Why Join ASE Connects?
Every shop, dealership, and business in our industry depends on great technicians. Between the technician shortage, disconnected school relationships, and lack of trustworthy workforce data, it makes it difficult for shops to plan, hire, and grow. ASE Connects brings these solutions together in one place.
With ASE Connects, shops can:
What’s Included In Your Membership
School Assist
Build Real Relationships With the Programs Educating Your Future Technicians
Every strong technician pipeline starts with strong school connections. ASE Connects makes it easy—even if you’ve never had time to build relationships before.
What You Get:
- Multiple schools on one central platform, connecting you to all participating high school and post-secondary programs in your area
- Verified, up-to-date instructor contacts, regularly maintained by ASE and WrenchWay
- List of support requests from schools, such as tool and equipment donations, guest speakers, and shop tours so you can easily see how you can help
- Directly message schools, and if a school doesn’t response, we’ll help get you in touch
Industry Data Exchange – New!
Get Real-Time Insights on Technician Pay, Benefits, and Labor Rates
The Industry Data Exchange brings together verified data from shops across the automotive, diesel, and collision sectors. This is the first tool of its kind to offer you insights around technician pay, benefits, and customer labor rates.
What You Get:
- Anonymous, verified data taken directly from participating shops
- Personalized dashboard showing how your shop compares to others locally and nationally
- Filter by location, shop type, and industry
- Real-time updates as more shops join the network and data flows into the Exchange
Members-Only Content & Events
Elevate Leadership & Employee Management Practices
Recruiting and retaining great technicians takes more than competitive pay. From communication practices to performance management, we gather proven strategies from top-performing shops, dealerships, and OEMs—and package them into simple, actionable guidance.
What You Get:
- Exclusive webinars featuring industry experts on leadership, retention, shop culture, and technician development
- Best-practice guides that break down the latest trends and proven approaches around managing teams, improving workflows, and strengthening communication
- Downloadable templates for performance reviews, onboarding, goal-setting, career paths, and other key shop management needs
Top Shop Career Page – Premium Add-On
Get a Custom Career Page to Attract Technician Candidates
Nearly 70% of job seekers visit a shop’s website before deciding whether to apply. The Top Shop Career Page makes sure that traffic doesn’t go to waste. Easily create a polished career page—filled with the information technicians actually want—without needing IT support.
What You Get:
- Customizable career page you can link to directly from your website
- Sections to highlight pay ranges, benefits, career paths, training, photos, videos, and more
- Clean, mobile-friendly layout designed specifically for technician candidates
- QR code and standalone page to supplement your own recruiting efforts
Sign Up Your Shop Today
Shop Membership
$750 / year $550 / year if signed by 1/15/26
Join shops and dealerships across the country to help support and build a stronger, more connected industry!
Shop Benefits:
- School Assist
- Industry Data Exchange
- Members-Only Content & Events