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IRTE members who have read the article in Commercial Motor of September 3 stating that course syllabuses of integrated training for heavy vehicle mechanics have been devised by the City and Guilds of London Institute, and the Road Transport Industry Training Board, may have wondered why the IRTE was not specifically mentioned. Members will be reassured to know that on both the City & Guilds and RT1TB advisory committees, the !ATE as the We welcome letters for publication on transport topics. Address them to Commercial Motor. Dorset House, Stamford Street, London S E1 .
most interested party was well represented. On the City & Guilds committee for automobile courses, seven are members of this Institute, and on the RTITB vehicle mechanic committee. no less then eight are IRTE members.
Many factors have to be considered when devising a syllabus, and Institute members on both committees were able to ensure that current needs and practices of the industry were catered for. It is the influence on these advisory committees that ensure people coming into the industry receive sufficient trairfing at the correct level and at the most favourable costs in time and money. To remain viable in this
accountant's world, the commercial vehicle field must be able to produce skilled staff at a training cost-effective price. By having members on the advisory committees who can give an -in-post" representation, the heavy vehicle mechanic syllabus will be suitable for the needs of today and tomorrow.
These 1RTE members are therefore implementing some of the aims of the Institute which are to guide young men towards national qualifications, and to raise the standards of the members, IRTE may not receive, a large measure of publicity in the education and training field, but it most certainly does a large measure of behind the scenes work.
F. W. BUTLER, Education and Training Officer, Institute of Road Transport Engineers, London SW?