February 2020

54 AFTERMARKET FEBRUARY 2020 TRAINING www.aftermarketonline.net Upcoming training dates and news on courses TRAINING UPDATE The first in a new series of seminars hosted at the Lucas Oil Academy was held recently. 86 students involved in engineering programmes at the Llangefni Campus of the Further Education College in Anglesey, Coleg Menai, were invited to be among the first to take part. The delegates included students from Levels 1 and 2 Passenger Car, Level 1 Heavy Vehicle as well as others. Over 1,000 students are enrolled on a range of engineering related programmes at the college. Dan Morgan, Director of Sales and Operations, at Lucas Oil Products (UK) observed: “The Lucas Oil Academy is an extension of Lucas Oil’s grass roots to top rank performance strategy. It has been conceived as a way to help boost awareness among young people about additive technology at a much earlier stage of the automotive engineering learning process.” Arron Peel, lecturer in Automotive Engineering at the Llangefni campus added: “We are extremely grateful to the staff at Lucas Oil for putting on these training sessions. It’s so important that students are given this kind of information, as they will be expected to make informed decisions about these types of products throughout their careers. This was also an excellent opportunity to take the lesson out of the classroom, and our students have already benefitted in so many ways.” The RMI Academy of Automotive Skills course spotlight – MOT Annual Training workbooks The RMI Annual Training workbooks can be posted out to candidates to complete in their own time. The workbooks contain self-learning material, sample assessment questions to check your understanding of recent changes to the MOT manual, a training log and declaration form as evidence of completion of training, and your personal login details to complete the online assessment. The topics for 2019/20 are: 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 This package includes a workbook and access to the online assessment, and meets the annual training requirements set by the DVSA. This package is available for class 4 and 7 and class 1 and 2 testers. You can order your workbook today by calling the RMI on 0845 305 4230 or visit RMItrainingAcademy .co.uk for more information. 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 First students attend new Lucas Oil Academy