Jaguar Land Rover has announced that under a global upskilling drive, it will train 29,000 people in the next three years for its connected and data capabilities. This will also support the rapid transition to electrification.
The company’s Future Skills Programme will see more than 10,000 Jaguar Land Rover and franchised retailer employees in the UK and nearly 19,000 across the rest of the world trained in skills vital to electrification, digital and autonomous cars.
Barbara Bergmeier, Jaguar Land Rover Industrial Operations Executive Director, commented, “Our plans to electrify our product portfolio are running at pace, and we are rapidly scaling up our future skills training programme to ensure we have the right talent to deliver the world’s most desirable modern luxury electric vehicles.
Developing the skilled global workforces needed to design, build and maintain the vehicles of the future is foundational, noted the OEM further. 'I’m proud to say we are committing to help plug the electric and digital skills gap with a comprehensive, global training programme, which will power charge electrification both here in the UK and abroad,” Bergmeier added.
Currently, around 80% of nearly 1,300 franchised Jaguar Land Rover retailers around the world offer electric vehicle servicing, so to tackle the skills gaps, the company is ensuring the majority of servicing technicians will receive electrification training this year.
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