February 18, 2013: Fiat Group Automobiles India Pvt Ltd (FGAIPL) has inaugurated its first state-of-the-art Training Centre at Ranjangaon, Pune. In a bid to replicate the Fiat Group’s international standards in technical and soft skills training, U-NETVERSITY, the Fiat Group’s global training school, will conduct and oversee the entire training programme that would involve about 50 personnel in a single day.
The entire facility will comprise of three classrooms with complete AV support and experts from Fiat, Italy and Chrysler, USA as training instructors for the employees at Ranjangaon. The Fiat Group’s complete range of vehicles will be made available to technicians for systems and support parts study. This would enable the technicians and employees at the plant to experience first-hand, the design and development of Fiat’s global brand of cars. The on-going training programme will include a comprehensive suite of web-based and remote access learning tools and working on the latest diagnostic tools for enhanced understanding of the carmaker’s global systems and processes.
Speaking on the occasion, Enrico Atanasio, managing director of Fiat Group Automobiles India, said, “India is a very crucial market for the Fiat Group and we will replicate the Group’s international standards with this initiative. With this programme, we hope to develop highly skilled and trained manpower that will cater to the automobile industry and serve our customers better by ensuring end to end process standardisation and execution.”
The training program is designed so as to support the complete set of Fiat Group and Chrysler systems including prominent ones such as LINK-e-Entry for warranty parts supply. Special sessions from Fiat Powertrain experts will also be conducted to provide knowledge and expertise and replicate best practises in powertrain manufacturing processes.