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mericans, Belgians, Colombians: UTV’s

new conference room in Baden-Baden

seems to be hosting people from all over the

world. And that’s no wonder – for interest in

UTV’s composting technology is truly global.

“It goes without saying that we provide ex-

tensive training in the equipment we supply,”

says CEO Thomas Schlien. “After all, we want

our customers – most of whom live a long way

away – to be able to get to grips with UTV tech-

nology without any hiccups.” To make sure

things run smoothly right from the word go,

training is divided into three phases. Phase 1

takes place in Germany and enables partici-

pants to gain first-hand experience of UTV

equipment. Phase 2 is delivered in the custom-

er’s home country and is combined with the

start-up of their UTV equipment. Phase 3 fol-

lows a few weeks later and is designed to an-

swer questions from the operating personnel

which have cropped up during the first period

of usage.

Peter Brown and Marc Hebert from the Great-

er Moncton Sewerage Commission as well as

Barry Pascoe from Camden Soil Mix have

reached the end of the Phase 1 of team training

lasting a week. On arriving at Munich Airport,

they were met by qualified engineer Katja

Christof, who works in technical support at

Gore Cover System. Ms Christof looked after

the training group alongside Thomas Schlien,

adding not just her expertise but also her femi-

nine charm to an otherwise solely male group.

“After their long flight, we started off with

some local ‘acclimatization’: a tankard of beer

each and a portion of Leberkäs or meat loaf,

a local delicacy!” grins Katja Christof. It was

then time to visit Gore in Munich. “We ex-

plained how our quality assurance system

works, and then showed the trainees the pro-

ducts and how they’re operated,” explains

Katja Christof. The next stop was Baden-

Baden. After a tour of UTV, Peter, Marc and

Barry were given detailed information about

the equipment used and the procedures in-

volved. Afterwards, they visited two more

companies: Hauraton in Rastatt, responsible

for the AEROFIX aeration channels, and Ger-

hard Götz in Bühl, where the latest develop-

ment of the PWM 13 can currently be seen.

After a theoretical examination of the various

stages of the composting process, it was time

for the three participants to have a go: wind-

ing, measuring, checking, repairing and re-

placing elements until they’d all arrived at an

individual solution for their own facility.

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TRAINING AND SCIENCE

Team training at UTV:

Amazing, isn’t it?

Peter Brown adjusts the oxygen sensor, fellow Canadian Marc Hebert makes sure it’s

stable, while Barry Pascoe from Australia concentrates on the sensor’s interior. Mean-

while Thomas Schlien keeps an eye on the compost data on the beamer and explains

what’s happening. All part of the tricontinental cooperation typical of team training

at UTV.

Easier than they supposed:

‘learning by doing’ in teamwork