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The unusual thing is how the new apprenticeship was created: not through the trailblazer programme, but instead by modifying an existing two-year technician standard mainly intended for passenger cars. "Accident repair in bus and coach has failed for many years. What it has missed out is a focus on accident repair engineering," says Adonis Kleanthous, former training and development manager at London bus operator Metroline, speaking in early July. He continues: "We wanted to fine-tune the engineering for bodywork; a year is too short [existing programmes only cover body repair in the second year]. You're only training someone for four or five weeks." But bodywork repair is artistic, difficult to understand and to master, the training manager states. |