The 2013 IMI Skill Auto competition’s to find the very best young technicians working in the automotive industry promises to be the most exciting yet ,with a number of changes introduced to help identify those apprentices and students with the necessary skills and knowledge to go for gold at The Skills Show in November.
Colleges, training providers and employers can nominate their champions and registration opens on the 11th February when eligible candidates will be able to register and take the online test as part of the initial selection phase by visiting IMI Autocity - Compete - Your IMI Skill Auto Journey Starts Here (located under 'See Also' on the right hand side).
Live heats
After entry closes on the 22nd March, high scoring candidates from the online test will be invited to compete at live heats during April and May. IMI are delighted to announce that five Autotech heats for light vehicle technicians will take place at the Jaguar Landrover Training Academy in Warwick from 13th – 17th May.
Discussions are ongoing with similar prestigious venues for the Autobody and Autopaint heats and we will announce these shortly.
Four of the finalists from the 2012 competition are now training with the UK squad and are hoping to represent the country at the Worldskills International competition in Leipzig this July.
High Standard
David Massie, Skills Competition Manager at the IMI said “We saw a high standard at our finals in November and the search has begun again to seek out this year’s stars. Having organisations like Jaguar Landrover supporting IMI Skill Auto by providing their world class facilities for our heats and vehicles for our finals, demonstrates the quality of our automotive competitions and the growing esteem that the IMI Skill Auto competition has.”