OHIO TRUCKING ASSOCIATION 2017 TECHNICIAN COMPETITION SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, May 19 8:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Judges/Station Chairs arrive and set up 12:45 p.m. Technician Registration 1:00 3:00 p.m. Written test 3:00 5:00 p.m. Education Seminar 5:00 6:00 p.m. Walk through for all Saturday, May 20 6:00 a.m. Volunteer registration 6:00 a.m. - Breakfast - volunteers and morning competitors 6:45 a.m. Check in @ bullpen 7:00 a.m. Competition begins 10:00 a.m. - Break 11:30 1:30 p.m. Lunch (afternoon competitors arrive at 11:30) 1:00 p.m. Testing resumes 3:00 p.m. Break 5:00 p.m. Testing completed 6:15 p.m. Hospitality Area 7:00 p.m. Dinner and Awards 9:30 p.m. Closing comments (note: times are approximate and subject to change) Thanks to our Presenting Sponsor COMPETITION DATES: May 19-20, 2017 COMPETITION LOCATION: Kalahari Resort & Conference Center, 7000 Kalahari Drive, Sandusky OH 44870. www.kalahariresorts.com Registrants will receive complete location and parking details with confirmation packet. HOST HOTEL: Kalahari Resort. Contact Kalahari to reserve your sleeping rooms by calling 877.525.2427 tell them you are calling for the 2017 OTA room block at Kalahari Sandusky. The sleeping room rate is $149 for 'run of house' room type. All rooms come with up to 4 water park passes. Companies booking more than 10 rooms need to contact Jerry Simon directly. See Kalahari Room Reservation page for additional information on the Kalahari booking process as well as information on the entire event. ENTRY FEE PER CONTESTANT: Registration: $149.00 Registration deadline is April 1, 2017. Entry fee includes: program, lapel pin, shirt, 1 banquet ticket, lunch and snacks during competition. (Lunch is not provided on Friday.) Additional banquet tickets for company and family members are $59 per adult ticket and $25 per child ticket. QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENTRY: *Live in Ohio or be based at a company with a physical address location in Ohio. *Be continuously employed by the entering OTA member company for at least the past 12 months as a Commercial Vehicle Technician. *Before competing, each technician must have the following turned in by the April 1, 2017 entry deadline: *Completed entry form. Online form is available at www.ohiotrucking.org *Entry fee paid in full. *Shirt size. STATIONS OF COMPETITION: *Day One - Written Exam *Day Two - Hands on Challenge: *Electrical, *Engines, *Brakes, *HVAC, *Fasteners, *PMI, *Tires and Wheels, *Service Diagnostics. AWARDS: *Grand Champion, 2 nd & 3 rd place. The Grand Champion receives an automatic advancement to the Super Tech Hands On Competition. 2nd and 3rd place receive registration compliments of Vertical Alliance Group if they wish to compete. *1 st place per station each station winner will be eligible to advance to the Super Tech Written Exam Competition at their own cost. *Award will be given to each 1 st place winner for each station. HOW TO REGISTER: *Complete the registration form, making certain to include your shirt size and email address. If you have any questions, please contact the OTA office at 614-221-5375. PROPER ATTIRE: *All contestants must wear work-appropriate shirts, long pants and work shoes meeting acceptable industry safety standards. You will be provided with a shirt that you will wear on Saturday during the hands-on challenges. Attire for the banquet is business casual.
