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MARS is experiencing a phenomenal growth rate,"
says MARS President Jayson Jones. "In order to
provide the continuing high quality of training and
service, we are expanding our facilities and training
schedules".
DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF CLASSES
"The demand for the MARS opportunity
is so great that we are doubling the number of classes
to be held each month. This means that we are prepared
to start four new Trainees every week."
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| EXPANDED ENROLLMENT LEADS TO
EXPANDED FACILITIES: MARS recently added 3,000 square
feet to its instructional space, to enhance training
for its increased enrollment of Trainees. |
SMALL, SEPARATE CLASSES
"As I am also the Director of Training,
I determined to maintain the established high level of
instruction, despite the growth in numbers," Jones
continues. "For that reason, we decided that we would
not 'mix' or blend the students from a new weekly startup
with the students already in place. Instead, the new students
are provided separate classes with separate instructors".
NEW INSTRUCTOR,
NEW TRAINING SCHEDULE
"As a result, we
have developed an entirely new training schedule,"
says Jones, "carefully assigning instructors so that
their talents are most advantageously used.
"We also
have been fortunate to obtain the services of our part-time
instructor, Steve Joplin, on a full-time status;
Steve has great talent in Color Theory, paint and dying.
With four full-time instructors, we can provide maximum
attention to each new
trainee, while training more new Operators each month."
Executive
Vice President Donovan Hall concurs: "With no
less than one experienced trainer to every two students,
we can provide the highest quality instruction and hands-on
training to our Operators."
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REAL
LIFE
"Our training program has traditionally
provided a hands-on experience for each student, in
a real world setting, using actual vehicles," continues
Jones. "That was our challenge in planning this
new expansion program.
"All of
us agreed that each student have maximum attention from
instructors, while continuing that 'real world of work'
experience, always working and training on real automobiles
as much as possible in learning all our Systems.
EXPANDED TRAINING LEADS
TO EXPANDED FACILITY
"It was really this expansion in the
number of trainees which led to the development of the
new training addition," says Jones.
"We already had ten thousand square
interior feet. These ten thousand square feet contain
classrooms, training bays, offices, break rooms and
amenities rooms. There are also training bays outside
the facility.
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| Part of the additional
3,000 square feet includes internal bays. |
"Now, we've added the extra three thousand feet
to make sure that our students remain comfortable, as
they learn and work, and that our quality of instruction
will not be lowered, but enhanced.
TRAINING
VIDEOS
"MARS
produced thirteen excellent training videos this year,"
adds Donovan Hall. "In conjunction with this new
expansion, we are using those to enhance the lectures
and hands-on training our Trainees experience.
"We are also placing training videos
on our secure Operators website to allow all Operators
to download and review current training information
on all our Systems. This is a great reference tool which
will allow all Operators to continue the highest quality
service in our industry."
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