RTA to Offer City and Guilds Retreader Training - Tire Review Magazine

RTA to Offer City and Guilds Retreader Training

The Retread Tire Association is now the exclusive agency in North America for the City and Guilds training course for retreaders, currently used in the U.K. and other countries.

“We have known about the City and Guilds program for years and have made a very thorough investigation as to its merits,” said Harvey Brodsky, RTA managing director. “We are convinced that this program offers an outstanding opportunity for retreaders who are serious about raising the quality of their employees, and they will consider it the next best thing to a hands-on training school.”

According to the U.K.’s Retread Manufacturers Association, the City and Guilds program is a self-study course, which begins in September and concludes with an exam in April. There are two mock exams during the course of the year to test the candidate’s progress. The RMA’s Technical Manual is used as the course book. Each candidate receives a copy of this as part of the course fee.

“The course can be taken by an individual as a complete self-study project,” the RMA said. “However, what tends to happen with retreaders who have several candidates is that the factory manager has regular sessions with his candidates each week taking them through the book, according to the study timetable. In this way the companies can get the most out of the program and can apply what’s in the book to situations within their own factory. In our experience the retreaders who put the most into the teaching sessions, tend to get the best results. We provide a commemorative plaque each year to the candidate with the best results.

According toBrodsky, “Our goal is not to use the City and Guilds program as a profit center for the Retread Tire Association, rather it is to raise the quality of retreading. Therefore, we will charge RTA members a flat fee of $500 per candidate, which does give us a small profit that will help us cover overhead. Non-members will be charged $800 per candidate.”

For additional information including copies of the mock exams, or for an RTA membership application, contact Harvey Brodsky at 831-646-5269 or by email to [email protected]

 

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