OHIO TRUCK DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS & TECHNICIAN COMPETITION Kalahari Resort & Conference Center Room Reservation Information MAY 19-20, 2017 Once again, the Ohio TDC will be held at the beautiful, family friendly Kalahari Resort & Conference Center in Sandusky Ohio. This year, we re pleased to announce that we will again be holding the Ohio Technician Competition (TechComp) at Kalahari on the same dates of May 19-20, 2017. Kalahari is America s largest indoor waterpark, and we ve revised the schedule to allow the competitors time to spend with their friends and family enjoying the waterpark! (Registration information to follow shortly.) The TDC event will begin at 6:30 a.m. on Friday, May 19 with continental breakfast, registration and the written test. Following the written test, part of the group will do their pre-trip competition and the driving portion of the competition while the rest of the group is enjoying the day with their family. All TDC competitors will be advised via email what day they will be competing on prior to the competition. On Saturday, the group who competed on Friday will have a relaxing day with their family while the group who didn t compete on Friday will be busy competing in the pre- trip and driving competitions. The competition schedule will depend greatly on how many drivers are registered in each class. The event will begin for the TechComp volunteers and competitors at 12:45 p.m. on Friday, May 19 with registration and the written test. (Please have lunch prior to arrival.) Technician competitors will have educational sessions after the test and will end the day with a walk-through of the stations. There will be 9 again stations this year, not including the written test. Station competitions will be held all day Saturday. On Saturday evening, everyone will gather in the Kilimanjaro Ballroom for the awards banquet. All information on the competition times are subject to change based on the size of the group. However, we will do our best to keep everyone informed via email should any change be made. It is important that each contestant, judge, volunteer and company contact person provide an email address. All registration information will be available on the website shortly. Booking your rooms at Kalahari quickly is vitally important if you want to stay at the hotel. Each sleeping room comes with up to 4 water park passes. Additional passes may be purchased. Kalahari has worked with OTA to allow the company representative to book the sleeping rooms, allowing for 4 water park passes for each room. The company representative will be responsible for picking up all the sleeping room keys, list of guests and room numbers, and waterpark passes. This way, you will be able to hand out the passes based on the number actually needed per family. If one family has 5 people (mom/dad/3 kids) in their room, and another family has only 2, you are able to regulate that so no one has to pay for the water park passes and no water park passes go unused. If you find you have extra waterpark passes, please give them to the OTA staff at the TDC registration desk so we may pass them on to other competitors who may need extras. However, if you are not concerned with obtaining the maximum number of water park passes, you may elect to have your drivers pick up their own room keys. To book fewer than 10 sleeping rooms, please contact Kalahari Reservation Department by calling 877-525-2427 and telling them you are calling for the 2017 TDC/TechComp Room Block at Kalahari Sandusky. All reservations must be made on or before Friday, March 10, 2017. Remember..book early! continued on reverse...
Companies wishing to book 10 or more sleeping rooms must contact Jerry Simon, Kalahari's Assistant Director of Sales. You may call Jerry at 419-433-7081, or email him at jsimon@kalahariresorts.com and he will prepare a room contract for you. Advising you to book early can t be said often enough! Kalahari has sold out every year!!! You don t want to be scrambling to find rooms in the facilities located down the street! The sleeping room rate is $149.00 for run of the house room type. That rate is good for up to four people in one room on Friday, 5/19/2017 or Saturday, 5/20/2017. Refer to Kalahari s website to view the various room types. Those checking in on Thursday will pay the reduced pre-weekend rate of $109.00 on Thursday night, or up to three days prior to Thursday. That reduced rate is also honored for three days after the event. No matter when you check in or out, the rate on Friday night and Saturday night is $149. (Additional state and local taxes currently 11.75% will be charged.) The deposit policy