Aftermarket April 2022

Below: Top Garage Finalist facing the judging panel 24 AFTERMARKET APRIL 2022 TOP TECHNICIAN AND TOP GARAGE www.toptechnicianonline.co.uk THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS Top Technician and Top Garage continue to challenge and inspire those who enter, but you need to make sure you sign up, and keep up too I n the last issue, we launched Top Garage 2022, and invited all businesses in the sector to take part so they can find out if they are the best. Already, hundreds have signed up and taken the round one quiz. By taking part, they are learning more about how a garage sector enterprise can be run. If you have not already enrolled with the competition, now is the time. Top Garage 2022 round 1 is open until 23.59 on Tuesday 3 May, just after the Bank Holiday. There is more to Top Garage than just Top Garage this year though. As we also revealed last month, the newest element added to Top Garage for 2022 is the all-new Service Advisor of the Year award. This position is vital within garages, as it provides the connection between the customer and the workshop. Garages can nominate their service advisor for this section. More information is available during the sign-up process. Top Garage: How to enter As you will have also found if you had already entered Top Technician, to enter Top Garage 2022, go to www.aftermarketonline.net and click on the Top Technician/Top Garage tab. Then click on the ‘enter here’ tab and follow the instructions. Next, follow the instructions, using the Top Garage voucher code: tg22@rd1 For a garage looking to nominate its service advisor for Service Advisor of the Year, the voucher code is: sa22@rd1 Top Technician: Round 2 Meanwhile, the second round of Top Technician is now upon us. For everyone who took part in the first round but did not make it through, thanks for participating and we hope you enjoyed the experience. For those who have been informed that they are going through to round 2, well done, and now it is time for you to exercise your knowledge and experience again. The second round of Top Technician opens on Monday 28 March, just as this April issue of Aftermarket is hitting your doormat. To get into round 2, log back in at https://toptech.alianskills.com/ and use the round 2 voucher code; tt22*rd2 Top Technician round 2 will be open until 23.59 on Monday 25 April 2022. That is just a few weeks away, so if you want to continue progressing through the competition, get busy! Further information Don’t forget that after the Top Technician and Top Garage live finals, in the evening on 1 October the winners will be announced at the Top Technician and Top Garage Awards Evening, being held at the Doubletree Hilton, Coventry. Last year’s event was one of the highlights of the year in the sector, and 2022 is going to be bigger and better than ever. More information on the Awards Evening will be released very soon. Make sure you keep an eye on www.aftermarketonline.net and Aftermarket magazine, as well as Aftermarket’s fortnightly newsletter for updates. Top Technician and Top Garage 2022 come to you in association with the Garage Equipment Association (GEA) and the Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF) and are sponsored by Snap-on, VARTA, Blue Print & febi bilstein and TechMan. Sponsored by: