Continuing education provider Auction Academy — which starts sessions for its  two-year program on April 6 — announced that this is the first year it has opened enrollment to commercial account representatives and dealers.

Auction Academy’s program began as a course of study just for the children of independent auction owners in 2012.

“We have successfully expanded and diversified each class group to date, and this is a logical progression in a move to include all industry groups that participate in wholesale automotive remarketing. This grew from interest in the coursework from different segments of the industry,” Penny Wanna, Auction Academy president, said in a news release.

Participants who join the program next month will make up Auction Academy’s fifth class group.

“So much information is shared among the student participants that a more diverse Class Group will further enhance and elevate the experience for everyone. We truly feel the addition of commercial account and dealer participants to the group will continue to make Auction Academy a very unique training and learning experience,”  Wanna added.

The program’s curriculum entails an overview of the auto auction process and features visits to multiple auction sites and auction and remarketing process presentations delivered by industry experts, according to Auction Academy.

In the last five years, Auction Academy said it has provided training to all levels of staff at independent auctions which have included participants from Manheim and ADESA as well as related industry services such as transport, reconditioning services and floor plan companies.

Enrollment is currently open for the two-year program. The first of eight quarterly sessions begin on April 6 in Nashville, Tenn.

TPC Management Co. developed the continuing education program for professionals in the auto auction industry.

For more information about the program or registration materials contact Wanna at (615) 591-4544 or pwanna@auctionacedemy.net.