The Retail Motor Industry (RMI) recently demonstrated their support for this crucial occasion in the automotive aftermarket industry at the Automechanika and Futuroad Expo.
In instance, the Automotive Remanufacturers Association (ARA), a group within the RMI, organized a panel discussion titled “Nuts and Bolts” in which Eugene Herbert, CEO of MasterDrive, participated.
Herbert brought up during the debate how inadequate training might have a significant effect on an organization.
“Michael Leboeuf’s quote, “If you believe that training is expensive, it is because you do not know what ignorance costs,” perfectly captures this.
There is probably no sentiment more potent than this when applied especially to driver education.
“It is challenging to comprehend companies that are unwilling to invest in driver training in order to perhaps prevent a mishap that will cost much more than training.
The price of a collision includes more than simply the expense of replacing or repairing the cars; it also includes the potential loss of merchandise, the downtime required if an employee is hurt, and even the cost of operating with fewer vehicles.
When used in reference to driver education, “ignorance” refers to the failure to see that the costs of an automobile accident extend far beyond the event itself.
“This is not just based on what we witness first-hand following training but on research done internationally.
Driver training has the ability to dramatically reduce the amount of incidents in which your drivers are involved. Driver education is as commonplace within an organization in some nations as filling up a car with gas.
“It’s crucial to understand that investing in your education is an investment, not a cost.
Additional study on training generally demonstrates that it is a successful strategy for luring, developing, and keeping high-performance individuals.
Higher productivity, decreased turnover, fewer safety incidents, and increased job satisfaction are the outcomes.
In the end, offering training chances is one of the finest methods to entice top talent and lessen expensive problems, especially when it comes to driver training.
So, while guaranteeing that the nation has a reliable and quality-driven automotive aftermarket, how we interact with this market needs to evolve.
This is not to argue that the automotive aftermarket should be eliminated; rather, the focus should be on how this market can collaborate with your company to maintain and guarantee that workers have the greatest tools, in this case, automobiles, to do their jobs.
“A fundamental shift is required, where the emphasis shifts from how to solve problems after they arise to how to stop them from occurring in the first place.
Giving driver training the attention it deserves as a tool to achieve this is one way that this can become a reality, according to Herbert.
The ARA Director, Attie Serfontein, agrees that training is essential for the sector from all angles.
“Investing in your workforce to guarantee that you upskill personnel should be a key priority in any organization, not just the RMI, according to the RMI, who places a high value on workplace training. This is especially true in terms of modern technologies.
“We must be conscious that the fifth industrial revolution, which is already underway as we speak, is part of the fourth, and that new technology has emerged as a result, altering the way we conduct business.
To secure the longevity of our enterprises, our industry must adopt new technology and remain relevant. We live in exciting times, and things are moving quickly.
The way we conduct business and how cars look and function will all be drastically different in the next 10 to 20 years.