Team
Kiwi has managed a second place result at the Scania ‘top team’ world
finals in Sweden over the weekend – coming in second only to Australia.
The
final challenge involved a the scenario of a customer deciding to have a
lighting bar mounted on the truck. The cost for having the truck off
the road is considerable, which is why the bar must be mounted as
quickly as possible.
That was the final challenge for the
three teams, from Australia, Finland and New Zealand, that made it all
the way to the knock-out round of the Scania Top Team world finals.
The
‘top team’ final was divided into four challenges. The first two, a
theoretical and a practical one, determined the starting order for the
remaining two.
After the initial two challenges, New Zealand was
in the lead: 25 seconds ahead of Australia, and 70 seconds ahead of
Finland. Australia overtook in quickly assembling the light bar and
mounting it to the truck.
Harald Cederberg, director technical training at Scania Academy, followed the finals closely.
“We
have a winner, but ‘top team’ continues,” Cederberg says. “It is a
continuous process aimed at improving our workshop services globally.”
Team Kiwi from Whangarei included Scott Cann, Michael Adams, Gavin Brindle, John Burhenne and Shane Parker.
