Maintenance Council
MTA Maintenance Council exists to improve transport equipment, its maintenance and maintenance management. Maintenance professionals meet monthly, September through May, to exchange ideas about ways to improve and maintain their equipment. Through these meetings, the Council fosters relationships and delivers the latest in relevant information to enhance the success of maintenance professionals and the companies they represent. Membership is on individual basis and open to anyone who is affiliated with an MTA member company.
Online Maintenance Forum: Ask Questions & Connect with Your Maintenance Peers
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Retain Your Technicians: Nominate Your Technicians for Technician of the Month
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2019/2020 Maintenance Council Meeting Dates & Registration
Cost per individual meeting: $30
All meetings are from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Locations may vary, see notes below.)
Call MTA with Questions or to Sponsor a Meeting (651) 646-7351
If the registration page shows a meeting as closed, please contact the MTA office to register.
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December 18, 2019
Technician Recruiting: What a Tech Wants
Location Change: Rihm Kenworth 425 Concord St. S., South St. Paul, MN 55075
We’re going to let them tell us. The idea is to have a panel of active maintenance technicians, and possibly a tech school student, speak to us about what they look for in an employer. This will be a unique experience for us to engage in their perspective of the environment.
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January 15, 2020
DOT & Safety Violation Prevention
Location: Saint Paul College, 235 Marshall Ave, St Paul, MN 55102, Rooms 1506 & 1508
As a maintenance department, the company’s CSA score is in
our hands. Relatively subtle adjustments to protocol (such
as adding one more box to the PM checklist) can potentially
have a huge impact on the number of violations received from
DOT inspectors. Our ultimate goal is to keep our equipment
safe and road-worthy, but it’s also crucial to directly address
violation hot points to protect our scores.
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February 19, 2020
GHG 2020 Update: Impact to Maintenance & Repair
Location: Saint Paul College, 235 Marshall Ave, St Paul, MN 55102, Rooms 1506 & 1508
Keeping up with another round of alterations to the tractors and emissions systems. We’ve seen new GHG mandates change the game in the past, so it will be important to stay ahead of it.
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March 18, 2020
How to Diagnose & Repair Safety Technologies
Location: Saint Paul College, 235 Marshall Ave, St Paul, MN 55102, Rooms 1506 & 1508
This will focus on collision mitigation and onboard camera devices. These types of technologies have gone from almost non-existent, to elective features, to standard specs in less than a decade. They will probably be mandated in some form in the
near future.
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April 15, 2020
Nuts & Bolts Roundtable / Tech Awards Banquet
Location: TBD
This has always been a fun way to exchange industry information with others in a rapid-fire setting. It’s also time to recognize and appreciate the hardworking technicians who keep our wheels turning.
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