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ReMIT is the specialised training arm of the Retail Motor
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Industry Federation. The organisation vets potential CV and car fitters. It also secures government training funds, and guides apprentices through the thorough training process.
Karl Wilshaw is the ReMIT HGV contract manager. We look after the training needs of the major manufacturers [in the UK] Cummins, Daf, Iveco, Scene and Volvo," he says Each of these firms, and many operators, work out their fitter requirements, and then contact ReMIT The company then conducts pre-screening tests across its seven regional offices. "We make sure that they are suitable, then we match the apprentices to the haulier or the manufacturer," he adds Apprentices are employed, and paid, by the customer although training costs are met by government funds, which are secured by ReMIT. "We see how the apprentices are doing, and we give them counselling we hold their hands a bit We visit them during their training; they have various tasks to do which take them to their NVQ At any given time. 4,000 apprentices are being trained under the ReMIT umbrella. But they need commitment. "If they do not have the willingness, they will not get through They must have a bit of drve in them,' maintains Wilshaw.