{"id":56033,"date":"2026-08-30T07:23:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T05:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/future-ready-automotive-starts-with-future-ready-technicians\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T07:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T05:23:30","slug":"future-ready-automotive-starts-with-future-ready-technicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/future-ready-automotive-starts-with-future-ready-technicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Future-ready automotive starts with future-ready technicians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ford is creating pathways for young technical talent while building a sustainable pipeline of future-ready technicians for its dealer network
\nThe programme combines paid workplace experience, formal training and mentorship to develop the skills modern automotive retail demands
\nFord’s investment in technical skills supports youth employment, strengthens its dealer network and ultimately benefits customers<\/p>\n

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, – “South Africa faces a striking paradox. We have high youth unemployment while industries such as automotive are struggling to find the specialised technical skills they need,” said Kevin Heunis, Service Engineering and Operations Director, Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (Pty) Limited.<\/p>\n

“Not every successful career needs to begin with a university degree. Technical and vocational careers can provide meaningful, future-focused opportunities, but we need stronger pathways connecting young people’s potential with the…<\/p>\n

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Ford is creating pathways for young technical talent while building a sustainable pipeline of future-ready technicians for its dealer network The programme combines paid workplace experience, formal training and mentorship to develop the skills modern automotive retail demands Ford’s investment in technical skills supports youth employment, strengthens its dealer network and ultimately benefits customers PRETORIA, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/25001MAINIMAGE-MasterTechnician.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/25001MAINIMAGE-MasterTechnician.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}