SMT GB through to the Volvo Masters Final
Pride and sweat. Passion and inventiveness. At the Volvo Masters competition, people with different nationalities, cultures and languages meet with one thing in common: exceptional skills. This is a worldwide tournament held by Volvo Construction Equipment to find the best team of service and part technicians.
The competition is organised in different rounds, starting at dealer level and then leading up to the World Final. The teams face theoretical questions regarding products, practical trouble shooting on the machines, parts and service according to Volvo protocols and standards. Layton Ryzy, Craig Spence and Michael Christer make up the
GB team, led by team leader, Tom McNair and their journey began in January 2018 where questions were published for individuals to answer and enter themselves into the competition. Seven teams took part in the GB final, and the challenges consisted of six practical stations where the teams had to troubleshoot a selection of faults on varying types of machine. Scoring was extremely close during the practical round, with only 25 points between first and last positions, out of a possible 350 points overall. The winning GB team then travelled to the Hub Final in Konz,
Germany, in June where they competed against Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Iceland, Norway,
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Russia, Sweden and Ukraine. Sweden, Finland and GB placed in the top three, winning a place at the Region EMEA final taking place in Dubai in November 2018. Once again the team faced stiff competition and weren’t the only team from SMT competing. SMT Netherlands, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo were also there to represent SMT. Other competing teams included Ghana, Sweden, Finland, Germany, France, Turkey and United Arab Emirates. In a prize-giving ceremony, the three winning teams were announced as SMT GB, SMT Netherlands and Germany. These teams will now meet competitors from the other regions (APAC, the Americas and China) in a final Global competition. This final leg of the competition will take place from March 21–28 in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Team GB won the trophy in 2013/14 so are hoping to bring it back once again. We wish them the best of luck in the final and will share their progress on social media, so stay tuned to see how they get on. ■
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