Training 60 www.aftermarketonline.net JUNE 2024 HELLA Academy opens its doors and shows the way ahead for future hi-tech training expertise HELLA’s new training facility recently opened in Oxfordshire and got off to a flying start by receiving the seal of approval from the IMI HELLA’s brand new training facility HELLA Academy was officially opened on April 17 in a ceremony that also saw the facility formally receive Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) approval. Representatives from the IMI were at the event, where the certificate and plaque confirming IMI centre status was presented to Steve Fox, training manager at the academy. Fox said: “This is a momentous day for all of us at the HELLA Academy. “Much work has gone into putting together this brand-new training centre. We can now work to support the sector up-skill, with the initial focus on advanced driver assistance systems.” The HELLA Academy is based at HELLA’s UK office in Chipping Warden, near Banbury. The all-new academy is based around a modern classroom and state-of-theart workshop that enables attendees to experience both desk learning with hands-on training. The day started with an address from HELLA managing director Neil Grant. Grant said: “The opening of HELLA Academy is the beginning of an exciting new chapter for HELLA. “While bodyshops in the crash repair Academy training manager Steve Fox and Michelle Barrett, IMI business development manager HELLA MD Neil Grant Ready for business: the academy classroom
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