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Three Toyota forklift technicians have each
won a $2000 skills-development voucher in
the annual Toyota Material Handing Australia
(TMHA) National Skills Competition.
A Brisbane apprentice forklift technician has
won an educational tour to Toyota’s Takahama
forklift manufacturing plant in Japan by taking
out the apprentice-technician section.
The four technicians are the latest winners in
a national competition that has been held for
more than two decades.
In the skills contest for the fully qualified forklift
technicians, the competition identified the top
specialists on the three warehouse equipment
brands within the Toyota Material Handling
group – BT Lift Truck, Raymond and Toyota
Industrial Equipment.
Lochlann Fenton from TMHA Brisbane won the
apprentice technician section.
Chris Attard from THMA Sydney won the 2012
Toyota Skills contest, after last year winning the
Raymond contest.
Andrew Redmore of Toyota Material Handling
(VIC)won the BT Skills contest for the second
year in a row.
TMHA Sydney’s Shaun Xerri completed a
full set of skills contests, winning the 2012
Raymond Skills Contest after topping the BT
contest in 2010 and the Toyota contest in 2011.
Some 200 Toyota forklift technicians and
apprentices entered the 2012 National Skills
Contest to decide the nine technician finalists
and six apprentice finalists.
The contest began with two forklift-service
tests and culminated in a two-day practical
and theoretical-based finale at the company’s
Moorebank (Sydney) headquarters.
“The contest is designed to keep Toyota
forklift technicians at the forefront of industry
standards,” TMHA technical advisor/trainer
Gerry Larney said.
“Toyota has always led the way for forklift
technician training in this country – and in
fact pioneered specialist TAFE training for
Australia’s forklift technicians,” Mr Larney said.
TMHA chief operating officer Steve Takacs said
the aim of the National Skills Contest was to
challenge each entrant’s skills and knowledge
against their peers and to reward those who
reach the pinnacle in their profession.
“This annual contest has special interest for me,
because I started in this industry ‘on the tools’
as a technician,” Steve said.
“Today, we see the skills contest as having a
direct benefit for our forklift customers, because
a high skills standard among our technicians
increases both customer satisfaction and
workplace safety.”
Three Toyota forklift technicians have each won a $2000 skills-development voucher in the
annual Toyota Material Handing Australia (TMHA) National Skills Competition.
Toyota forklift technicians
rewarded for skills
