 The finalists were required to identify a fault using the forklift's on-board diagnosis system, and advise the adjudicator of their diagnosis. |
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An apprentice forklift truck technician has won a trip to Japan in the annual Toyota Material Handling (TMH) National Skills Competition.
According to Logistics Magazine, Sydneysider Luke Rowley, an apprentice technician based at Toyota Material Handling in Moorebank, defeated five other finalists from around Australia after a day of practical tests.
He will fly to Japan to tour Toyota's world-leading forklift manufacturing facility in Toyota City, near Nagoya.
Three winners were named in the tradesmen section of the TMH National Skills Competition - one each for the three brands within the Toyota Material Handling Group. John Grozdovski from TMH (VIC) was the Toyota Industrial Equipment winner, Shaun Xerri from TMH (NSW) was the BT Lift Truck winner, and TMH Qld's John Robertson won the Raymond Forklift section.
All three will receive $3,000 travel vouchers.
The president of Toyota Material Handling Australia, Steve Harper, says the final of the TMH National Skills Competition was the culmination of a three-stage process of written, oral and practical testing.
"Contestants from Toyota Material Handling branches across Australia underwent three preliminary examinations, with those scoring the highest score in each region advancing to the national final," he says.
The finalists were required to identify a fault using the forklift's on-board diagnosis system, and advise the adjudicator of their diagnosis.
They each had 45 minutes to complete the task, and were judged on their customer service, adherence to work practices, use of the Toyota workshop manual and the following of correct procedures.
Harper claims Toyota has a fine tradition to uphold in technical training: "Two decades ago, Toyota was the first materials handling equipment supplier in Australia to develop and offer specialist TAFE training for forklift truck technicians".
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