for the facility is 1 night (plus taxes) at the time the reservation is made. The cancellation policy is: 72 hours, or more, prior to arrival to receive full refund, less $25.00 processing fee. Less than 72 hours prior to scheduled arrival forfeits entire deposit. Please note: Besides the complimentary 4 waterpark passes per room, we have also negotiated complimentary wireless internet in all guest rooms and convention center; 20% off at Spa Kalahari for all attendees; and the nightly resort fee of $14.99 per room has been waived. If you have any difficulties, please contact Dianna Lilly at dianna@ohiotrucking.org or call Dianna at 614-225-1027. Again - we cannot stress this strongly enough...book YOUR SLEEPING ROOMS NOW!!!! Ohio Trucking Association, 21 E State Street, Suite 900, Columbus Ohio 43215
Ohio Trucking Association 2017 TechComp Sponsorship Opportunities The Ohio Trucking Maintenance Council will hold the 5th Annual TechComp, Friday and Saturday, May 20-21, 2017. Here is your opportunity to be a part of this annual event. $5,000 PRESENTING SPONSOR STOOPS FREIGHTLINER - (PRESENTING sponsor will be recognized on all printed, electronic and web-based services along with identity on the apparel provided to all of the competitors and judging staff. Please provide logo. (Only one available.) BANQUET SPONSOR - $4,000 (Signage provided with banquet sponsors company name and logos. Listed in event agenda, banquet program and apparel. Please provide logo.) LEADER SPONSOR - $1,250 (Leader sponsors will be recognized in all printed material as well as on apparel. Please provide logo.) RECEPTION SPONSOR - $1,000 (Signage provided with reception sponsors company names. Listed in event agenda and program.) EVENT SPONSOR - $500 (Your company name will be recognized in the schedule of events to be handed out the day of competition, along with the program for the banquet.) GIFT BAG SPONSOR - $500 (You will be listed on the provided gift bag, in the event agenda and in the banquet program.) POWER SPONSOR - $2,500 (Power sponsor will be recognized in all printed, electronic and web-based services along with identity on the apparel for all of the competitors. Please provide logo.) SATURDAY LUNCH SPONSOR $1,- 500 (Signage provided with lunch sponsors company names. Listed in event agenda and banquet program) BREAK SPONSOR - $500 (Signage provided with break sponsors company names. Listed in event agenda and program.) SATURDAY BREAKFAST SPONSOR - $1,500 (Signage with lunch sponsors company names. Listed in event agenda and program.) COMPETITOR LOUNGE SPONSOR - $500 (You will be listed as a Competitor Lounge Sponsor in the banquet program.) NOTE: Sponsors contributing a total of $1000 or more will be listed on the apparel provided for contestants and judges. Sponsorship commitment must be received no later than April 1, 2017 to be included on the apparel. GIFT BAG item donor Please indicate what you will provide for the competitor gift bags. Plan on providing 50 of your stated item. All items must be received at the OTA office no later than APRIL 15, 2017. Please sign me up for the sponsorships marked above. Name: Company: Address: City, State, Zip: Phone: Email: Check enclosed for $ Amount to be charged $ Credit card # Exp. Date: Sec. code: Signature: Mail completed form with payment to: Ohio Trucking Association, 21 E State Street, Suite 900, Columbus OH 43215 Or, fax or email completed form with credit card info to: 614-221-3717, or sam@ohiotrucking.org
Ohio Trucking Association Company May 19-20, 2017 2017 TechComp Entry Form Terminal (fill out one form per terminal or location) Company Representative Information: Name Address Title City Sate Zip Phone Signature Email Technician Name Tech Email (required) Shirt Size Rookie (Y/N) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. *Rookie indicates you have never before participated in any State or National Tech Competition. Please use the Banquet Ticket Reservation Form to purchase tickets for non-competitors Total Payment $ ($149 per Technician) PAYMENT OPTIONS (circle one): Check Credit Card: VISA/MasterCard/Discover/AmEx Credit Card Number: Exp. Date Code Name on card: Billing address: Billing Zip Code: Signature Please make checks payable to Ohio Trucking Association Entries will not be accepted after April 1, 2017. Refunds will not be given after April 1, 2017. If a technician has to cancel their participation for any reason please notify Larry Woolum at 614-225-1032 or by email at larry@ohiotrucking.org immediately. This form must be returned with payment by April 1, 2017 to Ohio Trucking Association 21 E. State Street, Suite 900 Columbus,. OH 43215 Fax 614-221-3717 Email sam@ohiotrucking.org
