Give your students an elevated, hands-on learning experience, and more career opportunities after graduation, with a propane-specific curriculum and the chance to outfit your classroom lab with propane related equipment through the Propane Autogas Vehicle Inspection Grant Program.
Approved grant recipients will receive $7,500 worth of funding to be applied toward:
- A new training board provided by PERC, value $5,000.
- Travel costs for the class instructor to attend the mandatory Train the Trainer event on June 5-6 at SEPATEC in Graham, NC.
- Promotion of inclusion of the Propane Autogas Vehicle Inspection: Introduction for Automobile Service Technicians curriculum in your classroom.
Program Guidelines & Requirements
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Program Overview
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To help create more advocates for propane use, particularly in the automotive field, the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) is introducing a new grant program for educational facilities in the United States based on the curriculum, Propane Autogas Vehicle Inspection: Introduction for Automobile Service Technicians.
Give your students an elevated, hands-on learning experience, and more career opportunities after graduation, with a propane-specific curriculum and the chance to outfit your classroom lab with propane related equipment through PERC’s Propane Autogas Vehicle Inspection Grant Program.
By placing propane-based curriculum in schools with trained instructors and ensuring relevant content is available via PERC’s online classroom, The Learning Center, learners in all stages of their career can find the propane education to fit their needs.
Approved grant recipients will receive $7,500 worth of grant funds, which includes being shipped a propane autogas specific training board that is a $5,000 value to outfit your training facility. The remaining funds will be sent to your school to go towards sending your class instructor to attend a summertime Train the Trainer class on the Propane Autogas Vehicle Inspection: Introduction for Automobile Service Technicians curriculum, and for use in marketing the new incorporation of the curriculum into your school to prospective students.
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Program Guidelines
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Eligibility Requirements
To qualify for selection into the program, you must meet the following criteria:
You are a representative from an educational institution or career center (tech schools, community colleges, etc.) in the United States of America, are at least 18 years of age, are already teaching an automotive class, and are willing and able to expand your class curriculum to include propane-specific material and hands on resources.
There is a limit of one grant awarded per school.
Participant Commitment
Scope of Work
- Outfit the training facility in accordance with the PERC specified equipment and tools.
- Complete a contract and W9. Applicants will receive 1099s
- Attend a Train the Trainer training class on the Propane Autogas Vehicle Inspection: Introduction for Automobile Service Technicians curriculum, hosted by PERC. June 5-6 at SEPATEC in Graham, NC.
- Incorporate Propane Autogas Vehicle Inspection: Introduction for Automobile Service Technicians into your curriculum.
- Identify/Appoint a “Propane Advisor” who:
- Is a technical expert – someone who understands Autogas and engine technology – or a propane industry member who has a relationship with a technical expert to work in a co-advisor partnership.
- Will be available to advise and cooperate with the instructor when propane specific questions arise.
- Will speak to the class at least twice during the instruction period about propane’s role in their community, propane careers, propane’s environmental impact, etc.
- Will provide sign off on the list of equipment and availability of materials and teaching the curriculum.
- Participate in a PERC marketing program highlighting receipt of the grant.
- Participate in a PERC communications and outreach program to promote the grant program and the recipients to others.
- Complete a final report at the conclusion of your first class, which includes an instructor survey, Propane Advisor survey, providing us a copy of your class syllabus, a letter from school stating Propane Autogas Vehicle Inspection: Introduction for Automobile Service Technicians has been implemented, any photos taken during instruction that we could use in further promotion of the grant program, and information on how the school is promoting the availability of the program.
Timing
Application period is January 2, 2024- March 29, 2024. Applicants will receive a welcome or denial email in April via email.
If you are accepted into the program, you will receive a welcome packet with all the program components. Accepted applicants will receive payment upon providing the completed required paperwork- Participant Contract, Propane Advisor Commitment letter, and w9.
The Propane Autogas Vehicle Inspection: Introduction for Automobile Service Technicians course was developed to support a one to two weeklong curriculum, approximately 20 hours.
The mandatory Train the Trainer will take place at Southeast Propane Alliance Technical Education Center (SEPATEC) on June 5-6 in Graham, NC.
All elements of the program need to be completed and sent to PERC via the final report by December 31, 2024.
Teaching Materials
PERC will provide you with a standardized training board for a hands-on component that follows the curriculum, as well as digital versions of the instructor tools, student workbook, curriculum, and other resources upon acceptance into the program.
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Program Brochure
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Program Curriculum
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Available through PERC’s Learning Center, Propane Autogas Vehicle Inspection Training: Introduction for Automobile Service Technicians is an introductory course for automobile service technicians looking to understand propane Autogas components, systems, and operations.
There are four lessons in this course: Propane Fuel, Safety Considerations, Propane Vehicle Systems and Component Operation, and Vehicle Inspections.
Course Objectives:
- Understand propane Autogas components, systems and operation
- Practice Propane Safety Considerations
- Be able to use/locate info in NFPA 58 specific to on road propane Autogas systems
- Perform Propane Autogas inspections
- Present customers the inspection results following the RIM approach
- Ability to document and follow the 3 C’s of vehicle repair
Note: To get everyone on the same page, we make it a requirement to complete the course Fundamentals of Propane, and strongly suggested completing the Introduction to the Propane Industry programs before taking Propane Autogas Vehicle Inspection Training: Introduction for Automobile Service Technicians.
This course does not include information regarding filling containers or evacuation or purging of new containers. If you are already working on propane Autogas Engines and need specific training on the engine type that you work with, reach out to your OEM contact.
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