1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198 
Trucks In the classroom
Page 74
Page 75
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Barnfield College in Luton has snapped up two used Renaults direct from the manufacturer to help train the next wave of HGV mechanics.
CO-LEGE MIGHT seem an unusual destination for a secondhand truck, but the acquisition of two Renaults should help meet the current demand for budding HGV mechanics.
An 8x4 Kerax and Premium ractor were snapped up by eld College. "We're one e few colleges to offer training courses," says Mick ,head of engineering at eld College.
e vehicles were bought with mg from the government as field is rated as a Centre of tional Excellence (COVE). complement the Magnum and 25 light CVs the students alre dy train on.The college also has teacon status as a centre of 6x2 Bar oft tru Rol Bar fun B a Vo Th excellencethe first further education college in the country to achieve this award.
-They [the vehicles] will be used for practical training which is part of the courses we offer, as reinforcement of the theory lessons," Rolt adds.
The three-year course leads to City and Guilds levels 2 and 3.This can form part of an apprenticeship programme which will also include the relevant NVC) in the workplace.
There are over 100 full-time students on the course, and numbers are expected to rise. Rolf reports: "We're investigating the possibility of residential block-release courses from next September."•