Training the Mechanic

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 414, 24 July 1928, Page 7

Training the Mechanic

A Service School On Wheels Because the satisfactory operation of a motor-car or truck is entirely de- j pendent on the type of service that is j available to owners, service is rapidly ■ | forging its way into the limelight as T being a primary essential in the motor j industry. ■ In order to ensure efficiency in motor transportation, General Motors (Aus- j tralia) Pty., Ltd., has inaugurated a system for the promotion of service among its membes along the most modern lines. The aim is the placing within practical reach of dealers handling General Motors cars and trucks knowledge of the latest and best methods, proved by experts, for raising the standard of service. This particular method consists of taking the service school to the dealer, thus making it possible for the dealer and his mechanics to remain on their own premises and pursue their ordinary work without the necessity of a journey to the city at expense to the dealer and possible inconvenience to car-owners calling at his establishment in his absence. A fully-equipped service school is now working its way through New South Wales, demonstrating to dealers just what the General Motors standard of service really is. Tools and equipment are generally transported on a Chevrolet ton truck. On arrival at the dealer’s establishment, the equipment is actually placed in the repair shop for demonstration purposes, and is also at the disposal of the dealer and his mechanics during the entire stay of the school. Similarly with the trained instructor and his assistant (who is a practical mechanic), their services are also available for the purpose of rendering assistance of a general nature. A Five Days’ Course Usually a five day course of instruction covering the uses and advantages of modern tool and shop equipment is rendered, and in this manner the mechanics are taught, by actual shop practice, the best methods of effecting adjustments and repairs to cars and trucks for which the General Motor dealer has the representation.