REPEXPERT team offers Tea-Break Training

Published: 07 January, 2021

Bite-size training short enough to take in during a teabreak is being offered by Schaeffler’s REPXPERT team from next week.

The new ‘Tea-Break Training’ programme will offer sessions in bite-size chunks, with three different starting times ford additional flexibility.

Launching the programme is ‘What’s Hot in Cooling’, which will take place on Tuesday 12 January at 12:30 and on Wednesday 13 January at 12:30 and 18:30. Schaeffler Technical Manager Alistair Mason will be offering an insight into water pumps, including material and sealing technology, plus how to diagnose common cooling system problems, installation tips and workshop best practice. This will be the first in a series of three modules on the cooling system, with two more featuring in upcoming Tea-Break Training sessions.

Attendance is being limited to ensure a solid connection and allow time for all attendees to ask questions, and each live module will only be available for two days.

“Each module should take around 20 minutes, including time for a quick Q&A” said Senior REPXPERT and Schaeffler Technical Manager Alistair Mason. “The idea is that technicians can learn something extremely useful during the time it normally takes to make a brew and take a quick break from the workshop.”

Registration links are available on the REPXPERT website, as well as via social media posts and newsletters sent to members plus anybody who has attended a Schaeffler REPXPERT Academy or any other Schaeffler training event. Information on all future Tea-Break training sessions will appear first on the REPXPERT website: www.repxpert.co.uk

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Stuart James, RMI Director commented: “As the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars approaches, the lack of technicians skilled in hybrid and electric vehicle repair is one of the biggest threats to this plan. We would like to thank Mr McCartney for supporting our efforts in this step forward to provide the skills needed for technicians in the local community to repair the growing number of hybrid and electric vehicles on our roads.”

MP for Lincoln Karl McCartney added: “I am absolutely delighted to see a new training centre for automotive technicians opening within my constituency, offering as it does a wonderful opportunity for young people in our community to learn skills that will support them for the rest of their lives. But by partnering a fantastic long-standing local firm with a dedicated expert professional body, to focus on Hybrid and EV vehicle training, this particular centre also puts Lincoln at the cutting edge of technology.This will offer a double-whammy of opportunity for trainees and the sector as a whole, at a time when only around 5% of technicians in the UK are currently qualified to work on these vehicles.”

The new training site joins established facilities in Runcorn, Winchester and Southam, where a range of MOT and technical training courses are available.

For more information visit RMItrainingAcademy.co.uk