The International Master Fitter Competition 2008 - 24 and 25 October 2008
Messe Düsseldorf, the AGE and International Automotive Glass Federation™ organize the International Master Fitter Competition 2008. The event will be held in a special Arena on the premises of Messe Düsseldorf at the Messegelände in DE – Düsseldorf during the glasstec International Trade Fair on Friday 24th of October 2008 and Saturday 25th of October 2008.
The Competition is based on criteria for quality and health & safety only.
Participation is free of charge and open to master installers of automotive glass (both men and women) who have been delegated by AGE or InterAutoGlass or its member organizations. In principle, only one participant per member organization can take part. Participants should apply in writing to the Management before 15th of August 2008.
The timetable of the Competition will be:
1. Friday from 1.00 p.m.: replacement side window
2. Friday from 3.00 p.m.: replacement back window
3. Saturday from 10.00 a.m.: repair windshield
4. Saturday from 11.30 a.m.: replacement windshield.
Participants must be present in the arena at least one hour before the Competition begins. During the Competition, each participant will be required to perform the following, in succession:
a) Replace a designated driver’s or passenger’s side window with a side window to be made available to him, using his own tools
b) Replace a designated back window with a back window to be made available to him, using his own tools
c) Repair designated windscreen damage, using a repair set to be made available by himself and which is of his own choosing
d) Replace a designated windshield with a windshield to be made available to him, using his own tools and using aids to be made available by himself.
The participant must carry out all the work independently within a period of time specified in advance. Assistance may only be enlisted for the lifting work in the part of the competition referred to in b) and d) above.
The make and type of the car(s) might not be revealed in advance.
The Chairman of the jury will give the instructions (and information) referred to above. The participants and other members of the jury must follow these and any other instructions (and information).
The jury will be made up of one representative per AGE or InterAutoGlass member organization, on the binding recommendation of each organization in writing to InterAutoGlass before 15th of August 2008. Each member of the jury will abstain from judging the participant delegated by his own organization. Each participant will for each of the four performances be judged by one turning membera different member of the jury only. This member of the jury will be responsible for the relevant performance of the particular participant only.
After the Competition all participants will receive a certificate on their participation. The winner will receive an adequate award. The winner will be permitted to use the title International Master Fitter after consultation with the Management.
Decisions of the organization and/or jury will be binding final.
Participation will be entirely at the participant’s own risk. Participants and members of the jury will indemnify the organization, the members of the jury, and the other participants / visitors against any liability and/or damage which may arise from their entry or participation.
The organizers of the Competition are entitled to use a reproduction of the Competition in any shape or form for their own promotional purposes.
By entering and participating in the Competition, participants accept these Rules irrevocably.
Chairman of the jury is Mr. Arne Hansen (Automotive Glass Europe), Norway. The management of the Competition is held at:
International Automotive Glass Federation™, P.O. Box 41, NL – 1483 ZG De Rijp