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LKQ accelerates EV training
- 13/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Euro Car Parts has taken delivery of three brand new hybrid vehicles to help it reach its target of training more than 1,500 technicians in hybrid and EV repair this year through its AutoEducation Academy. Courses are available at levels two, three and four, and all are part of the IMI’s Tech Safe [...] -
Autotech Training expands portfolio
- 13/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Autotech Training has introduced IMI accredited courses in repairing and servicing vehicle air-conditioning systems, to help garages meet regulations surrounding fluorinated gases (F-Gas). The one-day, IMI Level 3 Automotive Refrigerant Handling course details how to safely extract and restore F-Gas from an air [...] -
RWC offers one-stop training solution
- 06/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
SMH Fleet Solutions has appointed RWC Training as its official training provider and training management partner. As part of the deal, RWC will not only deliver a host of technical training courses bespoke to the SMH business needs, but they will also oversee and manage large aspects of the company’s training and [...] -
TTC Group celebrates training awards
- 04/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
TTC Group has scooped two major United Kingdom Road Offender Education awards. Ben Davies, national quality and development manager, received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Training within the NDORS Scheme; and Glen Suttenwood, regional manager for central and northern region, was presented with the new [...] -
Tomorrow’s world – ITAS
- 20/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Magazine
ITAS, specialists in bodyshop training, software and auditing, has opened the doors of its new Training Academy in Milton Keynes. Set across two floors, the 33,000sqft training centre has been designed from the ground up to meet the needs of tomorrow’s automotive technicians. bodyshop magazine went along to find out [...] -
PAAS increases its alternative fuel training
- 12/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
PAAS Ltd has been granted permission by IMI Awards to deliver the QCF Level 3 Hybrid Vehicle Practical Assessment, this is in addition to the QCF Level 2 Hybrid Awareness that they have been delivering at repairers’ sites since 2011. Phil Archer, managing director of PAAS Ltd said, ‘This is a great opportunity, [...] -
Free collision repair training resources
- 30/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Chief Automotive Technologies has added best practices guides, how-to videos and other educational materials to its website, chiefautomotive.com, to help collision repair professionals keep up with the evolving industry. ‘In the rapidly changing collision repair field, you have to continually educate yourself to [...] -
ECP invests in major training programme
- 16/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Euro Car Parts is investing over half a million pounds in a major technical training programme that will deliver around 300 events by the end of 2015 involving 225 nationwide branch locations. The company anticipates the initiative will attract in excess of 300 technical representatives from workshops and bodyshops [...] -
Developing talent for tomorrow – Training
- 01/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Magazine
There is currently a big focus within the bodyshop sector on the training of apprentices and upskilling existing personnel. Here, bodyshop's Padraig Mallett takes a closer look at the training that currently exists and what is being done to overcome an emerging skills gap within the sector. Two-time winner of [...] -
Home and dry – Drying feature
- 01/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Magazine
Whether it be paint, processes or products, curing and drying is crucial to the speed of turnaround. bodyshop's Padraig Mallett talks drying systems with the experts to find out more. The bottleneck within a traditional bodyshop has typically been the spraybooth. With the rapid turnaround of vehicles constantly [...]