The NTDA Tyre Technician Development Scheme was introduced following the huge
success of the REACT working safely at the roadside licensing scheme. the recent
changes to the apprenticeship framework and the general interest expressed by
NTDA tyre retailers to have a standardised licensing scheme for retail centre
based personnel.
This scheme, effectively, is intended to act as a form of self-regulation for
the tyre retail industry and represents a very exciting opportunity for both
employers and employees in that it improves the mobility of tyre technicians by
providing them with a nationally recognised license designed to demonstrate
their competency.
Similar self-regulation schemes have proven highly effective in other
industries, such as the Electro-technical certification Scheme (ECS), which has
issued thousands of cards to competent electricians.
The NTDA Tyre Technician Professional Development Scheme is based on the
following structure:
* Licensed Retail Tyre Technician (LRTT)
* Licensed Vehicle service Technician (LVST)
* Licensed Commercial Tyre Technician (LCTT)
(This does not replace the REACT license to work safely at the roadside, which
will remain unchanged, as it relates to roadside safe working as opposed to
specific commercial tyre fitting competencies)
The common criteria for a company to apply for any of the licenses is as
follows:
Whether applications are submitted by a tyre retailer, manufacture’s training
department, or independent training provider, an individual must have been
trained or re-trained and assessed as competent against the relevant
occupational standards criteria for each license.
Evidence of this (such as certificates, training records etc.), must be retained
and made available when requested by the NTDA who will maintain a database of
all licensed personnel.
INTERESTED?
PFTP is proud to have been awarded approval by the NTDA to offer this valuable
licence to our customers. To find out more, please either telephone us on 024
76325880, use the live talk function to talk to one of our sales operatives or
visit our contact page to leave a message.
We look forward to hearing from you!