2021 Recycling & Waste Management Awards

Recycling & Waste Management 2021 BUILD 13 Oct21622 alvage Wire owner, Andy Latham is an automotive engineer by profession, and work over the last few years has driven the need for vehicle recycling and vehicle salvage professionals to have the knowledge and understanding of high voltage vehicles and the impact they have on the industry as they reach end of life. Most importantly is that no-one should receive electric shocks from these vehicles whilst they are working upon them. Salvage Wire’s specialist team supports companies through consulting, training, leadership development, blogs, podcasts and more to become aware of how they can connect with their customers, improve their sales and profit margin, develop their staff, and become leaders in the auto recycling industry. Salvage Wire enables clients to become the ‘hero’ in their story, solve the problem and look great whilst they are doing it! The global vehicle recycling industry is long established, but has been regulated very poorly by governments and legislators across the world. As vehicle technology changes due to environmental legislation demands, the recycling industry needs to change and adapt to the new world order. This will mean increased professionalism, and greater scrutiny and legislation. Salvage Wire will be at the forefront of this, helping clients to advance, change, adapt, and be ready for the new world order! Also influencing the industry has been the COVID-19 pandemic, which Salvage Wire saw as an opportunity to introduce more online offerings (within the parameters allowed by training providers), as far afield as Malta, Brazil, Spain, USA, and Canada. This proved the benefit of online training, but also showed that in many cases face-to-face learning is still necessary and essential because of the subjects covered and the learning styles of candidates. In many cases, learners in this industry learn by doing rather than watching a screen or reading a book, and assessment of skills can only really be completed by watching learners complete work in a workshop environment – this can be done remotely, but is not suitable in all cases. Alongside Salvage Wire’s online provision, it has had two initiatives take off within the last 12 months: Depollution Podcast and Skills Lab at CARS 2021. Depollution Podcast was launched in lockdown, bringing interesting and inspiring leaders to discuss the industry along with other leaders who can challenge and inspire the industry. For more information, visit: www.podtail.com/en/podcast/depollution-from-salvage-wire Then, Salvage Wire led the Skills Lab at the 2021 CARS event, offering a range of practical workshops that provide hands-on advice and guidance on key topics such as safe removal of lithium ion batteries, live vehicle depollution, packaging and more. For more information, visit: www.cars-expo.com/skills-lab-workshops. Salvage Wire has now closed what was a fully booked 2021 and is looking towards introducing a new online project where it certifies a global network of independent trainers that work to its standards and deliver certified training to global clients. This will start with electric and hybrid training and will expand into other areas later. As a result, Salvage Wire’s training and development will be able to reach more clients, raise standards, knowledge and understanding to much greater levels across the world and give its training partners access to a large pool of talent to therefore meet these very high standards. Company: Salvage Wire Ltd Contact: Andy Latham Email: [email protected] Website: www.salvagewire.com S Best Automotive Recycling Consultancy Firm - Norfolk Salvage Wire Ltd is a unique, award-winning consultancy company focused on the global vehicle salvage and recycling industry. Its specialist focus is on high voltage vehicles (electric and hybrid) and the impact these have on the vehicle salvage and recycling industry.