Dave Brown, sales manager for Brevini in the UK, makes the point that no engineer can be expected to hold expert knowledge in every field.
However, it's important to maintain a reasonable working understanding of the technologies on the periphery of their specialities.
"We originally developed training materials and courses to speed up the development of our new graduate engineers and meet the challenge to develop competent engineers within limited timescales," comments Brown.
"However, it quickly became apparent that many of our customers faced similar challenges and sought our help to develop power transmission knowledge within their own teams," he continues.
"Requirements have ranged from basic overviews of the technologies and their application for specific market requirements to more in depth training on gearing principles and calculations."
Coverage on Brevini course is essentially around modern gearbox and winch technology., including power transmission studies, ratio explanations, gear design and engineering and gearbox selection.
"Rather than seeing it as giving away our trade secrets, we believe that by spreading our knowledge we can create a deeper appreciation of our technology within the market and strengthen the relationship we have with our customers," states Brown.