Manitowoc Cranes has expanded its Spanish-language Crane Care training programmes in Central America and the Caribbean, focusing on enhancing aftermarket service quality in the region. Unlike training sessions offered in the past, where trainees had to travel to the US and attend classes in English, courses now give technicians who don?t speak English the chance to be trained in their native language and to avoid high travel expenses.

The latest two-week training sessions took place in April at Euromateriales, a Manitowoc dealer in Costa Rica. A group of 14 technicians who work for four Manitowoc dealers in the region?Euromateriales (Costa Rica), Akbar (the Dominican Republic), TecnoGr?as (Panama) and Nimac (Nicaragua)?attended the classes.

According to Cuauhtemoc Flores, Manitowoc Crane Care?s director of customer service for the Mexican, Central American and Caribbean (MCAC) regions, the training programmes in Spanish aim to increase the representatives? technical knowledge in strategic subjects in the region. As a result, the company will be able to improve its aftermarket services, while strengthening The Manitowoc Way philosophy of putting the customers at the centre of its business.

The technicians studied Manitowoc cranes? systems and circuits, deepened their knowledge on hydraulic, electrical and pneumatic principles, and learned about troubleshooting procedures?particularly paying attention to Grove mobile cranes, the most used type of crane in the region. Classes also involved hands-on sessions that featured two, 30 t Grove rough-terrain models.