Mercedes dealer launches job-swap apprentice scheme05 September 2016

Mercedes-Benz dealer Northside Truck & Van has launched an apprentice ‘job-swap’ scheme, designed to give its apprentices an inside view on customer operations, and vice versa.

Northside’s Tom Christie was first on the scheme: he exchanged roles with Will Massey, transport supervisor at retailer Heron Foods.

Christie, a third-year Mercedes-Benz technical apprentice at the dealer’s Hull branch, spent time in Heron’s traffic office as well as out on deliveries.

“It was a very enjoyable and interesting experience,” says Christie (pictured, right, with Massey). “If I came away with one overriding impression, it was of how critical it is to Heron Foods that its vehicles are available for work when they’re needed.”

The operator runs a 45-strong fleet of trucks, many of which are Mercedes models, supplied and serviced by Northside.

Author
Laura Cork

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