Local Isuzu team flies the flag high at international service competition
Local engineer Stevan Smith coaches his technical team into the top 10 at an internationally acclaimed competition against the world's best Isuzu technicians and engineers.
Stevan Smith, Field Service Engineer for Isuzu South Africa, recently flew our country’s flag high when he coached his local team in the Isuzu World Technical Competition consisting of 32 competitors. His team faced off against 22 teams in their category.
On 5 and 6 December this South African team of experts flew all the way to Isuzu’s Manufacturing and Training Centre in Fujisawa, Tokyo to partake in this prestigious event that was hosted for the 13th year.
The Krugersdorp-born Stevan has been the team’s coach since 2014, and has been participating in the event every year since. The team trained for four full weeks at their training centre at Kyalami, but it paid off well when they reached the sixth position overall.
During the competition the team worked on an N-Series Isuzu truck, comparable to a Isuzu NLR 150 in South Africa, and had to speedily do a full vehicle inspection, repairs and a specific unit repair and inspection. It comprised a written and practical section.
Since their first year competing at the event, the Isuzu team, under Stevan’s guidance, jumped up from 19th to seventh and finally to 2018’s sixth place.
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