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Are you an Automotive technician with the talent to compete on a world stage?

Do you have what it takes to rise to the top in a UK wide search for the finest auto industry technicians?

If your answer is Yes, Skillauto can provide you with the platform you need to showcase your skills.

Competitions are about finding the 'best of the best' and the competitive nature of humankind means that certain talented individuals will always strive to develop their skills in an effort to beat the opposition.
For the individual, the rewards can be fantastically self satisfying. For employers, highly adept employees contribute to the success and profitability of the company.

Everyone benefits from competition as it ensures the constant development of technology, quality of goods and services provided.

Skillauto's search for the best is through national Automotive Technician competitions, which we run in the following disciplines
  • Light vehicle (car) repair and maintenance
  • Young Panel Technician of the Year
  • Young Painter of the Year
The 'best of the best' at Skillauto also get the chance to try out for the WorldSkills competition which is held every two years. The 2009 event was held in Canada with UK automotive competitors scooping a bronze medal for Autobody Repair and two medallions of excellence.

The Skillauto Regional Heats for 2010 have now come to a close, with the finals being held at BMW's Wokefield Park Acdemy in June.

Over 700 registrants across the 3 competitions tried the online questionnaire which opened last September, with those selected for the regional heats competing throughout March and April for a place in the final.

A big congratulations goes out to the 18 finalists (6 in each stream) striving to reach the title of Skillauto's Technician of the Year. Not only are the competitors competing against eachother, they are also striving for the opportunity to represent the UK at the WorldSkills event - the next one being held in London in 2011. Find out more here.

The winners of the Skillauto AutoTech final for this year are revealed on our Refuel page.

Registration for the 2010/11 competition will open in September, so please come back then to see the all new website - as well as the opportunity to secure a place in next years heats.

Skillauto would like to thank all those that make the competition the success it is. Further details of our sponsors and supporters can be found on the Sponsors page of this website.

If you would like more information, or to get involved, please contact Melissa Sagir-Amos - Skills Competition Coordinator at skillauto@motor.org.uk
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