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HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS • NOVEMBER 2016
TMHA Executive Vice President and
COO Steve Takacs said the National
Skills Contest was an important part of its
investment in the skills of its technicians.
“It is always pleasing to see TMHA
branches from around the country being
represented in the finals, which shows
the high level of product knowledge
across the country and in turn supports
our position as the number one forklift
brand,” Steve said. “The National Skills
Contest has been proven to support high
customer satisfaction rates, with less
downtime and increased efficiency for all
our business partners.
“The Apprentice of the Year provides the
opportunity for budding technicians to
test themselves against the country’s
best,” he said.
The 15 TMHA forklift technician finalists
who competed at its Moorebank
headquarters in Sydney were made up of
nine technicians and six apprentices who
Top technicians praised for effort at national skills contest
Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) praised the winners of its annual National
Skills Contest as vital to its commitment to maintaining industry-leading training and
service standards.
qualified from a group of approximately
160 entrants throughout the TMHA
national branch network.
The Master Technician of the Year award
was won by Luke Kuschert from TMHA
Brisbane who also received the National
Technician of the Year award for BT
products.
2013 Master Technician winner Aaron
Lang, also from TMHA Brisbane, was the
National Technician of the Year for Toyota
products.
Rod Villeneuve from TMHA Melbourne
won the Raymond award.
TMHA Albury produced another
outstanding entrant for the third
consecutive year, with apprentice
Shayne Marsh taking home the National
Apprentice of the Year honour.
The two-day contest covered practical
and theory-based exercises across
the three brands of TMHA warehouse
equipment – Toyota, BT and Raymond.
Those competing as technicians
chose a brand to specialise in for the
practical component and sat an exam
encompassing all three brands to
determine the winner of the Master
Technician award.
All winners received a cash prize while
the Master Technician and Apprentice of
the Year will also travel to the Takahama
forklift assembly plant in Japan.
Visit: toyotamaterialhandling.com.au
The National Skills Contest has been proven to
support high customer satisfaction rates
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