Young Car Mechanic 2019 – best of the best!

31 maja 2019

21 contestants from 7 countries of the Old Continent met on the last weekend of May in Inter Cars Training Centre. They were the best mechanics, who were fighting for the much desired title of the Young Car Mechanic 2019 and PLN 100,000 reward, watched carefully by notable partners of the event. There could be only one winner.

Who won the title of the best Young Mechanic of 2019?

On 25 and 26 May the Training Centre of Inter Cars was changed to a fight arena, where young adepts had their knowledge and mechanical skills verified – it was the place where mechanics from 7 European countries were fighting for the title of Young Car Mechanic 2019. 21 contestants were selected from out of 3,000 pupils, who were trying to get to the finale.

This year's edition of Young Car Mechanic was a special issue of the undertaking. There were almost 150 schools with over 3,000 students in the contest. Our consistency in functioning and development of the programme is now bringing effects. All this thanks to growing involvement of employees of Inter Cars, but also of suppliers, who notice advantages resulting from participation in the event

said Wojciech Twaróg, Member of the Management Board of Inter Cars

III edition of the international contest

This year’s edition of the Young Car Mechanic Contest is the third issue of the competition, to which students from other European countries were invited, countries where Inter Cars has its business operations. In 2017 there were - apart from Poland - students from Lithuania and Latvia, 12 months later pupils from Bulgaria and Estonia also joined the contest. In 2019 the list of countries got even longer - pupils from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Hungary and Bulgaria were competing in the finale.

Year by year the contest is receiving more and more interest from our foreign branches. Increasingly bigger number of representatives from other countries results in the fact that Young Car Mechanic has now become a fixed part of automotive calendar of events – for the companies which are supporting us, but also for students who are a part of this undertaking. It is a huge satisfaction and confirmation that the initiative is much needed –

said Tomasz Piluch, Cluster Manager and Export Director at Inter Cars.

Two days full of emotions

Within two days of competition, the contestants had to face a series of tasks, which were prepared for them by Inter Cars trainers and partners of the event. There were tasks which referred to car diagnostics, brake pads and brake discs set change, servicing mechanical transmissions and many others, which were to verify the knowledge of young adepts of vehicle repairs. Precision was equally important to efficiency. Even the smallest mistake could have influence on which place a person won in the rank.

I must admit that the level of skills of participants of the international finale was really high! For us it is a confirmation that young mechanics have a serious attitude to competition and that they do care to be the best in the rank. It is really encouraging. I am sure that in the following years the initiative of Young Car Mechanic will gain even more, involving new participants, representing other countries

said during the finale Radosław Sujka, Inter Cars Training Department Manager

Finale Gala

Just after the rivalry had finished, on Sunday afternoon, all the contestants and their teachers, together with other invited guests, took part in a ceremonial dinner combined with finale gala. Emotions were high on that day. It was not only prestige and glory that were involved, but also attractive rewards – cumulative bank of rewards for the first three places amounted to PLN 100 thousand. Additional attraction which was prepared by the organizers was an invitation to a trip to Stuttgart, during which it was planned to visit Elring site, Mercedes factory and museum.

Young Car Mechanic 2019

The best Young Mechanic 2019 was Eren Osman representing Bulgaria, who gained 208 points in the final competition. The second came Lukas Karlis Siksnis from Lithuania, having 203.5 points. Whilst the third place went to Bartłomiej Januszewski, winner of the previous year’s edition of Young Car Mechanic, who gained 195.5 points.

Organization of the whole undertaking could not take place if it weren’t for the support of companies that just like Inter Cars care about development of the young employees in the automotive industry. And so Strategic Partners, in the national stage and also in the international finale were Bosch, Elring and ZF Aftermarket companies, and Supporting Partners of the International Finale, besides those listed above, were also Hella, Varta, Meyle and Motoremo companies.

The contest realized as a part of the „Young HR” initiative - a programme created by Inter Cars SA. The programme is based on cooperation with vocational schools with automotive profile, by equipping them with modern devices used for repairs and malfunction diagnostics on vehicles. It also delivers technical knowledge which is so needed in schooling future human resources. The programme supports knowledge contests and internships for the best students.

The Young HR programme is a response to the growing needs of the automotive industry, which is currently struggling with problems of lack of employees. The Young Car Mechanic Contest, which was launched three years before, helps to find young and talented students and prepare them to work in an automotive repair garage. Signals that we are receiving from representatives of the industry, confirm that what we are doing is a valuable and much needed initiative

summarized Marta Ciesielska, coordinator of the Young HR project.