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What is Top Tech?

TOP TECHNICIAN is a skills competition created more than six years ago. Its mission was, and still is, to reward technical excellence within the workshop trade and highlight to a rather cynical and suspicious motoring public what a skilled, important and all-round excellent job garage technicians do.

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The competition, which is open to both independent and franchised dealer technicians, consists of an online test followed by practical assessments for the top 24 candidates. After these regional heats, the best 12 candidates are selected to compete in the finals from where the eventual winner and two runners-up are chosen.

To make sure the competition's standards are of the highest level, all the questions in Top Technician are compiled by chief judge Ian Gillgrass from the Institute of the Motor Industry.

Ian uses his vast technical and assessment knowledge to devise questions that will probe every area of technicians' skills, from diagnostics and wheel alignment to exhaust gas analysis, electronics and beyond.

Entry criteria
Entrants should be working technicians within a garage or workshop environment (fixed or mobile within the UK) with at least 3 years' experience in this environment.

Full-time trainers and technicians who also work for training bodies on a professional basis cannot enter Top Technician.

Why enter?

Richard Perriman, a technician at Martin Pilley Services in Hampshire scooped the Top Technician 2009 title and £10,500 worth of prizes after winning through three rounds of technical tests.

Fellow finalists Stuart White, from Complete Car Maintenance in Surrey, and John Tinham, from John Tinham Motor Engineer in Chelmsford, were announced as runners-up. Richard, Stuart and John beat technicians from throughout the UK in a series of online, practical and written tests assessing every aspect of their technical and repair skills.

Speaking to Aftermarket moments after taking the title, a visibly surprised and elated Richard said: “I’m gobsmacked. I can’t believe it. I’m so happy now it’s just starting to sink in.”

Thanks to the generosity of Top Technician’s 2009 sponsors, Richard took home a huge prize haul worth more than £10,500.

Want to enter?
The 2010 competition is now open for entries. Simply click here to visit the Top Technician website and hit the 'Click To Enter' button in the left-hand menu.

Want to be involved?
If you're not a technician but would like to know more about the opportunities Top Technician can offer businesses and organisations, simply call Paul or Nicola on 01634 261 262.

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