FTA Fleet Engineer, which is sponsored by Brigade Electronics, Goodyear and Isuzu Trucks, takes place on Wednesday 10 June at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham.
The event will see Mr Rooney discuss commercial vehicle maintenance, the triennial review, how the revised guide to maintaining roadworthiness is being considered by the TCs, and experiences at public inquiries relating to maintenance issues.
Andy Mair, FTA’s head of engineering, who will be chairing the conference, said: “FTA Fleet Engineer is intended for anyone with responsibility for specifying or maintaining commercial vehicles and ensuring compliance. The comprehensive programme is aimed at giving the very latest information in order to help fleet engineers deal with the many day-to-day challenges that they face.”
The conference sessions will cover a wide variety of topical engineering issues, including:
Key address by Traffic Commissioner Kevin Rooney
Department for Transport update – Mike Lowe, DfT
Vehicle safety aspects and development – Iain Knight, consultant – formerly of Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)
Urban commercial vehicle operation – FTA’s Christopher Snelling
EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval post implementation – Gareth Jones, Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)
Commercial vehicle repair workshops, standards, competence and professionalism – FTA’s Lawrie Alford
Testing and enforcement – Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
Individual Vehicle Approval scheme – Nigel Maden, DVSA
Integration of telematics in commercial vehicle fleets – Richard Penna, Greggs
Developments in vehicle and trailer building – Richard Owens, Don Bur
Places are available to FTA members at £325 plus VAT for the first delegate and £275 plus VAT for subsequent delegates; the cost for non-members is £385 plus VAT for the first delegate and £345 plus VAT for subsequent delegates.
To book a place, call the FTA Member Service Centre on 08717 11 22 22, complete the online booking form at http://www.fta.co.uk/events/ or email [email protected]
