VISTA competition heats up
MIIDWAY THROUGH THE NEW ZEALAND ROUND OF the VISTA World Championship 2022, the team from Truckstops Whangarei holds a narrow lead from groups from Truckstops Mount Maunganui and Lower Hutt, who are tied in second.
VISTA (Volvo International Service Training Award) is an international competition open to all service market professionals within the global service network of Volvo Trucks and Buses. According to Volvo Trucks, it is the world’s biggest such competition. Contested by teams of four, the competition is open to eligible members within New Zealand’s authorised Volvo Service Centres. These include technicians, service advisors and nonmanaging workshop and parts staff.
The local heats are based on two qualifying rounds focused on theoretical questions covering Volvo information sources, Volvo branding and basic knowledge. There is also a ‘Pitstop’ component based on a timed e-learning challenge. A set of ‘Missions’ has been introduced for the first time in the 2022 championship, covering areas such as electromobility, health and safety, sustainability, innovation, parts logistics, and team building – all of which contribute to an overall points total for each team.
After the final local round, in June the top two workshops from New Zealand will compete in a digital semifinal against the top four Australian workshops. The winning team will then move into the finals held in Sweden in September.
VISTA has been cancelled due to COVID-19 for the past two years, but in the 2018/2019 competition teams from Truckstops’ Whangarei and Invercargill branches made the semifinals.
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