Automotive
CAR KONPON
INTEGRATING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN MULTI-BRAND WORKSHOPS
THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND MARKET SCENARIO IN THE CAR REPAIR SECTOR is affecting the competitiveness of multi-brand garages in the Basque Country, with a significant turnover loss and fading business fabric. On the other hand, there is a strong demand from the sector to hire increasingly specialised personnel prepared to address the latest market trends in terms of technological breakthrough, using new technologies and applying new concepts, with Vocational Training being the main source of trained personnel to perform tasks in repair workshops. The sector is immersed in a much-needed stage of transformation as a result of changes in consumer market preferences, the impact of the 4.0 revolution and protectionist strategies used by the brands towards their associated workshops.
San Viator, a Vocational Training Centre (VET) located in Sopuerta (Bizkaia), has been led the CAR KONPON project in collaboration with the circular economy consultancy, ECONIA. TKNIKA, ZICLA, and vocational training centres such as DON BOSCO, MEKA, ARETXABALETA and IURRETA also participated in the project, as well as sector associations, BAT and AEGA.
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