Ferrari Apprentices Go Back In Time

March 1, 2017 by Ferrari North Europe

Apprenticeship now includes modules on Classic Car Technology

London, 01 March 2016

In this digital world of apps and smartphones, where you can pay for a coffee with your phone, and unlock that phone with a fingerprint scan, most school-leavers have no understanding of what a ballast resistor ignition system, a down-draught 6-carb Webber, or a straight-cut dog-mesh gearbox is, or how they work. In fact, very few school-leavers have any experience of what gearboxes were like to use before flappy paddles became so fashionable1 or had no synchromesh.

That is why Ferrari has upgraded its Apprenticeship programme for school-leavers aged 16-19 with a new training module focused on Classic Car Technology, including:

◾Ballast resistor ignition systems.

◾Magneto ignition systems both single and twin.

◾Dynamo charging systems.

◾Twin points distributor set ups.

◾Multiple Webber carburetor set ups, from 3 to 6 carbs.

◾Mechanical fuel injection systems.

◾Straight cut dog mesh gearboxes.

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Apprentices who are enrolling in the September 2017 intake can expect to complete these training modules in the 3rd Year of their Apprenticeship.

The Ferrari North Europe Apprentice programme is open to 16-19 year olds who are interested in working at an Official Ferrari Dealer in one of the following roles:

◾Service Technician Apprenticeship – 3 years

◾Service Advisor Apprenticeship – 2 years

◾Parts Advisor Apprenticeship – 2 years

◾Bodyshop Technician Apprenticeship – 3 years

Candidates wishing to apply for the September 2017 intake should check for the latest vacancies and register their interest via: www.ferrariapprenticeship.co.uk.

Ferrari North Europe's investment in the new Apprenticeship facilities amounts to over £500,000 and includes:

◾a commitment from the Official Ferrari Dealers in the UK to take on at least one apprentice for the duration of the 3-year Apprentice Programme.

◾two new purposely-designed classrooms (92 sq m) with 11 computer terminals for online assessments and for computer-based learning, in addition to the two classrooms currently available for technical training for dealer staff.

◾a dedicated and fully-equipped workshop of 324 sq m with two vehicle ramps and over £20,000 of tools and equipment for Apprentices to receive hands-on training for servicing and maintaining Ferrari cars.

◾a Ferrari Technical Training Instructor dedicated to providing courses and tuition for the Ferrari North Europe Apprentice Programme.

◾a number of vehicles and service parts for hands-on technical training and diagnostics tuition, including some of the most highly innovative products from the Ferrari range such as the 488 GTB and California T.

1 Ferrari was the first manufacturer to make a car with a paddleshift gearbox: the John Barnard designed F1-89 which Nigel Mansell drove for the Scuderia Ferrari in 1989. This led directly to the development of the world's first road car with a paddleshift gearbox: the classic F355 Berlinetta in 1994. Since the introduction of the 430 Scuderia in 2009, all Ferrari cars feature a paddleshift gearbox.