Another reason what makes Toyota the brand it is today,Toyota India is planning to create a resource pool of skilled mechanics at its dealerships by ensuring they are adequately trained,this can be done if they are taught right from college itself.
Toyota has embarked upon an effort to train young mechanics whose skills can be effectively harnessed by the company's dealerships.
The move is an attempt to fill the gap between the need and availability of trained manpower to service the fast expanding automobile population in the country.
| K K Swamy, deputy managing director, said the company has decided to enter into tie-ups with Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) in the country to offer training in automobile repair and maintenance as an additional module to the trainees undergoing training in different vocations. "Toyota Technical Education Programme (T-TEP) will support ITIs to develop highly skilled young technicians for the automotive industry," Swamy said. |
| Toyota Kirloskar has installed a Toyota car engine and a transmission system along with some supporting equipment on which to train the technicians. "We have 62 dealerships across the country, and as we want to capture a 10% share in the Indian car market, we will have to expand the network as we grow. This will necessitate an increasing number of mechanics who are qualified and trainied to handle Toyota vehicles," Swamy said. The company has targeted to develop 750 Toyota technicians by 2010, he said, making it clear that these technicians will have no compulsion to join Toyota dealerships. The company has so far signed up with six ITIs including one in Pimpri (Pune) and plans to take the number to 20 in the near future, Swamy informed. It will invest about Rs 60 lakh worth of equipment in each centre, he added. |
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Mercedes India have already implemented this successfully at the Government diploma college in Pune where it has donated two mercedes cars to the college
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