition programs,
and by encouraging participation in these industry events, which help to
elevate standards for everyone.”
In addition to winning the top spot, three other Ryder technicians also
ranked among the top ten winners in the overall competition at
TMCSuperTech:
Robert Gonzalez
, based in Tampa, Fla., who won fifth
place;
Michael Bogard
, based in Neenah, Wis., who won seventh place; and
Timothy Peters
, based in Hickory, N.C., who won eighth place. Ryder
technicians also won four station events:
David Berdovich
, based in
Harvey, Ill. (for tires and wheels, and for engines);
Michael Bogard
(for starting and charging); and
Robert Gonzalez
(for steering and
suspension).
TMC is America's premier technical society for truck equipment
technology and maintenance professionals. TMC features a diverse
membership of equipment managers, service-dealers, owner-operators,
industry suppliers and manufacturers, educators, academia and others
that support the trucking industry. TMC member fleets represent the
broad range of industry vocations, including truckload,
less-than-truckload, municipal, private, on/off-highway, construction
and other operations. Find out more about TMC online at http://tmc.trucking.org.
American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association
for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state
trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA
is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our
nation's freight.
About Ryder
Ryder is a FORTUNE 500® commercial transportation, logistics and supply
chain management solutions company. Ryder’s stock (NYSE:R) is a
component of the Dow Jones Transportation Average and the Standard &
Poor’s 500 Index. Inbound Logistics magazine has recognized Ryder
as a top third party logistics provider and green supply chain partner.
Ryder has also been ranked two years in a row as one of the top 250 U.S.
companies in the Newsweek Green Rankings. In addition, Security
Magazine has named Ryder one of the top companies for security practices
in the transportation, logistics, supply chain, and warehousing sector.
Ryder is a proud member of the American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving
Program, supporting national and local disaster preparedness and
response efforts. For more information, visit www.ryder.com
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Source: Ryder System, Inc.