FTA and IRTE help Tower Transit set engineering standards 11 September 2014

FTA (Freight Transport Association) and IRTE (the Institute of Road Transport Engineers) have worked together to deliver independent IRTE Workshop Accreditation to all three Tower Transit workshops in the TfL (Transport for London) area.

Lee Scarlett, FTA's head of contracts, explains that Tower Transit has been working with FTA since 2013 to help maintain best practice throughout its engineering policies and procedures.

"Tower Transit has implemented new procedures and practices within its engineering department, which demonstrate best practice and investment in quality," states Scarlett.

"FTA has worked closely with the organisation's engineering director Alan Coney, who [now] has access to a bespoke technical training package that includes all engineering policies and procedures," he continues.

"In addition, this connects with the irtec technician licence registration scheme that Tower Transit have been actively involved in," he adds.

IRTE Workshop Accreditation was granted in June this year (2014).

"It has been a pleasure to assist Alan and his engineering team at Tower Transit throughout the IRTE Workshop Accreditation Scheme, and we look forward to continuing to support the team in their drive for excellence," states Scarlett.

Other services the operator has utilised include FTA Vehicle Inspection Service (VIS) external quality monitoring, which provides regular inspections across all of three sites and includes maintenance systems procedures auditing.

Author
Brian Tinham

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