{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Raising the Standards & Respect for the Repair Industry","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/raising-the-standards-respect-for-the-repair-industry","audioUrl":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/940384/episodes/18279533-raising-the-standards-respect-for-the-repair-industry.mp3","description":"Ryan Kooiman, Director of Training at Standard Motor Products, joins us to talk about banding together to raise the professional standards in the repair industry. He covers the balance between technical curiosity and shop profitability, the importance of credentials like ASEs, and why mentorship is better for the industry than making young techs learn “the hard way.\"Check out the full video version of the podcast on YouTube!About the EpisodeHost: Jay Goninen, WrenchWay, jayg@wrenchway.comGuest: Ryan Kooiman, Standard Motor Products, rkooiman@smpsfa.comLinks & ResourcesGet notified of new episodes --> Join our email listAbout WrenchWay:For Technicians & Students: wrenchway.com/solutions/technicians/For Shops & Dealerships: wrenchway.com/solutions/shops/For Instructors: wrenchway.com/solutions/schools/Connect with us on social:  Facebook Instagram X LinkedIn YouTube TikTok "},"annotations":[{"startTime":111.16,"endTime":115.84,"type":"car","title":"Chevrolet C10","url":"/cars/chevrolet/c10","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/1962_Chevrolet_C10_%2832792172824%29.jpg","quote":"I was just out there wandering and for the audience, J and I are both lovers of the 60s era C-10 trucks and I'm walking through SEMA looking and also I find one,","canonicalId":"car:chevrolet:c10","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"GPS 56 from New Zealand (CC BY 2.0)"}},{"startTime":685.64,"endTime":688.68,"type":"car","title":"Master Tech","url":"/cars/renault/master","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/2015_Renault_Master_LM35_Business_Energy_dCi_-_2298cc_2.3_%28135PS%29_Diesel_-_White_-_11-2024%2C_Front.jpg","quote":"...s highly decorated himself. And so he started the master tech club and everybody bought the old VTronix master ...","canonicalId":"car:master:","priority":0.5,"confidence":0.9565217391304348,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Harvey Bold (CC0)"}}],"speakers":[{"id":"s1","name":"Jay Goninen","role":"host"}],"transcripts":[{"url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/raising-the-standards-respect-for-the-repair-industry/transcript.vtt","type":"text/vtt"}]}