Armed with skills

Engineers of AgroCentreLiski service centre have held an annual training on pre-season maintenance for machine operators of AgroTechnologii farming holding (Tambov oblast).

Agrotechnologii is a part of RusAgro Group. It includes enterprises in Tambov and Voronezh oblasts with the total area of 140 thousand ha. These farms cultivate cereals and sugar beets. They have been cooperating with AgroCentre for five years. This year, Agrotechnologii have purchased sixteen Massey Ferguson 8690 tractors. Therefore, AgroCentre’s engineers dedicated the on-site seminar to operating these tractors properly.

‘We have also held a training on Kverneland Monopill precision drills’, says Aleksandr Korostelev, Head of Engineering Division of AgroCentreLiski Tambov branch. ‘It is necessary to maintain and adjust the settings of the machinery properly, following the operator’s manual, to ensure its long service life and maximum performance.’

Over fifty people attended the training, among them experienced long-term and newly employed machine operators.

‘Such workshops let us train accomplished specialists, people who can operate cutting-edge machinery with built-in intelligence’, says Aleksey Pavlov, Head of Service Centre of Sampurovsky Production Division of Agrotechnologii. ‘It is an advanced training available for our operators.’

According to Aleksey, the workshops organised by AgroCentre help to reduce operation mistakes and avoid the influence of the notorious human factor. Low-skilled machine operators can break the machinery because of their ignorance, but those who have been trained by highly qualified instructors can easily deal with machines of any complexity.

‘Such workshops are beneficial for us also’, continues Aleksandr Korostelev. ‘If any breakdown occurs, a machine operator trained at the workshop can fix it himself or describe it to our engineers competently.’