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Heavy Vehicle Automotive Technicians inspect, service, maintain and repair large goods vehicles. They carry out mandatory inspections and routine maintenance as well as testing vehicle systems and diagnosing faults before repairing or replacing components to manufacturer specifications. They advise customers on repair work and complete estimates, as well as maintaining service and maintenance records. Today’s technicians use advanced diagnostic equipment in their role, as well as more traditional spanners and wrenches.
The competition has been designed to assess the skills, knowledge and abilities of technicians against current industry standards and working practices. Judges will also look for good time management, problem solving and planning skills.
Communication Skills
Critical thinking
Organisational skills
Math skills
Problem solving
Health and Safety
Manual dexterity
Attention to detail
Use our practical guidance and tools to run your own competition activity as part of your teaching and learning programmes. This is a great way to stimulate enthusiasm and interest for competitions
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Prepare learners to take part in competition by developing their technical and mental skills so they can compete at their best – there are lots of tools and resources available to help you
Learners who get through the passive stage (where they will be expected to prepare a submission for entry or participate in an online assessment), will be invited to take part in national qualifiers which take place across the UK between April and June. All competitors receive certification for their achievements at the qualifiers
The highest performers from the national qualifiers are invited to compete in the UK National Finals in November at WorldSkills UK LIVE, the UK’s largest skills, apprenticeship and careers event
In light of the ongoing uncertainty relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will not be running the WorldSkills UK national competition cycle in 2020. We expect to resume competitions in 2021 and urge you to register your interest now so we can keep you advised of developments.
