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IMI launches EV skills campaign
- 16/12/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has launched a campaign to ensure those with IMI EV skills have the proper recognition. The IMI is urging all technicians who have completed an IMI EV qualification since 2011 to sign up to the campaign to gain the important recognition they deserve. Depending on an [...] -
IMI calls for new focus on skills
- 15/12/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The IMI has urged the automotive industry to focus on training and recruitment in 2022 in a bid to make up the ground lost during the pandemic. Steve Nash, CEO, said: “At the start of 2021 it’s unlikely that many of us would have believed we would see the seismic changes that have completely turned our sector [...] -
Autotech Academy backs IMI skills programme
- 09/12/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Autotech Academy has announced its new sponsorship of IMI Student Membership. The sponsorship means the IMI will be able to further widen awareness of the huge range of courses, qualifications and resources it offers to students. It will also provide qualified students with a route to immediate employment [...] -
IMI predicts severe EV skills shortage
- 11/11/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New analysis from the Institute of the Motor Industry is predicting that the automotive industry will be 37,500 electric vehicle technicians short by 2030. It has calculated that 90,000 automotive technicians will be required to serve the volume of zero emissions vehicles predicted to be on UK roads by 2030 – [...] -
IMI names new non-execs
- 02/11/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Institute of the Motor Industry has announced that Ian Plummer, commercial director of the Auto Trader, and Chris Mason, CEO of FISITA, the international membership organisation, have joined the professional body as non-executive directors. Vice president, Sarah Sillars OBE, said: “As the net zero targets are [...] -
IMI welcomes Budget’s skills pledge
- 28/10/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Institute of the Motor Industry has welcomed the additional funding for training pledged in yesterday’s Autumn Budget, but has called for further clarity around how the £2.7bn set aside for apprenticeships will be spent. The IMI has also urged the government to invest in upskilling the existing workforce, [...] -
Training provider under new ownership
- 07/10/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Training provider MOT Expert is expanding after undergoing a management buy-out. Ross Laurence, who has managed the company for the past five years, has taken ownership of the Nottingham-based company which delivers SEG and IMI-accredited MOT training to more than 1,000 people every year. Following the change in [...] -
WorldSkills finalists revealed
- 14/09/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
WorldSkills UK has announced its finalists, with more than 20 of the most talented next generation technicians in the automotive sector going forward to the November competition. The IMI Skills Competitions are designed to raise standards and expertise in technical skills across the sector by shining a spotlight on [...] -
Continental Automotive becomes IMI-approved
- 20/08/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Continental Automotive has announced that is is an approved IMI Centre and can deliver a full electric and hybrid electric vehicle training programme from its Birmingham headquarters. Stuart West, tachograph product manager and training centre co-ordinator said: “We are pleased to see such a lot of interest in [...] -
IMI calls for £15m EV skills investment
- 19/08/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The IMI has repeated its plea for government funding to support the training of EV technicians. It suggests a £15m boost would contribute towards training for up to 75,000 new technicians, insisting this is a modest sum in the context of the £1.9bn investment in the transition to zero emission vehicles committed [...]