TATA, AAPL to establish training centre
American Auto Parts LTD (AAPL), in partnership with TATA Motors Holdings Ghana, is to establish an automobile technical institute to train artisans and mechanics in industrial best practices in line with the government’s plan to transform local industries.
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The Managing Director of AAPL, Mr Sam Nii Anum, who announced this in Accra, said the programmes would include Certified Auto Technician; Auto Body and Paint Technician, Diesel and Truck Technology and Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations.
“This would benefit literate and illiterate applicants who would undergo intensive short programmes and internships to be able to deal with the whole spectrum of automobile repair and care,” he said at the launch of a service centre in Accra.
The service centre is expected to provide a comprehensive vehicle sales and after-sales services to prospective and existing TATA vehicle owners in the Accra Metropolis and beyond.
It would also offer towing services.
Support to government
Mr Anum said: “We are mindful of the government’s focus on education and job creation; we support this. This will require local industrial transformation and we are ready to participate in this.”
“We need proper work ethics in order to stay competitive, and we would uphold the dignity deserving of the Ghanaian worker,” he said.
The Head of TATA, Mr Ruchir Bhatnagar, expressed TATA’s commitment to customer satisfaction because it was its prime aim.
Enterpreneurship
He said the partnership would promote local entrepreneurial skills and uplift knowledge in car services to boost delivery to its market while improving the living standards of people in the community.
In his address, the Minister of Transport, Mr Kwasi Ofori Asiamah, said the engine of growth to the development of businesses was partnership to advance their services and progressively invest in the economy to employ Ghanaian youth.
For his part, the Minister of Information, Mr Mustapha Hamid, urged businesses to institute measures and partnerships as a way of dealing with unemployment in Ghana.
He stated that the towing services of the centre would go a long way to rid the roads of accidents.