Trevor Parkes is
the owner/operator of one of Melbourne’s largest, modern, progressive body
repair shops. His workshop is equipped with three car benches, two auto robots,
three baking ovens, and two auto quote computer systems. He is second generation
in a business that has been established over thirty years.
He has a background
in accounting and commerce and travels the world frequently to acquaint himself
with the latest trends and topics in body shop management.
He is an active
member of the body repair division of the Victorian Automobile Chamber of
Commerce and has served in the capacity of Executive Committee Member,
Metropolitan Council Delegate, and as a member of the Board of Investigation
and Conciliation. He is a past chairman of both the Parts and Material
Committee and the Ethics Committee of the Body Repair Division of the VACC.
He is a member of
the society of Automotive Engineers of Australia, and has recently retired as a
Director of Panelcare Victoria.
He has an accurate,
and often sought after, active working knowledge of the motor car act,
insurance law, and the federal vehicle repair and service act.
Trevor has been the
recipient of two government grants, via the small business development
corporation, to travel overseas to study fleet crash repair management and body
shop technology.
In 1983 Parkes Body
Works received the ANZ Banks' nomination for the small business award for
outstanding achievement.
During 1983 he was
asked to present a report for inclusion in the sectionalised repairs task force
commissioned by the Ministry for Consumer Affairs, which has now been adopted
as an industry standard.
Trevor Parkes has
been a registrant at the world crash repair conference in New York, Stuttgart,
Vancouver, Tokyo, Las Vegas and Adelaide. In May 1987 he was the Australian
delegate at the Tokyo World Conference and delivered his prologue in Japanese.
In 1994 he was the
recipient of the prestigious Auto Quote repairer of the year award.
He is a guest
lecturer at the Richmond College of Technical and Further Education and is
often called on as an industry spokesman. He is amongst the pioneers of jigs,
baking ovens and computers in Australia's smash repair industry.
He is
internationally recognized as a contributor to major international trade
journals.
In November 1995 he
was the only repairer invited to address the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on
the need to legislate for Post Accident Inspections of Damaged Cars.
In 1995/1996 he
successfully completed both the Certificate and the Advanced Certificate of
Automotive Business Management conducted by the VACC at the John Batman
Institute of TAFE. In 1998 he successfully completed the Diploma of
Automotive Business Management.
He is an honours
graduate of the elite Masters School of Autobody Repair Management of Santa
Barbara, California.