{"id":130064,"date":"2023-10-18T10:53:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T09:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/?p=130064"},"modified":"2024-03-14T10:46:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T10:46:19","slug":"national-awards-for-bus-and-coach-engineering-apprentices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/national-awards-for-bus-and-coach-engineering-apprentices\/","title":{"rendered":"National awards for Bus and Coach engineering apprentices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='avia-slideshow av-lnvkop93-98c539bf2245cddbe1dc2aa87afb7391 avia-slideshow-featured_large av_slideshow avia-slide-slider  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 42%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-lnvkop93-98c539bf2245cddbe1dc2aa87afb7391__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-130065 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-130065\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Simon-Bishop-First-Bus-apprentices-IRTE-Skills-Challenge-1500x630.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"630\" title='Simon Bishop, First Bus apprentices, IRTE Skills Challenge' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-10m8how-6a905697543be4cf2cba5428fc665f23\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-10m8how-6a905697543be4cf2cba5428fc665f23{\nmargin-top:-50px;\nheight:1px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-10m8how-6a905697543be4cf2cba5428fc665f23 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lnvknr57-ad4dd868581f44904c4942d6d5d56122 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The exceptional standard of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/further-education\/courses\/engineering-apprenticeships\/bus-and-coach\/\">Bus and Coach engineering apprenticeship<\/a> was highlighted at the Institute of Road Transport Engineers (IRTE) Skills Challenge, when four of our apprentices brought home major awards.<\/p>\n<p>IRTE is the specialist sector for road transport engineers within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soe.org.uk\/\">Society of Operations Engineers<\/a> (SOE) and the skills challenge is a national competition open to all public transport operators. Our ten-strong team of apprentices, who all work for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstbus.co.uk\/\">First Bus<\/a>, were challenged by fellow competitors from Arriva, Excel Resourcing, Go-Ahead, Lothian, Metroline, National Express and Trentbarton.<\/p>\n<p>Our team, which comprised first, second and third year students including some from our Mechelec (mechanical electrical) and coach builder pathways, represented us in all categories and were tested under exam conditions which thoroughly challenged their practical and academic skills.<\/p>\n<p>Third year student James Day won the Mechelec (mechanical electrical) category, Sophy Smith, also a third year, took first place in the Electrical Apprentice category, Hasan Girach was Runner Up Bodywork Apprentice and mature first year student Thang Tang was awarded the Judges\u2019 Choice. Standards in all categories were judged to be extremely high.<\/p>\n<p>Engineering Training Manager Simon Bishop, who accompanied the apprentices, said: \u201cAll team members performed extremely well and were incredible ambassadors for both First Bus and Reaseheath College. This was a high quality experience which enabled our apprentices to compete against peers from other leading companies and also to observe fully qualified technicians competing in the Master Technician category.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The IRTE Skills Challenge was held at the S&amp;B Training Academy in Bristol while the awards, viewed as a highlight of the year for the coach and bus sector, took place at the Jaguar Experience in Castle Bromwich. This was the 12<sup>th<\/sup> year of the event, but the first time Reaseheath apprentices had taken part.<\/p>\n<p>Over 80 First Bus apprentices are currently on our bespoke apprenticeship training programme. The majority are engineering technicians specialising in mechanical and electrical engineering and coach building, while a smaller number are on a trade supplies route.<\/p>\n<p>The apprentices receive tailored training at Reaseheath\u2019s bespoke engineering apprentice academy on the Hurleston Business Park near to main campus.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-tu4ro0-81a4b83ac2fd66047e2f6cc1c4f85a4e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-tu4ro0-81a4b83ac2fd66047e2f6cc1c4f85a4e{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-tu4ro0-81a4b83ac2fd66047e2f6cc1c4f85a4e hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exceptional standard of our Bus and Coach engineering apprenticeship was highlighted at the Institute of Road Transport Engineers (IRTE) Skills Challenge, when four of our apprentices brought home major awards.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":130065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[872,868,468],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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