Sime Darby Motors (SDM) has teamed up with TOC Automotive School to determine programmes to upskill electrical automobile (EV) technicians servicing the manufacturers underneath the group. SDM says that that is a part of its efforts to unlock alternatives for native expertise within the automotive sector.
By way of this partnership, coaching by TOC will complement EV service and upkeep coaching obtained from SDM’s model principals comparable to BMW/MINI (Auto Bavaria is underneath SDM), Ford, Hyundai, Jaguar Land Rover and Volvo (Sime Darby Swedish Auto is a vendor). This may guarantee steady schooling and publicity to the most recent in applied sciences and world-class practices for all SDM’s EV technicians, the corporate says.
“Our technicians have already acquired a robust information base and hands-on expertise from the coaching supplied by our world-class principals. This partnership with TOC goals to supply enhanced studying alternatives to domesticate a robust pool of extremely succesful technicians outfitted with updated abilities and information, particularly given the rising demand for EVs in Malaysia,” mentioned Jeffrey Gan, MD of retail and distribution at SDM.
“This can even contribute to the federal government’s efforts to construct a reliable and expert expertise pool, in help of the nation’s financial progress and improvement,” he added.
“We’re happy to hitch palms with SDM on this vital endeavour. By elevating the talents of EV technicians for international automotive manufacturers, it will certainly open the door to higher alternatives for Malaysian expertise. Paving the best way for the way forward for the automotive trade in Malaysia, we look ahead to imparting our experience to proceed nurturing the capabilities of automotive professionals in direction of international requirements,” mentioned Datuk Iqmal Shafiq, government director of TOC, a pioneer in skilled automotive schooling.
The primary batch of 20 technicians have enrolled for a three-month programme that begins in Could. Key modules embrace the ideas and ideas behind electrification and hybridisation, security and methods operations, in addition to sensible actions comparable to diagnostics, testing and restore works.
The continual coaching programme is an important a part of SDM’s roadmap and funding into the event of an EV ecosystem, the corporate says. It lately signed an MoU with Tenaga Nasional to discover initiatives to expedite the adoption of EVs in Malaysia. SDM can be wanting into the potential of being an EV charging level operator.
