Program ran from Sept. 14 to 18

Eight countries across Asia and Europe participated

28 instructors and students attended

Training covered cutting-edge mobility technology

Participants toured key Hyundai Motor Group facilities

Participants in Hyundai Motor's global service talent invitation program receive electric vehicle maintenance training at the company's Cheonan Global Learning Center. [Hyundai Motor]
Participants in Hyundai Motor's global service talent invitation program receive electric vehicle maintenance training at the company's Cheonan Global Learning Center. [Hyundai Motor]

Hyundai Motor invited 28 top service professionals from eight countries to Korea for advanced mobility training and tours of key Hyundai Motor Group facilities, the company announced Monday. The program ran from Sept. 14 to 18.

Hyundai Motor holds the program annually, bringing outstanding talent from its global academic-industry partnership institutions to Korea for maintenance training.

This year's cohort included 18 students and 10 instructors selected from automotive maintenance institutions in eight countries across Asia and Europe — Nepal, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Turkey, Poland and Singapore.

For the first three days, Sept. 14 through 16, participants trained at Hyundai Motor's Cheonan Global Learning Center, covering the company's latest technologies — from the basic principles of electric vehicles to batteries, vehicle communications, charging systems, E-GMP and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS).

The curriculum was designed to give participants hands-on experience with actual components and equipment, allowing them to acquire maintenance skills more quickly and accurately.

On Sept. 17 and 18, the group visited Hyundai Steel's Dangjin plant, Hyundai Motor's Asan factory, Hyundai Motor's Goyang Hi-Tech Center and Hyundai Motor Studio Goyang — sites that let participants see firsthand the full journey from molten steel to finished vehicle, as well as spaces dedicated to vehicle maintenance and brand experience.

Instructors who took part in the program plan to develop and roll out Hyundai Motor-specific curricula at automotive maintenance institutions in their home countries after returning. Hyundai Motor said it hopes the program will help spread its service talent development expertise around the world.

The student participants are expected to begin working at Hyundai Motor service centers in their home countries, contributing to improvements in the company's maintenance service quality.

Kang Beom-seok, executive vice president and head of Hyundai Motor's Global Service Business Division, said developing outstanding global students into skilled service professionals is ultimately about making customers around the world trust Hyundai Motor more. "We will continue to support the growth of future service talent through global academic-industry partnerships," he said.

Kang added that the company plans to pursue co-growth with service operations on the ground through continued partnerships with local educational institutions, overseas subsidiaries and dealers. He said Hyundai Motor would also offer top students opportunities to find employment at the company's overseas sales and service operations.

Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor recently launched a global consultative body to align safety management standards across its operations in Korea, the United States, Europe, India and China. The initiative aims to create a framework for sharing safety management practices accumulated separately in each country and applying them across other production and business sites.


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