Isuzu UK has revealed the winners of its 2025 Technical Skills Competition.
The event pitted five of the Isuzu UK dealer network’s finest service technicians against each other to win a place at the Global Isuzu Technical Skills Competition in Bangkok, Thailand.
Hosted at the Pick-Up Professionals’ headquarters in Solihull, the UK leg of the competition saw five contestants chosen from the pool of over 90 Isuzu dealerships across the UK. The competing service technicians vied on four challenges within a three-hour time limit. These included refitting drive gears and timing chain to the Isuzu D-Max’s engine, ensuring to time up the engine correctly, along with a vehicle health report on the D-Max, noting and rectifying four set faults on the vehicle.
Stefan Harland, Isuzu service technician at Hunt Forest Group Chilbolton, emerged as the victor. Finishing as runner-up, Liam Ross, from Morrison Motors in Aberdeenshire, will join Harland in representing Isuzu UK in the Global Isuzu Technical Competition in Bangkok.
Third place was awarded to Oliver Landpower’s Stephen Watson, with Trek-Truck’s Scott Baxter and Compass Isuzu’s Olly Curtis finishing fourth and fifth respectively.
Darren James, UK group resources director at International Motors, commented: “Each of the five contestants can absolutely be proud of what they did in the UK final, showcasing the class-leading level of knowledge and expertise at the core of Isuzu UK’s DNA. They made it very difficult to determine a winner and runner-up to progress to the world final, however, I would like to congratulate Stefan Harland on his impressive victory and the superb effort from runner-up Liam Ross, who will be joining him in Bangkok.”
