City and Guilds Success for Vacu-Lug

Vacu-Lug

Grantham based retreader Vacu-Lug has been entering candidates for the RMA’s City & Guilds examinations for Part 1 Retread Workshop Practice for many years and has reported considerable success for the ten candidates it entered in this year’s examination, in particular for Jason Humphries, who not only achieved a Distinction pass, but was awarded the highest mark throughout the UK.

Vacu-Lug Triumph with City and Guilds

There were also two Credit passes awarded to Dave Alsop and Elaine Dable.

The City and Guilds Part 1 Retread Workshop Practice qualification consists of two mock examinations prior to the final examination. The undertaking of the qualification allows employees within the industry to further increase their knowledge of retreading and gain added skills which can be utilised within their day-to-day practices.

The programme of study is made up of twelve sections including construction, marking and legislation and the stages of the retread process through to rubber technology.

About the author

David is the Owner and Publisher of Retreading Business. With over 30 years' experience as a specialist tyre industry journalist, he first entered the tyre industry in 1987 as Editor of Tyres & Accessories. He was Editor of Tyre Trade News between 1993-96 before establishing Retreading Business in 1997. In 2004 he acquired the Malaysian tyre magazine The Tyreman, before establishing Tyre & Rubber Recycling in 2009. In addition to his publishing ventures, he was also Director of the Retread Manufacturers' Association between 2004 and 2014.

Email: david.wilson@retreadingbusiness.com

Phone: (44) 1270 668 718

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