Unmanned Air Systems Presentation
Join us for this event for an insightful and timely technical presentation on Unmanned Air Systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones. The session will explore what constitutes a UAS, its key components, and its growing role within both military and wider aviation contexts, highlighting why this rapidly evolving technology is of significant relevance in today’s world.
Lift Installations
Join us for a focused session on lift installations in city environments, presented by Paul Symmonds. This lecture will explore the practical challenges, constraints, and best-practice considerations when delivering lift projects in dense urban areas.
Operator Compliance Audits
Join IRTE North Eastern for an informative evening lecture on Operator Compliance Audits, delivered by Alan Scorer, Managing Director of Transport Compliance Associates.
Fife College expands irtec offer to include trailer and bus and coach assessments
Popular demand for irtec in Scotland continues upward trend.
Scottish Ayrshire Centre visits Diageo facility in Shieldhall
The final site visit of the year took a group from the Scottish Ayrshire region to Diageo's bottling and distribution facility at Shieldhall, near Glasgow.
Near zero emissions
With the obvious exception of the global economic crisis and its insidious infection now of the ?real economy', recent months, and indeed years, have seen no greater issue than climate change. Governments and organisations around the world have pledged radical reductions in emissions - most recently with Gordon Brown's insisting that the UK's target for CO2 reduction must be 80% by 2050. In short, interest in energy efficiency, alternative generation and carbon capture has never been greater.
The Society joins other engineering institutions in an open letter to the Government on research & development spending pledge
Public investment in research and development paramount to future economic growth, states letter to Chancellor.
Irtec Accreditation: Fast track
Adam Russell, DAF business services manager, explains why the company has developed an intensive, accelerated four-month training course that leads to an irtec inspection technician accreditation.
Workshop: Draining resources
Pits and lanes can both accommodate systems to safely collect used vehicle oils drained out of the vehicle sump, reports Richard Simpson.
IRTE’s Vehicle Rollover guide now online
Built-in protection systems, the guide says, can provide a false sense of security