Friday, 06 February 2009

Technicians Raise Servicing Standards at Guy Salmon Portsmouth

Two Land Rover technicians from Portsmouth have become part of a ground breaking nationwide initiative to raise standards of car servicing and repair by testing the current competence of Vehicle technicians.

Jim Gray and John Abinett, service technicians at Guy Salmon Land Rover, North Harbour, Portsmouth both took part in the Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA), a voluntary scheme which proves a technicians competence, giving peace of mind to customers as well as raising professional status and credibility of skilled individuals and their business.

Jim said "Both John and I are extremely proud to be rewarded with this accreditation, it took a lot of hard work but I believe it shows that we are committed to high quality at Portsmouth Land Rover"

To achieve the accreditation, Jim and John had to sign a code of conduct and them pass a number of complex practical tasks and an online knowledge test.

Gareth Cornell, Dealer Principal at Guy Salmon Portsmouth commented “Hopefully it shows our customers the importance we place on having skilled professionals in our dealership. Vehicles are now becoming increasingly sophisticated and complex so its vital that there is a recognised benchmark of technical competence – I am very pleased with their achievement”