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Society of Operations Engineers and Women in Bus and Coach join forces this International Women’s Day

In honour of International Women’s Day 2025, the Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) and Women in Bus and Coach have joined forces to tackle the underrepresentation of women in engineering. This landmark partnership will focus on increasing female representation at the IRTE Bus & Coach Skills Challenge 2025.

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SOE/IRTE approves Carrier Transicold UK’s training academy

Transport refrigeration specialist Carrrier Transicold’s training academy programme has been accredited as a CPD (continuing professional development) course by the SOE (Society of Operations Engineers).

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Chris Grime steps up to SOE international representative

SOE (Society of Operations Engineers – the home of IRTE) past president Chris Grime has been appointed as the organisation’s new international representative.

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Ian Chisholm appointed managing director of SOE

The Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) has kicked off its next phase of development by promoting Ian Chisholm IEng FSOE FIRTE to the new post of managing director.

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Industry gathers for IRTE Conference 2013

The IRTE Conference 2013 – attended by more than 200 industry people – opened this morning (11 September 2013) with remarks from the new chief executive of the SOE Peter Walsh, who highlighted the importance of technical training, experience and competence in the transport sector.

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