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62 AFTERMARKET JUNE 2019 TRAINING www.aftermarketonline.net Upcoming training dates and news on courses TRAINING UPDATE The RMI Academy of Automotive Skills provides training for all aspects of running your garage business. It is the UK’s largest provider of MOT training with MOT tester courses running every week at sites across the UK.This issue, we are highlighting its 2019/20 Annual Training regional events. The RMI is bringing training out to garages at a series of regional training events across the country and throughout the year. This package includes face-to-face training, an RMI workbook and access to the online assessment. The training events will cover the 2019/20 MOT Annual Training syllabus for class 4 and 7 vehicles as required by DVSA, consisting of: Updates to testing standards since the introduction of EU Directive 2014/45 Introduction section of MOT tester manual Highlighted areas of concern including; tyres, lighting, driver’s view, suspension, brakes Use of the MOT testing service to improve test quality information including TQI data and to update user profile details Upcoming events include: Tuesday 2 July - Crawley Tuesday 16 July - Peterborough Tuesday 10 September - Oakham Tuesday 17 September - Bridgend Tuesday 15 October - Hemel Hempstead Tuesday 12 November - Bury St Edmunds Tuesday 26 November - Havant Tuesday 7 January 2020- Bristol The RMI offers five additional options for Annual Training, each designed to suit individual business needs. All Annual Training options provide three hours of training, and access to the online assessment. They all meet the annual requirement set by the DVSA. To book or for further information regarding the options available call the RMI on 0845 305 4230 or visit www.RMItrainingAcademy.co.uk. TerraClean DPF training takes place TerraClean recently held a number of one-day training courses intended to help technicians broaden their knowledge of DPF and EGR related problems and solutions. The three sessions were held at Bullring Autocentre in Birmingham, and were hosted by TerraClean specialist Gary Wood of the Diesel Doctor. Technicians from 60 garages were able to find out more about electrical and mechanical testing. They were also given a greater understanding of the workings of the diesel emissions systems found on today’s vehicles, covering DPF and catalytic converters, as well as high and low pressure EGR systems.The introduction to Oscilloscope Testing course also showed how to apply the Oscilloscope to test various systems and components. TerraClean is part of Randstad. Martin Dowd, Randstad Managing Director, said: “The one-day courses are designed to help garages understand the fundamental principle and workings of specific tools or components, while helping them effectively understand, diagnose and rectify faults. It’s essential to arm garages not just with the know-how but with the confidence to successfully apply it, as the aim is for them to leave feeling educated and not confused.” www.aftermarketonline.net Welcome to Aftermarket’s training section. Here you can find the latest on upcoming training dates, as well as news on courses becoming available. If you have information on training you wish to share, please get in touch with the editor via email: alex@aftermarket.co.uk MOT Annual Training regional events coming your way