Aftermarket March 2023

60 AFTERMARKET MARCH 2023 TRAINING www.aftermarketonline.net Upcoming training dates and news on courses TRAINING UPDATE Macclesfield tech becomes 100th trainee at new centre Macclesfield-based Craig Hodson has become the 100th technician to be trained at a recently-established vehicle repair centre run by mobile small and medium area repair technique (SMART) specialists Revive! Auto Innovations. Craig is joining Revive!’s Manchester team, run by husband-and-wife team David and Celia Baxendale. Craig said: “I feel incredibly confident and can’t wait to be out on the road making people’s vehicles look like new again. I’d like to thank Celia and David, and Revive!, for giving me this really exciting opportunity, and I can’t wait to get started.” Craig, who will be targeting potential customers in the Congleton and Macclesfield areas, is the second technician in the last twelve months that the Manchester division of the Revive! franchise network has trained into a fully-qualified SMART repair technician, following Ashley Wain who joined the team last year. For more information, visit: www.revive.co.uk 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 Autotech Training recently sent its Business Development Director Dave Walker on a 1,600 mile round-trip to the Shetland Islands in a Autotech Training branded hybrid vehicle to help the Shetland Islands Council upskill its technicians for EVs to enable the authority to progressively electrify its fleets of 320 vehicles. Dave took the team of eight mechanics through IMI Levels 2 and 3 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Training over the course of four days at the council’s Lerwick workshop. Without his hard work, electric vehicles run by the council would have to be sent to Aberdeen for routine maintenance and repair work –a 24 hour round trip. Raymond Murchison, acting Team Leader of Fleet for Shetland Islands Council said: “We have been delighted with the entire process. The electric vehicles we currently have include both cars and vans for the support we offer our care centres. Autotech Training have not only gone above and beyond to deliver electric vehicle training to our technicians, but they also tailored the approach and demonstrated the learning on our own range of electric vehicles offering them hands on experience. As a result, our technicians now have the skill set to safely maintain our fleet as the number of electric vehicles within it increases. I cannot recommend Autotech Training enough.” Colin Gleghorn, Managing Director of Autotech Training, added: “Above all, we understand the challenges our customers face. From the downtime and cost to the business as a result of sending essential staff out for even just one day’s training, to the overall investment in travel and accommodation expenses.” Autotech Training takes the high road for Shetlands Council