{"id":1186,"date":"2019-04-01T11:02:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T11:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f-tec.org.uk\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2022-03-28T15:14:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T14:14:44","slug":"the-next-generation-of-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f-tec.org.uk\/f-tec-staging\/the-next-generation-of-engineers\/","title":{"rendered":"The next generation of engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">\nOn Saturday 30<sup>th<\/sup>\nMarch, an elite group of young engineers graduated in front of a\ncapacity crowd at the Telford International Centre for the 25<sup>th<\/sup>\nFLTA Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">From\nthe graduating class of seven, four were in attendance to collect\ntheir <strong>Level 4 Certificate in\nAdvanced Automotive Studies for Master Technicians<\/strong>\nfrom television host Mark Durden-Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">F-TEC\n\u2014 the Forklift Training Engineering Centre \u2014 is an organisation\nclosely involved with the FLTA and BITA. It offers those interested\nin the industry the opportunity to develop their knowledge of\nengineering methods using the latest,\nhigh-quality equipment at the\ncutting-edge facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">\nThe\nLevel 4 course focuses on advanced diagnostics and is designed to\nalign traditional methods with state-of-the-art technologies. It\ngives engineers a thorough understanding of vehicle systems \u2014\nenabling them to diagnose problems faster and with greater certainly\nthan using fault codes alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">For\nthe employer that means higher efficiency and profitability \u2014\nthrough a far higher hit-rate for \u201cfirst time fixes\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Katherine\nRoberts, who represented F-TEC at the ceremony said: \u201cThis years\u2019\ngraduates are\namong a small handful of engineers throughout the UK to achieve this\ncertificate. They have demonstrated the advanced levels\nof technical knowledge, practical skills and sheer tenacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">\u201cOur\napprentices have\nthe talent, imagination, and dedication to progress into the\nindustry\u2019s most senior roles. The journey they\u2019ve made with the\nguidance and support of our fantastic F-TEC trainers has been nothing\nshort of remarkable; we couldn\u2019t be prouder.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">To\nlearn how F-TEC\u2019s engineer training can help for your business,\nvisit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f-tec.org.uk\/f-tec-staging\/\">www.f-tec.org.uk<\/a>\ntoday. \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduation of young engineers collecting a certificate in Advanced Automotive Studies for Master Technicians.<\/p>\n<p>From the graduating class of seven, four were in attendance to collect their Level 4 Certificate in Advanced Automotive Studies for Master Technicians from television host Mark Durden-Smith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f-tec.org.uk\/f-tec-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f-tec.org.uk\/f-tec-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f-tec.org.uk\/f-tec-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f-tec.org.uk\/f-tec-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f-tec.org.uk\/f-tec-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.f-tec.org.uk\/f-tec-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f-tec.org.uk\/f-tec-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f-tec.org.uk\/f-tec-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f-tec.org.uk\/f-tec-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f-tec.org.uk\/f-tec-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}