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Wide scope of subjects at IRTE Conference

27th May 1966, Page 91
27th May 1966
Page 91
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MING the discussion of the paper "The road transport engineer—his nt and future" presented by the presiMr. E. B. H. Elsbury, at the first nal conference of the Institute of Road sport Engineers at Birmingham on • day, an important announcement was : by the secretary of the Institute, Mr. Fletcher, regarding C-licensed vehicles .he Industrial Training Board.

r. Fletcher was commenting on a stateby Mr. W. J. Edbrooke, chairman of [RTE council, that exclusion of the Csed vehicles from the Board's provisions a seriously retrograde step. According guarded reference to the subject in a • received from the Ministry of Labour, chnicians of the road transport industry d receive the same training irrespective he type of licence applicable to the les in the fleet. Technicians of Csed fleets would therefore be included. o-operation with other institutes, obng the support of suppliers and garages raining schemes and raising the standat' lectures were reviewed by speakers in discussion on Mr. Elsbury's paper. In discussion on "Public service vehicle leering practices . . . for all road transengineers?" presented by Mr. W. T. ner, a particular mention was made of obstructive attitude to maintenance on part of traffic departments. It was mmended that a maintenance advisory mittee should be established and a iber advocated that technical colleges iId undertake overhauls for the industry. I reply to a question by Mr. T. R. St. Browne relating to co-operation with red institutes such as the Engineering tutes Council and the British Standards tute, Mr. Elsbury said that it could be mmended in both these cases with ter emphasis on the advantages of liaiwith the Engineering Institutes Council. upport was given by Mr. Elsbury for Mr. cottom's plea that greater encouragement rld be given to contract repairers and garto provide training schemes and later the rrnan (and president-elect) Mr. William Swallow, agreed with Mr. E. Davies that the Institute should be represented on technical bodies concerned with training to raise the standard of lecturing. Mr. Elsbury said that the Institute later would be considering the training of lecturers in discussions with county education authorities.

In a severe criticism of traffic departments, Mr. J. L. Jepson claimed that the staff often refused to give proper consideration to maintenance. Agreeing with Mr. J. Ross that a maintenance advisory committee should be formed which would advise the Ministry of Transport, Mr. Edbrooke emphasized that standardized procedures were required, notably with regard to wear tolerances allowed by MoT examiners.


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