Yanmar Europe Academy: Train Today, Benefit Forever

Yanmar products are made for long life, easy maintenance, and worry-free use. But do you really know your engine or machinery inside and out, and ensure you are maximizing its potential? And how do you keep up when technology advances? Yanmar Europe Academy keeps you on track with an array of easy-access online training courses.

Raymond Weijenberg, Learning & Development Specialist at Yanmar:

As our customers grow more familiar with our products, the benefits they derive increase, offering a significant boost to their satisfaction and to the satisfaction of their customers. This is why we place great value on customer training.

Learn at your convenience

Raymond continues:

Driven by this conviction, we established Yanmar Europe Academy – a specialised online learning platform with over 30 courses, covering basic engine techniques to specific training on Yanmar engines and systems. Learning at your convenience, wherever and whenever it suits you, at your own pace, and as often as you need. We believe this is the most accessible route to acquiring more knowledge, adding value to our products, and achieving a ‘happy customer’ status.

From starter to specialist

The training program has been specifically designed for the distributor and dealer network of Yanmar. It is modular and consists of 5 consecutive levels across 3 tracks: Basic, Agriculture, and Industrial. New modules are regularly added, and existing courses updated.

As a participant, you can easily customise your own learning plan. At each level, you gain new knowledge that you can apply immediately the next day. This way, you quickly progress from starter to specialist.

Always available for future reference

There is an additional advantage. Once you have completed a training course, it remains accessible for as long as you want. This feature proves handy when you wish to revisit lessons. For example, when you want to review how to read motor analysis with the diagnostics tool or refresh your understanding of the SCR system.

Over 400 participants trained so far

Raymond shares that since the launch of the Academy in December 2018, over 400 participants have already completed online training.

It’s a noteworthy achievement that fills us with pride. Online training offers our customers added convenience and minimises disruption to their business productivity. The program strikes the perfect balance, allowing employees to maintain up-to-date knowledge with minimal time investment.

Add value, save time

The time-saving effect also extends to our face-to-face training courses. Since 2023, participants first complete a set of prerequisite online modules as preparation for these sessions. The significant advantage is that, on the first training day, everyone has the same entry-level and is already familiar with the terminology. This allows us to conduct efficient, high-quality training sessions in less time – a benefit that our customers appreciate.

Yanmar Europe Academy

• More than 30 training courses available online 24/7
• Modular structure
• Learn wherever and whenever you want, at your own pace
• Multi-lingual program, with English as the base language, often supplemented with German, French, and/or Spanish
• Accessible for all employees within the Yanmar distributor and dealer network

Explore the immediate benefits that Yanmar Europe Academy has in store for you!