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At this week’s Kinetic event (3rd & 4th September), Autotech Group will showcase the training and technology solutions it delivers across the entire automotive aftermarket. With skills shortages and the recruitment and retention of talent continuing to challenge the sector, Autotech Group’s offer is increasingly relevant – particularly for body repair, where these pressures are being felt most acutely.
With Autotech Training and Autotech Connect leading the company’s line-up on stand M1, visitors will experience live demonstrations designed to show how workshops can stay compliant, close skills gaps, and raise productivity.
Autotech Training will showcase its IMI-accredited EV and ADAS programmes – now essential as workshops adapt to fast-changing vehicle technology. The team will also demonstrate Autolearn, the digital platform that makes training and CPD simple to manage, keeps BS10125 compliance on track, and gives managers a clear view of their team’s skills, progress, and training gaps.
Technology takes centre stage through Autotech Connect. Attendees will be able to try the brand’s Assisted Reality headsets first-hand – the hands-free tool that connects technicians to remote experts in real time. For body repair workshops, this technology is proving especially valuable.
Increasingly, vehicles are being sent off-site for specialist repairs due to a lack of local skills or the growing complexity of modern vehicles, particularly EVs. This outsourcing inevitably adds delays, with cars waiting on parts, transport, or available repair slots. Assisted Reality headsets help overcome this bottleneck by enabling less experienced technicians to carry out complex work on-site under expert, remote, guidance, keeping more repairs in-house, reducing downtime, and improving customer turnaround times.
The wider Autotech Group offer will also be in focus. Autotech Recruit gives employers access to temporary skilled technicians to manage demand peaks, while Autotech Academy builds long-term talent pipelines by linking businesses with newly qualified students through paid internships. All four brands sit under the Group’s three strategic pillars – people, skills, and technology – ensuring a joined-up approach that supports every stage of the automotive workforce lifecycle.
“We are delighted to be attending Kinetic and highlighting the practical way our brands can support the industry,” comments Simon King, CEO of Autotech Group. “By building on the pillars of people, skills, and technology, our four brands work together to support the entire aftermarket in creating and sustaining a skilled workforce. For body repair especially, where the pressures are so acute, Kinetic gives us the opportunity to demonstrate how these solutions can be applied directly to the challenges workshops face every day.”
See Autotech Group on Stand M1 at Kinetic, 3-4 September at Telford International.