Knowledge is power

The beginning of the new year was marked by a remarkable event for the AGCO MACHINERY Company. It opened its own training centre in the village of Chastsy, Odintsovsky district, Moscow oblast.

Pursuing its strategy of business development in Russia, AGCO Corporation is concentrating its efforts in several areas, one of which is steady investments in the development and training of both its own specialists and dealers. The specialists acquire professional knowledge and skills in the use and maintenance of modern equipment at the corporation's numerous facilities all over the globe and at dedicated training centres. The opening of a company-owned training centre near Moscow for the company's workers and its dealers from Eastern Europe has made the training still more accessible and convenient.   

“The opening of the training centre in Russia is for us a long-awaited event”, says Aleksandr Belov, AGCO Marketing Director for Central and Eastern Europe. “The Russian agricultural market, along with that of other countries of Eastern Europe, is one of the most promising. Efficient training of our specialists is becoming an important factor both in sale of  agricultural equipment and in its post-sale maintenance”.

A building measuring more than 8,000 sq m houses classrooms, equipment rooms with more than 30 units of machinery for practice, and a large showroom (7,000 sq m) containing AFCO equipment, such as Challenger, Fendt and Valtra, being sold in Russia. The modern training centre makes it possible to simultaneously train up to 50 students per day.

The specialists taking a course at the training centre receive all the materials they need for studies. Upon completion of the course, a certificate is issued to them.

“Modern, highly productive farming machines call for appropriate training of their users”, says Simon Irwin, director of the AGCO servicing department in Central and Eastern Europe. “This is necessary both for operators working on the fields and for servicing centre specialists. We are sure that the multi-stage system of training of our specialists and dealers will further support our customers all over Russia, Ukraine and the CIS”. 

AgroCentre servicing engineers attended the new AGCO centre, where the first training sessions were held in the use of the Challenger equipment.

“Everything is available here for acquiring new knowledge in maintenance and repair of farming equipment”, says Andrey Kornyukhin, servicing engineer of AgroCentreZakharovo LLC. “In several weeks, we took a theoretical course in tractors, combine harvesters, and fodder procurement equipment. During practice, we applied the acquired knowledge to specific units of equipment. All the specialists received certificates of professional development”.