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Glasgow City Council achieves IRTE accreditation in local authority first


Glasgow City Council has become the first local authority in Scotland to receive an accreditation in both workshop and engineering best practice

Audited by FTA, Glasgow City Council passed a series of inspections to achieve IRTE (Institute of Road Transport Engineers) accreditations for its two workshops; its ten-strong workshop engineering team also achieved their irtec.

To achieve IRTE Workshop Accreditation, applicants have their road transport workshops audited by trained FTA examiners; those that pass show they are following best practice. Auditors test compliance in areas such as premises, equipment, technical staff, management, clerical staff, documentation, quality and appearance.

The Council’s workshop team have also all received their irtec licences, which validate their competence in maintaining the wide range of commercial vehicles used in delivering council front-line services.

Steven Nicholas-Smith, Technical Consultant at FTA, said: “Throughout their IRTE audits, the team at Glasgow City Council showed an incredible dedication to achieve the highest standards of workshop compliance and safety; we are thrilled to present them with this accreditation. And with all their workshop engineers securing their irtec licences, there is no doubt the Council is operating to the highest standards. We hope other local authorities are inspired by Glasgow City Council’s success and aspire to achieve their own accreditation.”

Alex Colquhoun, Group Manager of Fleet Maintenance & Repair at Glasgow City Council, said: “This accreditation is testament to the hard work and commitment shown by the Glasgow City Council team. With the rapidly changing fleet profile, we are committed to upskilling our workforce to ensure we maximise the use of new and improved processes to ensure our fleet is not only safe and reliable, it is also maintained to the highest standard with minimal downtime. The Council’s fleet strategy identified that highly-skilled staff are key to optimising the use of our fleet and the irtec standard is an excellent first step in that process, which we are delighted to have achieved. In due course we intend to work towards the operator earned recognition scheme.”

★www.irteworkshop.org.uk

Published On: 01/04/2020 10:09:01

 

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