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HVIA National Apprentice Challenge opens for applications

BTS contest a crucial test for best and brightest trainee heavy vehicle mechanics

 

The path towards one of the nation’s most sought-after accolades, being on the winning team in the Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia (HVIA) National Apprentice Challenge, is now open

HVIA is again organising the biennial diagnostics and maintenance skills showcase, which is now a fixture at the Brisbane Truck Show on May 16-19.

A significant apprentice development opportunity for heavy vehicle mechanical apprentices at any stage of their training, participation is open to those employed or nominated by members of HVIA.

HVIA will host the successful apprentices to attend the four days of the 2019 Brisbane Truck Show with all expenses covered including travel, meals and accommodation.


Read about the talented team that took out the previous challenge, here


Teams of two apprentices will be selected to represent each of HVIA’s three regions:

  • Eastern Region – New South Wales, ACT and Queensland
  • Southern Region – Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia
  • North-Western Region – Western Australia and Northern Territory.

The three regional teams will compete against each other in heats over the first three days of the show, on identical trucks, generously supplied by Iveco Trucks Australia, to identify and rectify a series of programmed faults as the clock ticks.

The winning team is the first successfully to identify and repair all the faults, or the team that rectifies the most faults within the allowed time frame.

The two best performing teams throughout the heats will compete in the final on the Sunday, the fourth day of the show.

The teams are selected from nominees based on their results from a two-hour exam held in each region. 

Nominations close onFriday, February 22, for the contest sponsored by National Truck Insurance (NTI), Truck Assist, Iveco, TAFE Queensland and Warby Tools.

To nominate your apprentice/s, click here.

  

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