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- Halfords Trade Card for SOE members with EngTech
29 May 2009 Halfords and SOE have joined forces to offer members with EngTech (Engineering Technician) registration the Halfords’ Trade Card for free. - Launch of National Apprenticeship Service
15 May 2009 Aiming to grow the availability of apprenticeship schemes across England, the Government recently launched a National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) to be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of apprenticeships across England. - Election Update
5 May 2009 Corporate members of the Society of Operations Engineers can look forward having their voices heard at the upcoming Professional Sector Council (PSC) Elections.
- Rules set to change on LV electric motor efficiencies
1 June 2009 Mandatory minimum efficiency standards for industrial electric motors are set to go on to the statue books when the European Parliament and Council accept draft regulations agreed in March by the Commission. - Gearbox gets no engineering
1 June 2009 Thames Water’s sewage treatment works recently replaced an obsolete heliocentric gearbox on a thickener drive with a ‘no engineering’ solution from Brevini. - Wind simulator blows storm
1 June 2009 Forces equivalent to category five hurricanes can now be created at a huge simulator, thanks to drives and motors from Motor Technology.
- Commercial Vehicle Operator Show gets green light for 2010
9 June 2009 The Commercial Vehicle Show partnership is delighted to announce, after several weeks of consultation with transport sector suppliers, that the “Commercial Vehicle Operator Show” will be launched in Spring 2010 and be held from 13-15 April at Birmingham’s NEC. - Latest IRTE guide champions tail lift safety
28 May 2009 Each year, approximately 50% of all tail lift accidents reported are attributed to people falling from, or slipping on, tail lifts or from being struck by a falling load. Realising the need for best practice processes in this area, the IRTE have now launched a crucial new guide, Preventing Falls and Falling Loads from Tail Lifts. - Test station closure plans provoke angry opposition
1 April 2009 Plans by the government and its Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) to close the Steeton goods vehicle test station in West Yorkshire next month, together with two others in Cornwall and Cheshire (Transport Engineer February), are facing increasingly angry opposition from vehicle operators, maintenance contractors, a trades union representing VOSA employees and the local Labour Member of Parliament.
- RFID speeds LU escalator maintenance
1 June 2009 London Underground is installing RFID (radio frequency identification) tags on escalator steps across the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines. - SOE website offers online forum and jobs
1 February 2009 SOE’s member website has been substantially upgraded, with better online discussion forum and job searching functionality. - SOE validates Bureau Veritas engineering training to IEng
1 December 2008 Bureau Veritas UK’s Engineering EC Inspection Division has had its in-house training approved by the SOE.