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Technical students get boost from Iveco
New ACCO truck and ongoing technical assistance assists in growing the numbers of quality technicians to service and maintain heavy vehiclesEducational facilities such as Melbourne’s Chisolm Institute, are playing their part in keeping truck and bus workshops running by providing fresh young talent to the industry.
Among Chisholm’s many automotive courses is a Cert III in Heavy Commercial Vehicles (truck and bus), which prepares students for a career as a technician – it’s an extremely popular course and one that’s been aided by the recent purchase of a new Iveco ACCO 8x4 cab chassis.
Overseeing the course and ensuring that teachings are kept up-to-date with the latest industry requirements is Chisholm’s Senior Educator for the Automotive Technology – Supply Chain Management School, Damien Bitzios.
"There has been considerable change in truck and bus technologies in recent years, and course materials are regularly changing to reflect the industry’s progression," Mr Bitzios said.
"A large part of the course requirements is vehicle diagnostics covering areas such as common-rail diesel engines, electronic stability control, ABS braking systems, steering, transmission, suspension and other areas.
"The ACCO is well-equipped with the latest technologies and also features a Cummins engine and Allison automatic transmission, which are a popular combination in the truck and bus industry.
"Another attractive specification feature of the 8x4 ACCO is the rubber block suspension – it will be interesting for the students to learn how that works."
As a leading provider of mechanical-based courses, Chisholm Institute has enjoyed strong relationships with Iveco and other industry suppliers such as Cummins and Allison Distributor, Heavy Automatics, for several years.
"The support we get from Iveco and the other industry partners is excellent – they provide us with resources that help our students diagnose the vehicle along with workshop manuals; they’re also readily available should we have any questions or issues," Mr Bitzios said.
As of about 18 months ago the collaboration between Iveco and Chisholm was further strengthened with Iveco approaching the education provider to devise a Cert III specifically tailored to suit Iveco’s manufacturing workforce.
To date over 30 Iveco manufacturing staff have participated in the course, with the company recording notable improvements in the quality and efficiency processes of its vehicle builds.
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