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Motor trade seeks changes in RTITB

1st May 1970, Page 47
1st May 1970
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Page 47, 1st May 1970 — Motor trade seeks changes in RTITB
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

• A major change in the structure of the Road Transport Industry Training Board has been called for by a joint committee representing the major motor industry trade organizations.

In a letter to Mrs Barbara Castle, Minister of State for Employment and Productivity, Michael Bradstock, chairman of the Motor Industry Education Consultative Committee (MIECC) has asked that the motor vehicle retail and repairing committee within the Board, be replaced by a new body more representative of motor industry interests . . . "the people who pay for, and should benefit from, the workings of the RTITB".

The MIECC is composed of representatives of the Institute of the Motor Industry, the Motor Agents Association, the Scottish Motor Trade Association and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

In the letter Mr Bradstock emphasized that there was strong and growing dissatisfaction with the operations of the RTITB. In 1968-69 a working party of the MIECC had examined the training and recruitment needs of the retail sectors of the motor industry. A full report was published in June 1969, since when it had been studied in detail by the constituent bodies of the MIECC, Mr Bradstock said.

The report's principal recommendation was that the present motor vehicle retail and repairing committee of the RTITB should be replaced by a broader-based body consisting of representatives of the constituent bodies of MIECC appropriate Government departments, trade unions, and educational and training organizations. It would have powers delegated by the Board to enable it effectively to influence the policy of the RTITB in relation to recruitment and training in the retail sector of the motor industry.

This recommendation (embracing only one section of the total report by the working party) which has now been supported by all the constituent bodies of the MJECC and thus has the approval of the entire motor industry, is of particular significance in view of the dissatisfaction with the present policies and workings of the RTITB. In the view of the MIECC it offers a constructive remedy.


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