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SYNETIQ celebrates apprenticeship scheme
- 03/02/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week, salvage and dismantling experts SYNETIQ has been reflecting on the success of it Metal Recycling General Operative apprenticeship scheme, which launched in September 2021. The first of its kind in the industry, the scheme offers students the chance to learn on the job at [...] -
BCA to host careers event
- 28/01/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
BCA is hosting a special careers event at the BCA Rockingham Centre, Northamptonshire on 10 February. The event will cover the wide range of automotive career opportunities on offer at BCA and will appeal to anyone interested in working in the automotive sector, regardless of whether they have existing [...] -
Motofix upskills with RWC
- 26/01/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
RWC Training has delivered a range of ADAS courses to Motofix Group. Two separate courses were delivered at Motofix Yeovil and Northampton sites, with team members from other Motofix sites further afield joining the training sessions remotely. ADAS Awareness training was delivered for managers and VDAs and the [...] -
SYNETIQ launches major recruitment drive
- 25/01/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
SYNETIQ has launched a large-scale recruitment drive after winning a flurry of new contracts. It is recruiting a range of 30 HGV driver positions to meet demands from an increased flow of salvage and end of life vehicles. The HGV recruitment drive is part of a planned 20% increase in SYNETIQ’s team of [...] -
Elite Garages secures EV skills
- 12/01/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Elite Garages has upskilled its vehicle technicians with EV training from Autotech Training. The independent tyre, MOT, car service and forecourt operator, which operates 14 sites across the South of England, sent a minimum of two technicians from each site to complete their IMI Level 3 Electric/Hybrid vehicle [...] -
Copart announces new skills exchange programme
- 06/01/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Copart has introduced a new student exchange programme with Solus, the repair arm of Aviva Insurance. The collaboration has been introduced to provide engineers in both businesses, including trainees and apprentices, with the opportunity to upskill and build a greater knowledge of each other’s roles as part of [...] -
IMI publishes initial diversity findings
- 05/01/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) Diversity Task Force has published the interim findings of its investigation into the challenges that could undermine the automotive sector’s future sustainability. The IMI established a task force to take this project on, dividing the task force into three working [...] -
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 [...] -
BMW open for apprentices
- 14/12/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
BMW Group has announced it is looking for 95 apprentices to join its 2022 programme. The apprenticeships are in a wide range of roles including engineering, maintenance, human resources, purchasing and communications, with a start date of September 2022. The intake includes around 80 apprentices in the [...] -
IMI Skills Competition winners announced
- 30/11/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The winners of the IMI Skills Competition have been announced, with 24 apprentices selected to take part in the World Skills UK event after a week of competition. More than 400 students competed across 64 disciplines at locations around the UK. Richard Hutchins, competitions manager at the Institute of the Motor [...]