In his own voice: Brent Greenlees

MANY WOF INSPECTORS AROUND NEW ZEALAND WOULD HAVE MET BRENT GREENLEES: THE ORGANISER OF ALL THE MTA REGIONAL TRAINING EVENINGS. HERE, HE TALKS ABOUT THE LONG AND PIONEERING CAREER THAT HAS LED HIM TO HIS LATEST VENTURE: BDG SYSTEMS.

Joining the vehicle inspection industry, I trained and obtained the qualification of entry level compliance inspector. The role set me on a path through the inspection industry that would lead to the unique position I find myself today. Having returned from the UK after a four year stint involved in motorsport I was informed of an opportunity to become an entry level certifier.

At that point myself, as well as others, found the training to be lacking and felt my inspection outcomes could be compromised by the lack of skill and support. I then took it upon myself to create my own knowledge pool and share this information with my peers to fill those gaps.

Overtime, this proved to be an invaluable tool for both building a skillbase but, more importantly, ensuring inspection outcomes were not compromised by poor decision making based on little and poor support from employers.

The programme I created led to another inspection group offering me an opportunity that was too good to ignore: managing a flagship site and the establishment of a small training programme for new entry compliance inspectors. When the Virm — and later the PRS (also known as QMS) manual — was introduced I was then asked to embark on a nationwide campaign rolling out the manuals to all vehicle inspectors in the group. These were my first ventures into public speaking.

When the company was bought out and all of the support staff made redundant, I moved away from the inspection industry only to return to establish a strong working relationship with the MTA while running my now-industry-renowned vehicle inspection training programmes which I have grown from scratch.

I have also introduced a Facebook page called the ‘WOF Inspectors Club’ which is a private page for inspectors to discuss issues and post topics and questions. With just under 1000 members, the page has been well received within the industry. As a supplier to Blackfern I offer new inspector courses that are part of the WOF test application, update nights for inspectors and QMS support and I am very keen my customers get good value for money. (Words: Brent Greenlees)

BDG systems is now a Blackfern Supplier so technicians and workshop owners can be centrally billed through Blackfern for their training sessions.