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Automobile Technology

Maintaining light vehicles from various manufacturers, diagnosing complex mechanical problems, and delivering solutions within commercial cost and time constraints.

Why is this skill important?

The modern Light Vehicle Automobile Technician is may be employed in an independent workshop that is not associated with particular manufacturers or is closely associated with a major manufacturer of light vehicles. Their expertise may be greatest with that manufacturer’s vehicles; however, depending on the situation and range of services offered by the workshop, they may also handle other manufacturers’ vehicles.

The competent Light Vehicle Automobile Technician will service, diagnose, and repair a range of light vehicles. For diagnosis, and repair, depending on the nature of the workshop, they may use the manufacturers’ equipment, or other service/repair equipment parts, materials, and procedures. Therefore, according to a workshop’s, access to vehicle service/repair information the technician’s experience may be deep or broad, or both. In every garage and workshop success is measured in time, correct diagnosis, and repair, and repeat business.

Most automotive service/repair workshops are small businesses or cost centres that work to tight financial parameters. The light vehicle automobile sector is volatile, being dependent on the wider economy and heavily affected by technological advances and environmental concerns. The highly skilled Automobile Technician keeps abreast of continuous changes in the sector, whether these are to do with performance, safety, or green energy sources. They will deeply understand vehicles’ electrical/electronic systems, and their integration; have physical stamina, coordination, and kinaesthetic skills, and be versatile. The most competent technicians are assigned the more complex diagnostic tasks, the most advanced vehicles, and those incorporating the latest technologies. This person may rapidly progress to more senior roles as trainer, supervisor, planner, and/or manager.

Location

Dresden, Germany

25–28 October 2022

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Rank	Medal	Result	Competitor	Country/Region
1.	Gold	731	HSU-KUN CHAN	Chinese Taipei
1.	Gold	731	Stefan Mißbach	Germany
1.	Gold	730	Florent Lacilla	Switzerland
1.	Gold	729	Hannes Egger	South Tyrol, Italy
5.	Medallion for Excellence	726	Kaito Takasaki	Japan
6.	Medallion for Excellence	722	Abdulrhaman Mohammed	United Arab Emirates
7.	Medallion for Excellence	720	Maxime Walch	France
8.	Medallion for Excellence	714	John WIESEMES	Belgium
9.	Medallion for Excellence	713	Mohd Salman Abdul Hafiz .	India
10.	Medallion for Excellence	706	Markus Maier	Austria
11.	Medallion for Excellence	703	Javier LÓPEZ	Spain
12.	Medallion for Excellence	700	Zsolt Laszlo Olbei	Hungary
13.		699	Julien Héroux	Canada
14.		698	Yeon Gyu Kim	Korea
15.		695	Juho Koski-Lammi	Finland
16.		689	Ernest Beneke	South Africa
17.		686	Sirichai Kamalasai	Thailand
18.		680	Nicholas McLaren	Australia
19.		672	Camilo Andres Ortega Segovia	Colombia
20.		667	RUSTEM KURMASH	Kazakhstan
21.		656	María Belén Almonacid Barros	Chile
22.		644	Aldrin Ulep	Philippines
23.		636	Mwandingi Fillipus	Namibia