Ohio Trucking Association 2017 TechComp Awards Banquet Ticket Reservation Form Saturday, May 20, 2017 - Kalahari's Kilimanjaro Ballroom Reception & Dinner to follow competition Tickets: $59.00 adult. $25.00 children, under 12 Admission to the 2017 Awards Banquet for the contestant is included in the contestant s registration fee. This form is for judges, volunteers, family members and company personnel. Please do not pay for contestants banquet tickets! Name: Company: Terminal: Street: City: State: Zip: Phone: ( ) e-mail: Total Adult Tickets @59.00 Total child tickets @25.00 Total Payment: $ PAYMENT OPTIONS (circle one): Check Credit Card: VISA/MasterCard/Discover/AmEx Credit Card Number: Security Code : Billing address: Name on card: Exp. Date: Billing Zip Code: Signature: Please make checks payable to Ohio Trucking Association. Please mail to: Ohio Trucking Association, 21 East State Street, Suite 900, Columbus, OH 43215 Fax or email credit card payments to: Fax: 614-221-3717 email: sam@ohiotrucking.org Please provide the names of those non-contestants attending so seats may be reserved for them: (Use an additional sheet if necessary) Please indicate any child banquet tickets. Any reservation not marked as a child will be considered an adult and charged at the adult price. Date: Tickets must be ordered by May 1, 2017 for guaranteed reserved seating at the banquet. Company tables will be organized for all groups of eight or more people. Tickets purchased in advance should be picked up at the registration desk. No refunds will be given after May 5, 2017. Questions? Call OTA at 614-225-1027 or email dianna@ohiotrucking.org
Ohio Trucking Association 2 017 TechComp Volunteer Registration Form May 19-20, 2017 Kalahari Resort & Conference Center Sandusky Ohio The completion of this form is a firm commitment to attend the technician competition. There will be mandatory judges and volunteer meetings at the event. You will be advised of the time and place of those meetings prior to the event. Return your volunteer registration to our office via fax or email. All volunteers must return a volunteer registration form. Return via fax: 614-221-3717 Return via email: dianna@ohiotrucking.org Volunteer Registration Deadline April 15, 2017 (or until positions are filled) Name: Company: Address: City, State, Zip: Phone: Cell phone: Email: Fax: Shirt Size IF YOU ARE PRE-ASSIGNED TO A SPECIFIC STATION OR AREA, PLEASE INDICATE WHAT STATION OR AREA: I have been a volunteer in previous years: Yes No If yes, please indicate where you worked: Written Test Den Stations National Competition Timer Escort Other (please list) State competition (list state please) Complimentary breakfast and lunch will be provided to all judges and volunteers on Saturday. Will you be attending the banquet on Saturday night? Yes* No (*If you will be attending the banquet, please complete the banquet registration form and return with your payment.)
The Ohio Trucking Maintenance Council will hold the 4th Annual TechComp, Friday and Saturday, May 19-20, 2017. Here is your opportunity to be a part of this annual event. OTMC will provide: Ohio Trucking Association 2017 TechComp Station Sponsorship Registration 1. Meals during the competition for registered judges. Banquet tickets may be purchased on payment form. 2. Station Sponsor Signage at the station. 3. Station Sponsor will be listed in program, on website, on event signage and in newsletters. Station Sponsoring company is responsible for: 1. Providing all equipment necessary to responsibly run the selected problem station. 2. Providing the necessary judges for said station and company representative at banquet to present award. Judges must complete the Volunteer Form included with this packet of information. 3. Notifying the OTA office of all judges who will be working the competition for your station. 4. Paying the $600 sponsorship to cover costs associated with the station and award for the winner. 5. Providing OTA office with the name of person presenting award at Banquet. Please sign me up for the problem station. Name: Company: Address: City, State, Zip: Phone: Email: Credit card # Exp. Date: Signature: Check enclosed for $ Amount to be charged $ Sec. code: Mail completed form with payment to: Ohio Trucking Association, 21 E. State Street, Suite, 900, Columbus OH 43215 Or, fax or email completed form with credit card info to: 614-221-3717, or dianna@ohiotrucking.org Sponsors contributing a total of $1000 or more, and all Station Sponsors, will be listed on the apparel provided for judges and contestants. Sponsorship commitment must be received no later than April 1, 2017 to be included on the apparel.